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WDCZ
Broadcast areaWestern New York
Frequency970 kHz
BrandingPrevious: WNED-AM 970 News
Programming
FormatOff the air since 1 December 2012 Previous: Public Radio (Simulcast of WBFO)
Ownership
Owner
  • Crawford Broadcasting
  • (Kimtron, Inc.)
History
First air date
October 14, 1924 (as WEBR)
Former call signs
WEBR (1924-1993)
WNED (1993-2012)
Call sign meaning
same as WNED-TV
Technical information
Facility ID27668
ClassB
Power5,000 watts
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewbfo.org

WDCZ is an American radio station in Buffalo, New York which until midnight November 30, 2012 simulcasted WBFO at a frequency of 970 kHz.[1] The former owner permanently signed off the station at that time announcing that it would do so two hours earlier. It has yet to be returned to the air.[2]

On August 29, 2012, Crawford Broadcasting, a Denver based firm, announced its intention to buy the then-WNED for $875,000. A spokeswoman for WNED said a closing date for the sale depended on approval by regulators. Donald B. Crawford, the Crawford Broadcasting president said that he expected his company to take over the station and begin programming it around January 1, 2013.[3] This is a second station for Crawford in the Buffalo market as it is the long time owner of WDCX-FM, whose programming it plans to simulcast in order to further its reach into southern Ontario.[4] The finalization of the sale took place at midnight November 30, 2012, through licensee Kimtron, Inc; the station's call sign was changed the same day to WDCZ. [5]

History

WDCZ was launched on October 14, 1924 as WEBR, making it the second-longest running radio station in Buffalo behind WGR. In 1975, the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association bought WEBR and sister station WREZ-FM which became WNED-FM. The station adopted an (almost) all-news format a year later (although an evening and overnight jazz program, Jazz In The Nighttime with Al Wallack, remained on the air). In 1993 the station was renamed WNED and all non-news programming was dropped.[6] Unlike its counterpart, WBFO which still had music programming overnight and on the weekend; WNED focused entirely on news and talk programming. Several of the programs on WNED and WBFO overlapped with different production teams for local inserts, each with its own hosts.

Until March 1, 2012, WNED was one of two National Public Radio affiliates in Buffalo. The remaining affiliate is WBFO, formerly operated by the University of Buffalo. WBFO was purchased from the State of New York by the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, the parent organization of WNED, WNED-TV and WNED-FM in July 2011.[1] With WNED's takeover of WBFO, the duplication of programming was expected to end;[7] there had been speculation (which turned out to be accurate) that WNED would be sold despite strong support in the local market for differentiated jazz, blues, news and talk programming.[8]

On March 1, 2012, WNED was relegated to a simulcast of WBFO. This led to much of the news and information programming that had aired on the weekend by WNED being replaced by NPR entertainment programs, such as Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and Car Talk (although the latter will end its run in fall 2012 and thus its future is unknown). WNED, which had not aired music since 1993, now aired blues programming Saturday and Sunday evenings, but in return, WBFO (and, with it, the entire Buffalo market) was stripped of all of its jazz programming.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/article743568.ece
  2. ^ Chernos Saul Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:01:56 -0800 Reporting the open frequency as a benefit for those wishing to receive long distance reception. 970 WNED NY Buffalo off-air International Radio Club of America Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  3. ^ Robinson, David (29 August 2012). "WNED-AM being sold to Denver company". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. ^ Robinson, David (30 August 2012). "WNED-AM to broadcast religious programming". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  5. ^ Jane Kwiatkowski WNED-AM sale to Crawford Broadcasting finalized buffalonews.com Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  6. ^ Buffalo Broadcasters website History of WEBR/WNED 1924 to 1998 Buffalo Broadcasters Association Retrieved 29 December 2012
  7. ^ http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/article674904.ece
  8. ^ http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2011/10/05/wbfo-wned-get-earful-from-public/
  9. ^ http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/guide.guidemain?action=viewGuide

References from The Buffalo News are limited without paid access.

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