WDFM (98.1

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) is an FM

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located in

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. The station is owned and operated by

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, which purchased it from Lankenau-Small Media in 1999. It has a broadcast tower in Sherwood, Ohio. WDFM formerly operated an on-channel booster station in

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, but did not rebuild it after a winter storm toppled the booster station's tower. The main WDFM signal reaches much of Fort Wayne, but the station does not target that region. During certain conditions, the station can be received in the metro Detroit area.

Programming

Currently, it broadcasts an

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as Mix 98.1, Today's Variety. The station also plays all 1980s music on weekends. The station switched from

's Hot AC format to mainstream AC in September 2014, following sister station

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's format change to

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. Prior to its rebranding in 1999, WDFM was of the AC Hot 30 format, and prior to that and back to its sign-on in 1985, the station played

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music.

Television

WDFM also operated a low power television station, WDFM-LP (now WNHO-LD) channel 26. When owned by Lankenau-Small Media, they experimented with some syndicated programming, with a

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airing when no programming is scheduled. It was the last

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owned by iHeartMedia and was considered a side business of WDFM radio. WDFM-LP was donated to American Christian Television Services in 2018.

External links

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Michiguide: WDFM-FM info
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