WDWG (98.5
FM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
Country
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format. Licensed to
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Edgecombe and Nash County, North Carolina, Nash counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The city's population was 54,341 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it ...
, United States, it serves the Rocky Mount area. The station is currently owned by First Media Radio, LLC.
WDWG is the only station to air all the games of the
Carolina Mudcats minor league baseball team.
History
The former owners of
WFMA signed on WSAY "98.5 Down East Country" in 1990. From 1998 through 2004 it was
classic country
Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades.
Repertoire
The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...
. First Media Radio, LLC changed WSAY to WDWG "The Big Dawg" and tripled the audience.
[Fred Marion, "Local radio stations switch, tweak formats," ''Rocky Mount Telegram'', July 21, 2005, Marquee section.]
References
External links
WDWG website*
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