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aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°48′54″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°00′09″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.81500°N 89.00250°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.81500; -89.00250</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media 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.infobox-header{font-size:100%;background-color:#bfdfff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-radio-station .infobox-header{background-color:hsl(0,0%,10%);color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-radio-station .infobox-above,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-radio-station-embed-header .infobox-header{background-color:hsl(210,100%,10%);color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-radio-station-infobox-header{background-color:hsl(0,0%,10%);color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-radio-station .infobox-above,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-radio-station-embed-header .infobox-header{background-color:hsl(210,100%,10%);color:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard ib-radio-station"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">WDZ</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur, Illinois</a></li></ul></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Broadcast area</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Illinois" title="Macon County, Illinois">Macon County, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Frequency" title="Frequency">Frequency</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1050 <a href="/wiki/Kilohertz" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilohertz">kHz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branding</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Fox Sports 1050 AM Decatur</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">Format</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">Sports</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Radio" title="Fox Sports Radio">Fox Sports Radio</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs_Radio_Network" title="Chicago Cubs Radio Network">Chicago Cubs Radio Network</a><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bears_broadcasters" title="List of Chicago Bears broadcasters">Chicago Bears Radio Network</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Millikin_Big_Blue" title="Millikin Big Blue">Millikin Big Blue football</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Champaign Multimedia Group</li><li>(Champaign Multimedia Group, LLC)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Sister_station" title="Sister station">Sister stations</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WCZQ" class="mw-redirect" title="WCZQ">WCZQ</a>, <a href="/wiki/WDZQ" title="WDZQ">WDZQ</a>, <a href="/wiki/WSOY_(AM)" title="WSOY (AM)">WSOY</a>, <a href="/wiki/WSOY-FM" title="WSOY-FM">WSOY-FM</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">March 17, 1921<span class="noprint">; 103 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1921-03-17</span>)</span> (as 9JR in <a href="/wiki/Tuscola,_Illinois" title="Tuscola, Illinois">Tuscola, Illinois</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-forty_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forty-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br />April 5, 1922<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1922-04-05</span>)</span> (as WDZ)<sup id="cite_ref-new_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call sign</a> meaning</div></th><td class="infobox-data">none (randomly assigned)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">FCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">53348</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes" title="List of North American broadcast station classes">Class</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">B</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Transmitter_power_output" title="Transmitter power output">Power</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1,000 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watts</a> day<br />250 watts night</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div 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title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.81500°N 89.00250°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.81500; -89.00250</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/am-profile/WDZ">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=53348">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Webcast" title="Webcast">Webcast</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nowdecatur.com/player/?playerID=2329">Listen Live</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nowdecatur.com/fox-sports-1050-am-home/">nowdecatur<wbr />.com<wbr />/fox-sports-1050-am-home<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WDZ</b> (1050 <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM</a>) is a <a href="/wiki/Commercial_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Commercial radio">commercial</a> <a href="/wiki/Radio_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio station">radio station</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">licensed</a> to <a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur, Illinois</a>. It broadcasts a <a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">sports</a> <a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">radio format</a> and calls itself "Fox Sports 1050." It is owned by the Neuhoff Corporation, which also owns four other local radio stations, <a href="/wiki/WCZQ" class="mw-redirect" title="WCZQ">WCZQ</a>, <a href="/wiki/WDZQ" title="WDZQ">WDZQ</a>, <a