WPDA

WPDA (106.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an album-oriented rock (AOR) format, simulcasting WPDH 101.5 FM Poughkeepsie, New York. Licensed to Jeffersonville, New York, United States, the station is owned by Townsquare Media and features programming from AP Radio.[1] Its studios are in Poughkeepsie, and its transmitter is located in Liberty, New York.

WPDA
CityJeffersonville, New York
Broadcast areaHudson Valley, Catskills, and Extreme Northern New Jersey
Frequency106.1 MHz
Branding101.5 WPDH
SloganHome of Rock & Roll
Programming
FormatAlbum-oriented rock (AOR)
(WPDH simulcast)
AffiliationsAP Radio
Ownership
OwnerTownsquare Media
(Townsquare Media Poughkeepsie Licenses, LLC)
Sister stationsWALL, WCZX, WEOK, WKNY, WKXP, WPDH, WRRV, WZAD
History
First air date1966 (as WPDA)
Former call signsWPDA (1966-)
Technical information
Facility ID3655
ClassA
ERP1,600 watts
HAAT191 meters
Transmitter coordinates41°48′57″N 74°45′42″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewpdh.com

WPDA also breaks away from the format to simulcast New York Yankees games with sister station, country WKXP.

On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Cumulus Media would swap its stations in Dubuque, Iowa and Poughkeepsie, New York (including WPDA) to Townsquare Media in exchange for Peak Broadcasting's Fresno, California stations. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare, Peak, and Dial Global are all controlled by Oaktree Capital Management.[2][3] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[4]

Cultural references

A radio station with call sign WPDA is mentioned in an episode of The Twilight Zone (Season 2, Episode 20, "Static"), although this episode predates the launch of the real-life station.

gollark: Some sort of weird SSL error.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: No, it broke.
gollark: No, that's too big and a.osmarks.net has it.
gollark: Well, my search engine exists again, thus what should I index?

See also

References
  1. "WPDA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "Official: Cumulus Buys Dial Global, Spins Some Stations To Townsquare; Peak Stations Sold To Townsquare, Fresno Spun To Cumulus". All Access. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  3. "Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official". RadioInsight. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  4. "Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes". All Access. November 15, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.


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