WWDE-FM (101.3
MHz) is a commercial
radio station licensed to
Hampton, Virginia
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, serving the
Norfolk/
Hampton Roads
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media market. WWDE-FM airs an
Adult Contemporary radio format, with a
Country format on their
HD2 subchannel. The station is owned and operated by
Audacy, Inc.
WWDE-FM has studios and offices on Clearfield Avenue in
Virginia Beach. The
transmitter is off East Indian River Road in
Norfolk.
WWDE-FM broadcasts in
HD. The station calls itself "2WD" referring to the two Ws in its
call letters, followed by a D and an E that can be pronounced as "DEE." WWDE-FM is one of two Hampton Roads FM radio stations to play all-
Christmas music
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from mid-November to December 25, the other being
WMOV-FM, owned by
iHeartMedia
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.
History
The station first
signed on
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* Using sign language
* Signature
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the air on June 1, 1962 Owned by Dick Lamb, Larry Saunders and Gene Loving. During the 1970s, it was co-owned with WVEC (1490 AM, now
WXTG) and
WVEC-TV. Its call letters were WVHR, and it aired a
middle of the road music format, sometimes
simulcast with its AM
sister station
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Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
. Its longtime
adult contemporary format started on July 31, 1978, with Lamb and sidekick Paul Richardson hosting the "2WD Breakfast Bunch" until January 28, 2005. Both have moved to rival
WTWV-FM.
On December 26, 2006, WWDE shifted to
Soft Adult Contemporary, but retained the "2WD" moniker. On April 1, 2013, WWDE shifted back to Mainstream
Adult Contemporary, and rebranded as "The New 101.3 2WD".
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In May 1987, a popular WWDE overnight DJ, Debbie Dicus, was murdered in broad daylight while tending to her garden in a public park in Hampton. Her tragic murder is noted on a
Forensic Files episode, "Garden of Evil."
References
Hampton Roads Media Information
External links
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Radio stations in the Hampton Roads-Tidewater area, WDE-FM
Radio stations established in 1962
Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
Audacy, Inc. radio stations
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