WTDY-FM
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| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Delaware Valley |
| Branding | Today's 96.5 |
| Slogan | Better Variety, Fewer Commercials |
| Frequency | 96.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) 96.5 HD-2 for Club Dance |
| First air date | 1944 (as WHAT-FM) |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| ERP | 9,600 watts |
| HAAT | 528 meters (1108 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 51434 |
| Callsign meaning | ToDaY |
| Former callsigns | WHAT-FM (1944-1960s) WWDB (1960s-1998) WWDB-FM (1998-2000) WPTP (2000-2003) WLDW (2003-2004) WRDW-FM (2004-2015) WZMP (2015-2017) |
| Owner |
CBS Radio (CBS Radio Stations Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KYW, WIP-FM, WOGL, WPHT, WXTU, KYW-TV, WPSG-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | todays965.cbslocal.com |
WTDY-FM (96.5 MHz, "Today's 96.5") is a commercial FM radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is owned by CBS Radio and airs an adult contemporary radio format. WTDY's studios and offices are located in Bala Cynwyd. Its transmitter is off Domino Lane in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia, a site where other local FM and TV towers are located.
The station first went on the air in 1944 as WHAT-FM and was simulcast with its AM sister station, 1340 WHAT. In 1956, a young disc jockey known as Sid Mark took the airwaves for the first time in Philadelphia on WHAT-AM-FM, beginning a multi-decade career. WHAT-FM became a full-time Jazz station in 1958, the first of its kind on the FM dial.
In the late 1960s, the call letters were changed to WWDB, referring to the brother and sister owners of the station, William and Dolly Banks. In the early 1970s, WWDB experimented with playing adult contemporary music, but eventually went back to jazz.
In 1975, the station's format was changed to all talk, making WWDB became the first full-time talk station in the United States that was exclusively on the FM dial. On-air talk personalities included Irv Homer, Bernie McCain, Frank Ford and Bernie Herman. The station called itself "WWDB, The Talk Station." The station carried no syndicated shows, as is common today. Around the clock, all talk programming and news updates, came from the WWDB staff. Meanwhile, the AM station, 1340 WHAT, continued as one of Philadelphia's leading stations aimed at the African-American community.
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