href="/wiki/WSOY_(AM)" title="WSOY (AM)">WSOY</a> and <a href="/wiki/WSOY-FM" title="WSOY-FM">WSOY-FM</a>. <a href="/wiki/Radio_studio" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio studio">Studios</a> and offices are located on North Water Street. It is one of the oldest radio stations in Illinois, and one of the few that still carry a three-letter <a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">call sign</a> along with <a href="/wiki/WGN_(AM)" title="WGN (AM)">WGN</a> and <a href="/wiki/WLS_(AM)" title="WLS (AM)">WLS</a> <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. </p><p>WDZ operates on 1050 kHz, a <a href="/wiki/Clear-channel_station" title="Clear-channel station">clear channel frequency</a> reserved for <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. By day, WDZ is powered at 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watts</a> <a href="/wiki/Omnidirectional_antenna" title="Omnidirectional antenna">non-directional</a>. But it must reduce power to 250 watts at night so it doesn't interfere with other stations on the frequency. WDZ is <a href="/wiki/Diplexer" title="Diplexer">diplexed</a> (i.e., shares the vertical radiator) with co-owned 1340 <a href="/wiki/WSOY_(AM)" title="WSOY (AM)">WSOY</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Transmitter" title="Transmitter">transmitter</a> site is on St. Louis Bridge Road at Wesley Road in Decatur.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WDZ&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WDZ is a <a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">network affiliate</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Radio" title="Fox Sports Radio">Fox Sports Radio</a>. It also airs <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">baseball</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">football</a>, as well as local <a href="/wiki/High_school_football" title="High school football">high school football</a> games and <a href="/wiki/Millikin_University" title="Millikin University">Millikin University</a> <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">football</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WDZ&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="9JR">9JR</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WDZ&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 9JR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although WDZ was first licensed as a broadcasting station in early 1922, this was actually a relicensing and continuation of operations begun under an amateur station license, 9JR,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> issued to James L. Bush a year earlier. Some WDZ publicity calls itself the oldest radio station in Illinois, starting as an experimental agricultural station in 1917 (although <a href="/wiki/WBBM_(AM)" title="WBBM (AM)">WBBM</a> in Chicago traces its history to 1911). However evidence is lacking for a pre-1921 establishment date. Clyde E. Wiley later claimed that, assuming a 1921 start, WDZ was "the second broadcasting station in the country, (some say third, but what difference does it make now?)".<sup id="cite_ref-here_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-here-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>James Bush was a commodity broker who operated the James Bush Grain Company in <a href="/wiki/Tuscola,_Illinois" title="Tuscola, Illinois">Tuscola, Illinois</a>. At the start of the 1920s the company received price quotations by private telegraph wire from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Board_of_Trade" title="Chicago Board of Trade">Chicago Board of Trade</a>. Clyde E. Wiley was hired as a telegraph operator to receive the reports, which were then individually telephoned to various local grain elevators that might be interested in selling their holding. Wiley also had extensive experience as a radio operator,<sup id="cite_ref-here_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-here-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was aware of recent advances in vacuum-tube radio technology that made audio transmissions practical. He proposed that the company establish a station to simultaneously distribute grain price information to all interested parties, and thus avoid the complexity and cost of individual telephone calls. Bush agreed with this idea, and a new organization, The Tuscola Radio Supply Station, was formed to conduct the broadcasts as well as sell and install radio receivers.<sup id="cite_ref-broadcast_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-broadcast-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first transmitter, installed by Wiley, had a power rating of 10 watts.<sup id="cite_ref-office_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-office-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new service debuted on March 17, 1921,<sup id="cite_ref-crucial_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crucial-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-forty_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forty-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it is thought that this was the first radio station to provide this kind of service. Initially there were only two customers: elevators at Dorans, near Mattoon, and on the Illinois Central Railroad branch line in Decatur.<sup id="cite_ref-office_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-office-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Curtis Marsh, then a 14-year-old office boy, later reported that he was drafted to make the announcements. The first organized programming consisted of five- to ten-minute blocks every half-hour, each consisting of a phonograph record that was played to aid tuning the receivers, followed by a gong sounded as an alert signal, then the market reports. After this the station remained silent until the start of the next report.