WWDE-FM is a Light Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Hampton, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WWDE-FM is owned and operated by Entercom Communications.
This radio combo were originally sister stations to WVEC-TV as WVEC AM and FM. The 101.3 frequency has a long history. In the 1960s and early '70s, the 101.3 MHz frequency was the FM side of WVEC. There was WVEC-AM 1490, and WVEC-FM 101.3. In the mid 1970s, the FM b...
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WWDE-FM is a Light Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Hampton, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WWDE-FM is owned and operated by Entercom Communications.
This radio combo were originally sister stations to WVEC-TV as WVEC AM and FM. The 101.3 frequency has a long history. In the 1960s and early '70s, the 101.3 MHz frequency was the FM side of WVEC. There was WVEC-AM 1490, and WVEC-FM 101.3. In the mid 1970s, the FM became WVHR, for the Voice of Hampton Roads. Both radio stations were sold in 1978.
WWDE was founded in 1978 by Dick Lamb and business partners Larry Saunders and Gene Loving as an Adult Contemporary station with new calls WWDE AM & FM.At first they ran separate Adult Contemporary formats as 2WD AM & 2WD FM The station was always successful with Lamb, from owning it, to being behind the "mike" in the mornings. The AM station was later sold and became WLRT. (On August 1 2007, WLRT was sold again to sports broadcasters Red Zebra Communications...
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