WDST
| City | |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Hudson Valley |
| Branding | Radio Woodstock |
| Slogan | "Great Classics. Great New Rock." |
| Frequency | 100.1 MHz |
| First air date | April 29, 1980 |
| Format | Adult Album Alternative |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | 96 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 10781 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°59′24.25″N 74°1′5.2572″W / 41.9900694°N 74.018127000°W |
| Callsign meaning | WooDSTock |
| Owner | CHET-5 Broadcasting |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | |
WDST (100.1 MHz), branded as "Radio Woodstock 100.1", is a radio station licensed to . The station is owned by CHET-5 Broadcasting and broadcasts with three kilowatts of effective radiated power from a transmitter located in the Town of Kingston.
Radio Woodstock is known as a progressive station that was at the forefront of both the modern rock and adult album alternative (triple A) formats. The station broadcasts from the Utopia Studios in Bearsville, about 2 miles west of the Village of Woodstock.
WDST first broadcast on April 29, 1980, from studios in Woodstock and a tower in Lake Katrine. Initially, WDST featured a free-form format which was described as "public radio with commercials". From its sign-on until being sold in 1993, it used the slogan "The Bulldog of the Hudson Valley".
During this free-form period under Program Director Richard Fusco, though the station's eclectic format won three Billboard Magazine "Station of the Year" awards, the rock portions of the station's programming became the most listened to. WDST evolved its format more towards rock music, though free-form elements would remain until the early 1990s. Early hosts include Jeanne Atwood and nighttime DJ The Mysterious Robo. The progressive rock lean of the original format would evolve into an early modern rock format by the mid-1990s. The rise of alternative rock, a genre WDST had to itself, saw the station improve its overall listenership by the early 1990s.
In 1993, WDST was sold to CHET-5 Broadcasting along with WKNY in Kingston. Principal owner Gary Chetkof promoted Nic Harcourt to the morning show and the station was programmed with an alt-rock format. WDST soon thereafter purchased a radio station in Arlington, New York (a suburb of Poughkeepsie, New York) and simulcast WDST on 96.9 FM MHz (also known as WDSP). It was a natural extension for the 96.9 MHz signal, which debuted in the late 1980s as WEXP Next FM, offering an eclectic mix of modern rock and progressive rock elements.
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