WNDV-FM (92.9

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, "U93") is a

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broadcasting a Top 40/CHR format. The station serves the

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area. The station signed on in 1962 with the call letters WNDU-FM; it was owned by the

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(from which the call sign was derived), along with WNDU (1490 AM) and

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 ca ...

(channel 16). In its early years, WNDU-FM

simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultane ...

the programming of its AM counterpart.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1965
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, 1965. p. B-56. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1970
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, 1970. p. B-73. Retrieved May 7, 2019. In 1971, the station switched to the

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"Hit Parade" format.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1975
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, 1975. p. C-66. Retrieved May 7, 2019. The station switched to its current Top 40 (CHR) format in 1979.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1980
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, 1980. p. C-79. Retrieved May 7, 2019. The station changed its call letters to WNDV-FM when it was sold by the university in 1998 to

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References

External links

U93 official website
* NDV-FM Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1962 1962 establishments in Indiana {{Indiana-radio-station-stub