<sup id="cite_ref-crucial_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crucial-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A review by Clyde E. Wiley in <i>The Grain Dealers Journal</i> that appeared at the end of 1921 explained the new service as: "Mr. Bush, in furnishing the conditions to us, has in mind only the reduction of telephone tolls, labor and so forth. He has no means of knowing when a person receives the market through us and gives his grain business to another firm. Our service is like newspaper service in that respect. Naturally, however, he expects that most of the people receiving markets through us will at least give him the benefit of some of their trade, and regards the system as an up-to-date advertising feature. The Tuscola Radio Supply Station will be glad at any time to take up the matter of installing similar systems at other points."<sup id="cite_ref-broadcast_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-broadcast-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 1921 there were an estimated six county elevators and banks that had installed radios to receive the quote broadcasts. One participant calculated that there was a one-time cost of approximately $258 to install a high quality receiver, which then could pick up the half-hourly reports at no additional cost. This compared favorably to the $18 per month that Western Union charged for its more limited telegraphed grain and live-stock report services. In addition, the radio broadcasts were used by the Bush company to confirm executed sales for its clients, using a code number to insure confidentiality.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the service gained popularity, Western Union and Postal Telegraph tried to have James Bush expelled from the Chicago Board of Trade, on the grounds that he was infringing on what they claimed were their exclusive rights to distribute prices. But, after a review, the Board sided with Bush.<sup id="cite_ref-office_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-office-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The station soon added some general entertainment programming. A September 10, 1921 letter from Clyde E. Wiley to an electrical supplier reported that "Twice each week we broadcast phonograph music, and in each case the big unit is run for one hour without stop."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, the station's market report schedule was reported to start at 9:30 a.m., running subsequent half hours after that until the final report at 1:00 p.m.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WDZ">WDZ</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WDZ&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: WDZ"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tuscola_Radio_Supply_Station_advertisement_(1922).gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Tuscola_Radio_Supply_Station_advertisement_%281922%29.gif/300px-Tuscola_Radio_Supply_Station_advertisement_%281922%29.gif" decoding="async" width="300" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Tuscola_Radio_Supply_Station_advertisement_%281922%29.gif/450px-Tuscola_Radio_Supply_Station_advertisement_%281922%29.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Tuscola_Radio_Supply_Station_advertisement_%281922%29.gif/600px-Tuscola_Radio_Supply_Station_advertisement_%281922%29.gif 2x" data-file-width="678" data-file-height="746" /></a><figcaption>Tuscola Radio Supply Station advertisement (1922)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Beginning in late 1912, radio communication in the United States was regulated by the Department of Commerce. Initially there were no formal standards for which stations could make broadcasts intended for the general public, and after World War One stations under a variety of license classes, most commonly Amateur and Experimental, began making regularly scheduled programs on a limited basis. In order to provide common standards for the service, the Commerce Department issued a regulation effective December 1, 1921 that stated that broadcasting stations would now have to hold a Limited Commercial license that authorized operation on two designated broadcasting wavelengths: 360 meters (833 kHz) for "entertainment", and 485 meters (619 kHz) for "market and weather reports".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 5, 1922 a broadcasting station license with the randomly assigned call letters <b>WDZ</b> was issued to James L. Bush, for operation on 360 meters.<sup id="cite_ref-new_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1923 the number of available operating frequencies was greatly expanded, and WDZ was reassigned to broadcast on 1080 kHz,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although its power initially remained at 10 watts.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Radio_Commission" title="Federal Radio Commission">Federal Radio Commission</a> (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, they were informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued <a href="/wiki/General_Order_32" title="General Order 32">General Order 32</a>, which notified 164 stations, including WDZ, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it."<sup id="cite_ref-notice_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notice-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed. </p><p>On November 11, 1928, the FRC made a major reallocation of transmitting frequencies under the provisions of its <a href="/wiki/General_Order_40" title="General Order 40">General Order 40</a>, and WDZ was shifted to 1070 kHz, sharing this assignment with <a href="/wiki/WCAZ_(990_AM)" title="WCAZ (990 AM)">WCAZ</a> in Carthage, Illinois. Moreover, this was a "clear channel" frequency, and WDZ and WCAZ were limited to daytime-only operation in order to eliminate any potential interference to the nighttime signal of the frequency's primary occupant, <a href="/wiki/WTAM" title="WTAM">WTAM</a> in Cleveland, Ohio.