WWCD
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| City | Baltimore, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Columbus metro area |
| Branding | CD102.5 |
| Slogan | The Alternative Station The Home of the Crew (for Columbus Crew broadcasts) |
| Frequency | 102.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1961 (102.5 MHz frequency) |
| Format | Modern rock |
| ERP | 15,000 watts |
| HAAT | 130 meters |
| Class | B1 |
| Facility ID | 61230 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°46′14.8″N 82°44′25.3″W / 39.770778°N 82.740361°W |
| Callsign meaning | "W-W-Compact Disc" "W-W-"CD 101" (heritage branding) |
| Former callsigns | 2010: WCVZ (8 days only) 1990-2010: WWCD |
| Former frequencies | 1990-2010: 101.1 MHz |
| Affiliations |
Columbus Crew Columbus Blue Jackets (secondary) |
| Owner | WHIZ Media Group (Local marketing agreement with Fun With Radio, LLC -- soon to be WWCD Ltd.) |
| Webcast |
Listen Live Suspended stream notice |
| Website | CD1025.com |
WWCD (102.5 FM), currently branded CD102.5, is a commercial modern rock radio station licensed to Baltimore, Ohio and serving the Columbus metro area.
The station originally operated on the 101.1 MHz facility licensed to Grove City - hence the original "CD101" branding - from August 21, 1990 until June 30, 2010. From July 1, 2010 until December 13, 2010, WWCD simulcast on both the 101.1 and 102.5 facilities while a three-way ownership transaction between WWCD's owner, "Fun With Radio, LLC," WOSU Public Media, and the WHIZ Radio Group was being completed. Since December 13, 2010, WWCD has broadcast exclusively at the 102.5 MHz facility.
Along with WLVQ and WRKZ, WWCD is one of three rock stations serving the Columbus radio market.
WWCD began broadcasting on August 21, 1990. The first song played on the station was "Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, (Petrol)" by the Dublin, Ireland band Something Happens. The station is owned by Fun With Radio, LLC whose founder, Roger Vaughan, purchased the station from Video Services in 1992. WWCD has always been owned by interests in metro Columbus, and is one of the few remaining independent radio stations in the U.S. playing alternative rock.
WWCD also lays claim to being one of the first stations in the United States to be simulcast and on Internet radio. In a March 2006 Radio & Records list of the top 20 alternative rock radio stations in the United States, WWCD was ranked #4 in the country and #1 east of the Mississippi River.
WWCD's longtime program director throughout the late 1990s and 2000s was afternoon DJ Andy "Andyman" Davis. With the station almost since its inception, Davis previously served as the station's music director. Davis died of a suspected heart attack while on vacation in Michigan with his family on July 18, 2010. The annual "Andyman-a-Thon" also continues in his name
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