Technical Profile: DWDLK

AM Technical Profile: DWDLK

Frequency:: 1450
Format:: Classic Country
Transmitter Location:: [map] North of US-280 on North Loop Road, north of Dadeville. At this site today is a self-supported cell phone tower.
Power (ERP):: Day: 1 kW; Night: 1 kW
Antenna:: 1 tower
Other Information:: 0.5 mV/m Daytime Groundwave Service Contour from the FCC's Public Files

[FCC]
[FCCData.org]; [Radio-Locator]; [Wikipedia]; Owned by Progressive United Communications
History:: This station was put on the air in 1980 by Fidelity Broadcasting, Inc. The station, ran 250 watts full time on 1450 kHz with a Country music format. The transmitter site was located on North Loop Road north of Dadeville It's always had the WDLK call sign. In the mid-80's, they were granted a permit to increase power to 1 kW full time. Dale Broadcasting, Inc. acquired the station in January 1989 for $185,000. Later that year, the station spawned an FM companion, WZLM on 97.3 MHz, doing Adult Contemporary.

The station was dark in either 1996 or 1997. Dale Broadcasting sold the AM for $8,500 to Little America Business Organization in August 1997. They brought the station back on the air with a News/Talk format.

Progressive United Communications purchased the station for $45,000 in November 2000, and flipped the format to Gospel and Blues. What happened with the station between then and 2010 is not quite clear, and FCC records are not available for this period. It's known the station was off the air for a time in 2008. Also, at some point prior to the winter of 2011 the station was reported to be on the air with a Hot Adult Contemporary format for a short time before going off again. It was later reported in July 2011 as being on with a Classic Country format.

The station was reported off for good in November 2011. The FCC deleted the license in May 2013 after being off for over a year.