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1937 WDZ moved to 1020 kHz and raised its power from 100 to 250 watts. It no longer had to share transmitting hours with WCAZ, but was still restricted to daylight hours, in order to protect the frequency's "clear channel" station, <a href="/wiki/KYW_(AM)" title="KYW (AM)">KYW</a> in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. WDZ's power was increased to 1,000 watts in 1939 with a new 252-foot (77 m) tower. </p><p>During this time, WDZ aired remote broadcasts that were unique for a rural station. The station started the use of remote broadcasting equipment which included a truck called the "WDZ White Relay Truck",<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> equipped with a 100-watt transmitter to relay broadcasts from area locations, and some two-watt, battery operated transmitters that could be worn on the backs of assistants when a program originated from remote sites.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RhythmRidersWDZ_Truck.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/RhythmRidersWDZ_Truck.jpg/300px-RhythmRidersWDZ_Truck.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/RhythmRidersWDZ_Truck.jpg/450px-RhythmRidersWDZ_Truck.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/RhythmRidersWDZ_Truck.jpg/600px-RhythmRidersWDZ_Truck.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Rhythm Riders: L to R 'skinny' Masseneli, John Samuel Cox, Cecil Wright, posing with WDZ truck, <i>circa</i> 1939.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> took over regulation of U.S. radio stations in 1934. In 1941 the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Regional_Broadcasting_Agreement" title="North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement">North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement</a> (NARBA) resulted in another major reallocation of transmitting frequencies, and WDZ was moved to 1050 kHz, where it has remained ever since. In 1949, WDZ moved from Tuscola to <a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur</a>, although a remote studio was maintained in Tuscola until 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-crucial_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crucial-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This relocation allowed for the eventual allocation of a station on 1080 kHz, <a href="/wiki/WNWI" title="WNWI">WNWI</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oak_Lawn,_Illinois" title="Oak Lawn, Illinois">Oak Lawn, Illinois</a>, a suburb of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. </p><p>Under the 1941 NARBA agreement, 1050 kHz was designated a Mexican clear channel frequency, assigned to XEG in Monterrey. American stations operating on Mexican clear channel frequencies were restricted to 1,000 watts, daytime-only, until the <a href="/wiki/Regional_Agreement_for_the_Medium_Frequency_Broadcasting_Service_in_Region_2" title="Regional Agreement for the Medium Frequency Broadcasting Service in Region 2">"Rio" treaty</a> took effect in the late 1980s. Afterward, it was a simple matter for WDZ to add night operations with the maximum power permitted, 250 watts. Anything more than 1,000 watts days and 250 watts nights very likely would require installation of an expensive directional antenna system. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WDZ_ESPN1050_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/WDZ_ESPN1050_logo.png" decoding="async" width="126" height="74" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="126" data-file-height="74" /></a><figcaption>Logo under previous ESPN Radio affiliation</figcaption></figure> <p>On March 31, 2008, the station switched from an <a href="/wiki/Urban_Adult_Contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban Adult Contemporary">Urban Adult Contemporary</a> music format branded as "Magic 1050" to an all-sports format as part of the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Radio" title="Fox Sports Radio">Fox Sports Radio</a> network. Within a year the station switched programming from Fox to ESPN Radio.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On January 4, 2021, WDZ changed affiliations back to <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Radio" title="Fox Sports Radio">Fox Sports Radio</a> as Fox Sports 1050 AM Decatur. </p><p>WDZ and its sister stations 105.5 WCZQ in <a href="/wiki/Monticello,_Illinois" title="Monticello, Illinois">Monticello</a> and 95.1 WDZQ, 1340 WSOY, and 102.9 WSOY-FM in Decatur, were sold to Neuhoff Media in February 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 1, 2024, Neuhoff Media sold radio stations in Danville and Decatur IL to Champaign Multimedia Group for $2 million and has since closed in May 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Smiley_Burnette">Smiley Burnette</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WDZ&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Smiley Burnette"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Smiley_Burnette" title="Smiley Burnette">Smiley Burnette</a> started his entertainment career on WDZ in 1929. He was hired after he came to the station to do an advertising spot for the furniture store where he worked. Burnette ran all aspects of the radio station from being the <a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">disc jockey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Music_director" title="Music director">music director</a> to doing janitorial work. He was known to read the comics from the day's newspaper using different voices and sound effects, as much of his audience were children. </p><p>Smiley (real name Lester) got his nickname from a character in <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/The_Celebrated_Jumping_Frog_of_Calaveras_County" title="The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County">The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County</a>", which he was reading on the air. He initially used "Smiley" as a name for a character in a new children's program he was creating for the station but it later became his nickname, as did the name "Frog". He then left WDZ to work with <a href="/wiki/Gene_Autry" title="Gene Autry">Gene Autry</a> on Chicago's <a href="/wiki/WLS_(AM)" title="WLS (AM)">WLS</a> in December 1933.