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WNDZ (750 kHz) is a commercialAM radio station broadcasting a classic hitsformat. Licensed to Portage, Indiana, it serves the Chicago metropolitan area. The station is owned by Newsweb Corporation.
WNDZ is a daytimer station. It transmits 15,000 watts. To send its signal toward Chicago from its transmitter site, it uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array. Because 750 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station WSB in Atlanta, WNDZ must go off the air at sunset to avoid interference. The towers are on Bay Road at Robbins Road in Portage.[3]
Now running a music format, WNDZ had previously been a brokered programming station, where hosts pay for their time on the air and may advertise their products and services or seek donations.
WNDZ began broadcasting on May 13, 1987, as a daytime-only station, running 2,500 watts, and was owned by Universal Broadcasting, with Rick Schwartz as its first general manager.[1] The business office and studios were located in Lansing, Illinois.[1] They are currently on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago.[4] The station originally aired a mixture of Contemporary Christian with some ethnic programming.[5] In 1992, the station was sold to Douglas Broadcasting, for $2 million.[6][7]
1994年、同局はダグラス・ブロードキャスティングの新しいアジアワン・ネットワークに加わった。[ 8 ] [ 9 ] 1997年、同局の出力は5,000ワットに増強された。[ 10 ] [ 11 ] 1998年5月下旬、同局はブローカー番組から、WYPA 820から移ってきたモチベーションを高める「パーソナル・アチーブメント・ラジオ」ネットワークに切り替えた。 [ 12 ] [ 13 ]同年後半、同局はZ-スパニッシュ・ラジオに買収された。[ 14 ] [ 15 ] 2000年、Z-スパニッシュ・ラジオはエントラビジョン・コミュニケーションズに買収された。[ 16 ]
2004年、Entravision Communicationsは、99.9 FM WRZAとともに、この放送局をNewsweb Corporationに2400万ドルで売却した。[ 17 ] [ 18 ] 2007年には、放送局の出力が15,000ワットに増強された。[ 19 ] [ 20 ]この放送局は、その歴史のほとんどにおいて、ブローカーによる番組編成を行ってきた。