WHDG (97.3 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station is currently owned by

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Current on-air staff

* Michael "Double M" Michalak-Mornings * Penny Mitchell-Middays * Alan "Al" Higgins-Afternoons" * Whitney Allen(Host of the nationally syndicated series simply entitled, "The Big Time With Whitney Allen" which airs every Monday to Saturday evenings) * Happy T. Hodag-The mascot of WHDG since 1994

History

The station went on the air as WZTT on 1984-04-17. On 1994-07-08, the station changed its

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to the current WHDG. On July 19, 2009, the station moved from their longtime frequency of 97.5 to 97.3 to accommodate the frequency of Glenmore-licensed station WTAQ-FM on 97.5, which serves the Green Bay market and signed on in February 2010.

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