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two decades later Smiley's wife, Dallas wrote: "Smiley's first employers were Mr. and Mrs. James L. Bush, owners of a grain office in Tuscola and then owners of WDZ, third oldest radio station in the country. Mommie and Uncle Jim, as Smiley and I call them, are like a second set of parents to us and we visit them whenever possible in Tuscola or in Florida in the winter or Wisconsin in the summer."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WDZ&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-forty-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-forty_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-forty_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/broadcastingtele62unse_0#page/n863/mode/1up/">"Radio stations 40 or more years old in 1962"</a> (WDZ Decatur, Ill. entry), <i>Broadcasting</i> magazine, May 14, 1962, page 126.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-new-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-new_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-new_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420257&view=1up&seq=363">"New Stations"</a>, <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, May 1, 1922, page 5. Limited Commercial license, serial #606, issued April 5, 1922 to James L. Bush for a three month period for operation on the 360 meter wavelength.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=53348">"Facility Technical Data for WDZ"</a>. <i>Licensing and Management System</i>. <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Licensing+and+Management+System&rft.atitle=Facility+Technical+Data+for+WDZ&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fenterpriseefiling.fcc.gov%2Fdataentry%2Fpublic%2Ftv%2FpublicFacilityTechDetails.html%3FfacilityId%3D53348&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWDZ" class="Z3988"></span> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=wdz&x=10&y=3&sr=Y&s=C">"WDZ-AM 1050 kHz - Decatur, IL"</a>. <i>radio-locator.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=radio-locator.com&rft.atitle=WDZ-AM+1050+kHz+-+Decatur%2C+IL&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fradio-locator.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Ffinder%3Fcall%3Dwdz%26x%3D10%26y%3D3%26sr%3DY%26s%3DC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWDZ" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858034384259&view=1up&seq=193">"Ninth District"</a>, <i>Amateur Radio Stations of the United States</i> (June 30, 1921 edition), page 191. The "9" in 9JR's call sign indicated that the station was located in the ninth Radio Inspection district, while the fact that "J" fell in the range A-W meant that it was operating under a standard amateur license.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-here-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-here_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-here_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://staleymuseum.com/library/sj/Staley_Journal_Sep_1946i.pdf#page=14">"I like it—HERE!"</a> by Clyde E. Wiley, <i>The (Decatur, Illinois) Staley Journal</i>, September 1946, pages 12-17 (staleymuseum.com)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-broadcast-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-broadcast_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-broadcast_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.096064288&view=1up&seq=852">"Broadcasting Market Information by Radiotelephone"</a> by Clyde E. Wiley, <i>The Grain Dealers Journal</i>, December 25, 1921, page 846.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-office-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-office_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-office_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-office_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Modern Grain Price Broadcasting Originated in Tuscola Man's Office", <i>Decatur (Illinois) Herald</i>, June 4, 1953, page 24.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-crucial-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-crucial_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-crucial_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-crucial_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Grain elevator audience crucial to early radio" by Robert Lee Zimmer (AP), <i>Jacksonville (Illinois) Journal Courier</i>, July 16, 1978, page 35.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.096064288&view=1up&seq=853">"Receiving Market Quotations by Wireless Telephone"</a>, <i>The Grain Dealers Journal</i>, December 25, 1921, page 846.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.1001431340&view=1up&seq=512">The Ray-Di-Co Organization</a> (advertisement), <i>QST</i> magazine, November 1921, page 124.