area branding alt 103.9 slogan dayton s alternative frequency 103.9 mhz also on hd radio first air date june 18 1962 format alternative rock hd2 new alternative rock erp 2 900 watts haat 146 meters class a facility id 67689 transmitter coordinates 39 43 19.00 n 84 12 33.00 w 39.7219444 n 84.2091667 w 39.7219444 ; 84.2091667 former callsigns whbm 1962 1978 wdjx 1978 1981 wdjx fm 1981 1983 wymj fm 1983 1994 wrvf 1994 1995 wxeg 1995 2015 affiliations compass media networks iheartradio premiere networks premium choice owner iheartmedia inc. citicasters licenses inc. sister stations wchd wrzx wize wmmx wone wtue wydb webcast listen live website alt 103.9 wzda 103.9 fm is a commercial alternative rock radio station licensed to beavercreek ohio serving the dayton metro area owned by iheartmedia inc. . the wzda studios are located in dayton while the station transmitter resides in the neighboring suburb of moraine . besides a standard analog transmission wzda broadcasts over two hd radio channels 1 and is available online via iheartradio . 2 contents 1 history 2 wzda in hd 3 concerts 4 references 5 external links history edit wzda began as whbm on june 18 1962 under license to xenia ohio ; the whbm call letters stood for harry b. miller the station s owner and general manager . 3 whbm was the fm sister station to am station welx in xenia and werm fm in wapakoneta . citation needed welx am and whbm fm began operations in the late 1960s with a middle of the road format then switching in the early 1970s to progressive jazz and soul gospel . whbm fm began operations first in 1962 from the second floor above the dutch oven bakery on north detroit st. in xenia . welx am began operations several years later . both stations eventually operated from the welx transmitter site adjacent to u.s. route 35 off june drive in xenia . both stations miraculously survived the april 3 1974 tornado which ravaged xenia and nearby beavercreek . however a fire destroyed the small studio transmitter building around 1977 thus welx and whbm both went silent . logo as x103 .9 both stations along with werm were sold in 1978 to separate owners with welx now southern gospel wgnz owned by l & d broadcasting and whbm sold to ohio broadcast associates becoming top 40 formatted wdjx using the xenia fairborn beavercreek top of hour id giving fm competition to dayton s wing am . in 1982 wdjx moved its studios and eventually its city of license to beavercreek later becoming hot a c formatted majic 104 wymj fm . in 1989 wymj was purchased by alan gray s dayton radio inc and switched to oldies 104 . in the early 1990s it switched to wrvf the river with a country format before being overshadowed by the former whio fm becoming whko k 99.1 fm citation needed then switching in late august 1995 to 103.9 the edge 4 wxeg introducing the alternative format to dayton and moving the studios to dayton s historic oregon district . during this time wxeg with sister stations wone am and wtue fm went through several ownerships after being sold by group one to stoner broadcasting american radio systems entercom and finally jacor before its merger with clear channel . on january 1 1998 103.9 the edge became 103.9 the x retaining the alternative format but rebranding due to a dispute with a consultant who owned the trademark of the edge . the wdjx callsign has since been in use since 1985 by a chr formatted station in louisville kentucky at 99.7 fm owned by mainline broadcasting . by 2010 wxeg changed formats to active rock as it was moved to the mediabase active rock panel but by 2015 it returned to the alternative panel after phasing out the harder rock product . on august 28th 2015 wxeg completed the move back to alternative rock rebranding as alt 103.9 . 5 the station changed its call sign to the current wzda on september 28 2015 . wzda in hd edit the station started broadcasting in hd radio on february 2 2006 . 6 as of march 2007 hd1 is a simulcast of its analog audio and hd2 broadcasts a hard rock format . the station broadcasts using the mp1 service mode . concerts edit wxeg held an annual x fest every year from 1996 2012 . the x fest was cancelled in 2012 just weeks before the event was to take place 7 and has not taken place since . references edit http hdradio.com station guides widget.php id 58 http ibiquity.com hd radio hdradio find a station state sa & thisbecolorover ff920f & thisbecolorout 11839d & thecity 142 stationlist http www.americanradiohistory.com hd2 archive bc yb idx 60s ocr yb 1964 yb 1964 bc yb ocr page 0297.pdf vox jox . billboard . 107 38 118 . september 9 1995 . wxeg dayton rebrands as alt 103.9 clear channel prepare to be shaken and stirred at x fest s 007 concert external links edit alt 103.9 query the fcc s fm station database for wzda radio locator information on wzda query nielsen audio s fm station database for wzda v t e radio stations in the dayton ohio market by am frequency 910 980 1110 1130 1210 1290 1340 1410 1500 1570 1600 by fm frequency 88.1 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.5 89.9 90.3 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.3 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.5 103.9 104.7 105.9 106.5 106.7 106.9 107.1 107.3 107.7 by callsign w254ba w254bj w266bg w273bq w277ao walh lp wbzi wchd wcli fm wcsu fm wcwt fm wdao wdht wdpg wdpr wdps wedi weec wfcj wftk wgnz wgrr wgtz whio whio fm whko wing wize wkcd wket wmmx wnkn wone wpfb wptw wqrp wrew wrou fm wrzx wswo lp wtjn lp wtue wudr wulm wuso wwsu wyda wydb wyns wyso wzda wzlr ohio radio markets akron canton cincinnati cleveland columbus dayton lima marietta toledo youngstown warren other ohio radio regions ashtabula ironton mid ohio sandusky southern ohio wheeling steubenville see also list of radio stations in ohio v t e radio stations in the cincinnati ohio market by am frequency 550 700 740 910 1050 1160 1230 1320 1360 1450 1480 1530 1560 by fm frequency 88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 95.9 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.9 103.9 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 by noaa weather radio frequency 162.55 by callsign kih42 w233bg waif wakw waol wcky wcnw wcvg wcvx wdbz wdjo webn wfcj wftk wgri wgrr wguc whko whss wiok wizf wjvs wkfs wkid wkrc wkrq wlhs wlw wmkv wmoh wmub wmwx wnkn wnkr wnku wnlt wnnf wnop wobo wofx fm wosl woxy wpfb wrbi wrew wrrm wsai wsch wube fm wvqc lp wvxu wygy wzda defunct wjvs 88.3 fm wlmh 89.1 fm waqz 97.3 fm nearby radio markets bloomington columbus in columbus oh dayton huntington ashland ironton indianapolis lexington louisville southern ohio see also list of radio stations in ohio list of radio stations in kentucky list of radio stations in indiana clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . v t e modern rock radio stations in the state of ohio by frequency 88.3 88.3 88.9 96.5 100.7 102.5 103.9 105.7 by callsign w264ak wbwc wftk wstb wwcd wxut wxzx wzda by city baltimore columbus beavercreek dayton berea hilliard columbus lebanon cincinnati streetsboro akron toledo toledo see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in ohio see also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock v t e iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff b. j. red mccombs j. c. watts john h. williams radio stations list of radio stations owned by iheartmedia radio networks fox sports radio premiere networks premium choice total traffic and weather network miscellaneous clear channel outdoor clear channel uk iheartradio list of programming syndicated by iheartmedia mediabase radio computing services retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wzda & oldid 740417094 categories hd radio stations1962 establishments in ohiobeavercreek ohiogreene county ohioiheartmedia radio stationsmodern rock radio stations in the 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