WLDI-FM
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| City | Juno Beach, Florida |
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| Broadcast area |
Treasure Coast West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Branding | Wild 95.5 |
| Slogan | The Palm Beaches' #1 Hit Music Station |
| Frequency | 95.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1961 (as WIRA-FM) |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 282 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 2680 |
| Callsign meaning | Wild |
| Former callsigns | WIRA-FM (1961-1968) WOVV (1968-1995) WCLB-FM (1995-1998) WXFG (2/1998-10/1998) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WQOL, WAVW, WKGR, WZZR, WCZR, WRLX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wild955.com |
WLDI, on-air known as Wild 95.5, is a radio station licensed to Juno Beach, Florida and broadcasting in the Treasure Coast and West Palm Beach, Florida markets. The station airs a Top 40 (CHR) format. It is owned by iHeartMedia, and broadcasts at 95.5 FM. Its studios are in West Palm Beach and its transmitter is located west of Interstate 95 near Palm City, Florida.
Before its move to West Palm Beach, WOVV was one of the first FM outlets on the Treasure Coast and operated beside WIRA in Fort Pierce, Florida. For many years, both stations broadcast from a downtown riverfront location on Melody Lane. In the late 60s, WIRA-FM separated programming from WIRA to become WOVV and in 1971 the station's Top 40 music era began when the station adopted an automated contemporary format from Drake-Chenault known as "Solid Gold Rock and Roll." At that time solid gold did not refer to exclusively oldies but was instead a fairly even mix of oldies and contemporary Top 40 hits. In 1972 the station began 24-hour operations and also began featuring progressive rock music at night.
December 1985: -- Program Director Bill James is replaced by Bobby Magic from Cleveland as station ends four years of "live assist automation." Linda Hendry moved from evenings to midday, replaced in that slot by Mike Schneider. Dr. John Leeder left to manage a Port St. Lucie video store, and was replaced by Nick Caplan of Buffalo, New York.
July 1987: -- WZZR joins the Ft. Pierce market after dropping Easy Listening music for Contemporary Hit Radio.
1989: -- Jon Howe and Kris Klaus host the Breakfast Club show.
October 1992 -- WOVV drops CHR music and becomes an AC station called Star 95.5.
February 1993 -- Station moved 60 miles south from Ft. Pierce to Northpoint Corporate Park on Northpoint Parkway in West Palm Beach. New Program Director Kurt Kelly gave the Palm Beach Post his home telephone number and invited listeners to call to comment on their likes and dislikes of the station's format.
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