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5185830/charles_auto_accident/">"Install Wireless"</a>, <i>Decatur (Illinois) Herald</i>, November 20, 1921, page 20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tuscola Radio Supply Station (advertisement), <i>Decatur (Illinois) Review</i>, August 27, 1922, page 20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435066705633&view=1up&seq=200">"Amendments to Regulations"</a>, <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, January 3, 1922, page 10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763342&view=1up&seq=169">"Alterations and Corrections"</a>, <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, June 1, 1923, page 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763342&view=1up&seq=109">"Alterations and Corrections"</a>, <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, September 1, 1923, page 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763078&view=1up&seq=60">"List of broadcasting stations issued temporary permits"</a>, <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, April 30, 1927, pages 6-14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763078&view=1up&seq=205">"Extension of Broadcasting Station Licenses"</a>, <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, December 31, 1927, page 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-notice-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-notice_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011384305&view=1up&seq=182">"Appendix F (2): Letter to and list of stations included in General Order No. 32, issued May 25, 1928"</a>, <i>Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission for the Year Ended June 30, 1928, Together With Supplemental Report for the Period From July 1, 1928 to September 30, 1928</i>, pages 146-149.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221814&view=1up&seq=239">"Broadcasting Stations"</a>, <i>Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the United States</i> (June 30, 1928 edition), page 169.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Perry, Stephen D. (2001) "Securing Programming on Live Local Radio: WDZ Reaches Rural Illinois 1929-1939", <i>Journal of Radio & Audio Media</i>, 8: 2, 347 — 371</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cassens, G. (1936, March 8). Letter to Lynnita Sommer, Museum Director. Correspondence file, WDZ Collection, Douglas County Museum, Tuscola, Illinois.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101297640&formid=905&fac_num=53348">Consummation Notice (Form 905) (application #101297640)</a>, FCC file number BAL-20081219ADP, 24 February 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-03.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://radioinsight.com/headlines/264368/neuhoff-media-sells-danville-intends-to-sell-remainder-of-radio-holdings/">"Neuhoff Media Sells Danville & Decatur IL Clusters; Intends To Sell Remainder Of Radio Holdings (Updated with Price)"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Neuhoff+Media+Sells+Danville+%26+Decatur+IL+Clusters%3B+Intends+To+Sell+Remainder+Of+Radio+Holdings+%28Updated+with+Price%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fradioinsight.com%2Fheadlines%2F264368%2Fneuhoff-media-sells-danville-intends-to-sell-remainder-of-radio-holdings%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWDZ" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2017236974/1946-02-14/ed-1/seq-12/">"Smiley Burnette"</a>, <i>Roanoke Rapids (North Carolina) Herald</i>, February 14, 1946, Section B, page 4,</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035090760&view=1up&seq=16"><i>The Smiley Burnettes' Cook Book</i></a> by Dallas and Smiley Burnette, 1953, pages 14-15.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WDZ&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nowdecatur.com/fox-sports-1050-am-home/">WDZ Official website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=53348">Facility details for Facility ID 53348 (WDZ)</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">FCC</a> Licensing and Management System</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU24&band=am&callLetter=WDZ">WDZ</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Audio" title="Nielsen Audio">Nielsen Audio</a>'s AM station database</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=51746">FCC History cards for WDZ</a> (covering 1927-1979)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://learningabe.info/special_section_wdzradio.html">WDZ Radio 'The Little Station from Tuscola'</a> Station history by Howard B. Taylor, Douglasville, Georgia (learningabe.info)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smileyburnette.org/Smiley/history.html">Smiley Burnette History</a> — Smiley Burnette official web site (smileyburnette.org)</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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broadcasting">FM</a> <a href="/wiki/Frequency" title="Frequency">frequency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WBGL" title="WBGL">88.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDCR_(FM)" title="WDCR (FM)">88.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJMU" title="WJMU">89.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYDS" title="WYDS">93.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDZQ" title="WDZQ">95.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEZC" title="WEZC">95.9</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WXFM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WXFM (page does not exist)">99.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZUS" title="WZUS">100.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOY-FM" title="WSOY-FM">102.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEJT" title="WEJT">105.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZNX" title="WZNX">106.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDKR" title="WDKR">107.3</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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