WDND (1490 AM) was a

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licensed to serve the

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, United States, area.

History

WHOT

The station began broadcasting in 1944 and held the call sign WHOT. WHOT aired a full service format, with music, news, talk, comedy,

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, and variety programs, along with a

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program mornings and

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programs on Sundays. Bob Bell worked at WHOT in the late 1940s. In 1954, WHOT was sold to the

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for $140,000.

WNDU

In 1955, the station's call sign was changed to WNDU. The station aired an

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format from the mid to late 1970s.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1975
',

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, 1975. p. C-66. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1979
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, 1979. p. C-77. Retrieved April 10, 2019. In 1979, the station adopted a contemporary hits format, with extra disco at night. WNDU aired a

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format in the 1980s.
Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1982
', Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1982. p. C-83. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1987
', Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1987. p. B-102. Retrieved April 12, 2019. In 1990, the station adopted an oldies format. In 1995, the station switched to an all 1970s music format, with programming from

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. In 1998, the University of Notre Dame sold WNDU and sister station 92.9 WNDU-FM to

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WNDV

On November 23, 1998, the station's call sign was changed to WNDV, while its sister station's call sign was changed to WNDV-FM. In 1999, the station began simulcasting the contemporary hits format of its FM sister station, 92.9 WNDV-FM.

WDND

In 2006, the station adopted the

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format which had been airing on AM 1580 WDND, and 1490's call sign was changed to WDND on May 5, 2006.Devine, Cathy (2006).
The Radio Book 2006-2007
'. p. 225. Retrieved April 13, 2019. WDND was an affiliate of ESPN Radio.Radio Tower Falls
,

WNDU-TV WNDU-TV (channel 16) is a television station in South Bend, Indiana, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Elkhart-licensed Heroes & Icons affiliate WSJV (channel 28). Both stations share studios on the c ...

. January 1, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2019. The station was off the air for a period in January 2007, after its tower fell during a storm.

End of operations

On April 29, 2009, the station was taken off the air, in preparation for its transmitting tower site on the Notre Dame campus to be dismantled to make way for the Compton Family Ice Arena.Hockey arena construction forces 1490 AM switch
, '' South Bend Tribune''. April 29, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2019. Artistic moved the WDND call sign and its sports format to 1620 AM. The former call letters of the 1620 station, WPNT, were assigned to the silent 1490 operation on May 13, 2009. On May 11, 2011, the license for 1490 AM was canceled by the FCC.

References

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