mhz fcc licensed broadcast facility prior to july 1 2010 i.e. before carrying the callsigns wcvz and wwcd and operating with a zanesville city of license prior to october 2009 see article whiz fm . for information on the grove city columbus area 101.1 mhz fcc licensed broadcast facility since december 15 2001 i.e. after carrying the callsign wwcd see article wosa . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message wwcd city baltimore ohio broadcast area columbus metro area branding cd102 .5 slogan the alternative station 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 39.770778 ; 82.740361 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 blue jackets secondary 1 owner whiz media group local marketing agreement with fun with radio llc 2 3 soon to be wwcd ltd. webcast listen live suspended stream notice website cd1025.com 4 wwcd 102.5 fm currently branded cd102 .5 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 . 2 4 6 7 since december 13 2010 wwcd has broadcast exclusively at the 102.5 mhz facility . 8 along with wbwr wlvq and wrkz wwcd is one of four rock stations serving the columbus radio market . contents 1 history 1.1 personalities 1.2 philanthropy 1.3 sports 2 history of the 102.5 frequency 3 2010 frequency shift 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 . 9 10 11 the annual andyman a thon also continues in his name 12 personalities edit wwcd s dj lineup includes brian phillips in the mornings rachael gordon middays lesley james in the afternoon and tom butler at night . craig dj nate and glenna are on weekends . wwcd is also the home of many specialty shows including sunday evening shows island riddims the invisible hits hour and the award winning independent playground hosted by tom butler with an encore on thursday evenings . former wwcd djs include the aforementioned davis who helmed the afternoon shift from 1991 until his death jim ballantine a columbus chill player most notable for wearing the first three digit jersey number in professional sports history 101 in a nod to the station s frequency and fritz the nite owl who also once hosted one of the last late night movie television programs locally produced in the united states . fritz s show was broadcast on wcll ca television channel 19 in columbus . in the month of may wwcd has a feature called guest dj everyday where anyone has the chance of being a guest dj for an hour on air . a compilation of 12 15 songs is put together by the guest dj and they can play them during this hour . the feature proved to be so successful that it has since been expanded to every friday afternoon all year long . 13 philanthropy edit a program called cd101 for the kids was established as a way to contribute to local charities around columbus . its most successful event is the annual andyman a thon . created by andy andyman davis in 1992 davis would host the 48 hour long marathon by himself on the weekend before christmas . it also provided the rest of the staff a holiday break to spend time with family . the event raises money to go toward charities including the children s hospital family and child advocacy homeless families foundation and the childhood league . listeners can call in a song request with a donation and a live auction also occurs with donated items from advertisers and record companies . all proceeds go to these charities . 11 after davis death in july 2010 wwcd announced that the andyman a thon would continue with various staffers in his honor . 12 sports edit wwcd was the original fm flagship station of the columbus blue jackets nhl hockey team in tandem with wbns . starting with the 2010 nhl season the team s primary radio rights were moved with wbns fm which now operates as a direct simulcast of wbns . wwcd still broadcasts selected games in the event of any scheduling conflicts on wbns and wbns fm due to overlapping ohio state buckeyes football or basketball play by play . 1 history of the 102.5 frequency edit the 102.5 mhz frequency was originally licensed to zanesville ohio and signed on as the original home to whiz fm in 1961 . under the ownership of the southeastern ohio broadcasting system inc. s whiz media group whiz fm programmed an adult contemporary format long identified as z102 . the whiz media group was granted authority to change whiz fm s city of license from zanesville to baltimore ohio in the fall of 2005 and a construction permit to build a new transmitter site was granted in october 2008 . on october 17 2008 the whiz media group purchased wcvz fm 92.7 from which those call letters stood for the christian voice of zanesville as the new frequency for whiz fm . 14 both wcvz and whiz fm simulcast programming as z102 and 92.7 until december 7 2008 when wcvz assumed whiz fm s identity as z92 .7 and whiz fm became highway 102 featuring an automated country music format . the highway 102 format continued on the 102.5 mhz frequency even after the station completed their relocation to baltimore on october 1 2008 and assumed the wcvz call letters while the 92.7 mhz frequency became whiz fm . 15 what was now wcvz effectively ended any connection to the zanesville region and consequently entered the columbus market . as a result of this move in as highway 102 the station became one of four country music radio outlets in columbus whok fm wcol fm and wnkk being the other stations . 2010 frequency shift edit cd101 logo the ohio state university announced their 4.8 million purchase of the 101.1 mhz frequency from fun with radio llc wwcd s ownership on june 30 2010 . at the same time fun with radio entered into an local marketing agreement with the whiz media group 3 to take over programming on the 102.5 mhz frequency immediately 2 16 17 with a future option for purchase . ohio state s plans for the 101.1 mhz frequency were to switch format to a full time classical music format as an extension of wosu fm while wosu fm would drop all music related programming and become an npr news talk station in a simulcast of sister station wosu am 820 . 4 consequently wcvz would become the new home for cd101 and while the sale of the 101.1 mhz facility awaited approval from the fcc wwcd broadcast over both the 101.1 and 102.5 mhz facilities 2 18 with the cd101 name being slightly modified to cd101 102.5 . on december 13 2010 the simulcast ended between wwcd and wcvz with the 101.1 mhz facility airing a recorded loop instructing listeners to tune to the 102.5 mhz facility . citation needed the sale of the 101.1 mhz facility to ohio state was completed that december 14 and the classical music format under the wosa calls was launched the next morning at 6 00 a.m. 8 as had been planned with the initial deal 2 6 the wwcd call letters were relocated to the 102.5 facility 19 meaning that cd101 102.5 was able to retain their original calls . it remains unclear however whether the station will update the anachronistic cd101 brand to cd102 .5 to reflect the new frequency . although the station continues to use cd101 over the air online and in print 20 terms of the sale with ohio state university clearly dictated that wwcd must cease any and all on air mentions of 101 or 101.1 when the deal closed on december 14 . 3 21 several days before the initial sale with wosu fm was announced 4 fun with radio llc registered the domain names cd101at1025.com and cd1025.com which have since acted as redirectors to the current cd101.com website . in november 2011 amid weeks of speculation that salem communications was negotiating to either purchase or lease the 102.5 fm frequency as a new location for the programming of wrfd 22 wwcd general manager randy malloy formed a new company wwcd ltd. to purchase the intellectual property of cd101 from roger vaughn s fun with radio llc . vaughn will retain a minority share of the new company though all references to fun with radio would be removed from any station documents and promotion . the new ownership group immediately began negotiating a new lease agreement with southeastern ohio broadcasting owner of the frequency . 23 references edit a b blue jackets staff september 16 2010 . columbus blue jackets dispatch printing company announce agreement making sports radio 97.1 the fan the nhl club s new radio home . retrieved december 20 2010 . cd101 at 102.5 fm wwcd fm will carry blue jackets games which will not be broadcast by wbns due to conflicts with ohio state university football and men s basketball game broadcasts . a b c d e feran tim june 30 2010 . wosu stations in deal with wwcd . the columbus dispatch . dispatch printing co. retrieved december 17 2010 . wosu will pay wwcd a total of 4.8 million for the 101.1 fm signal . wwcd has entered into a partnership with wcvz s owners whiz media group to operate the station using the same format and staff that are currently on wwcd . wwcd intends to retain its familiar call letters after the move and will continue to air columbus blue jackets games . a b c eaton dan august 2 2010 . wosu deal for cd101 s frequency gives public radio station options . columbus business first . american city business journals inc. retrieved december 20 2010 . wwcd in a partnership with zanesville based