WDRM

Infobox Radio station
name = WDRM


city = Decatur, Alabama
area = Huntsville, Alabama
branding = "102.1 WDRM"
slogan = "Continuous Country Favorites"
airdate =
frequency = 102.1 MHz HD Radio
102.1 HD-2 for New Country
format = Country
erp = 100,000 watts
haat = 299 meters (982 feet)
class = C1
facility_id = 44024
coordinates = coord|34|47|36|N|86|37|51|W|
callsign_meaning = Decatur Radio Marketcite web |title=Call Letter Origins |url=http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.html |date=2008-02-02 |work=The Broadcast Archive |last=Nelson |first=Bob]
former_callsigns = WDRM-FM
owner = Clear Channel Communications
licensee = Capstar TX Limited Partnership
sister_stations = WBHP, WHOS, WQRV, WTAK-FM
webcast = [http://wdrm.com/cc-common/streaming_new/launchpage.html Listen Live]
website = http://www.wdrm.com/
affiliations = Fox News Radio during late-night

WDRM (102.1 FM, "102.1 WDRM") is a country music formatted radio station licensed to Decatur, Alabama, and owned by Clear Channel Communications. It serves the Huntsville, Alabama, area. [cite web |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron]

WDRM has been consistently ranked by Arbitron as the most-listened to radio station in the Huntsville market for two decades. [cite news |url=http://www.al.com/huntsvilletimes/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1187515326250230.xml&coll=1 |title=WTAK rockets to No. 2 spot |work=The Huntsville Times |date=2007-08-19 |last=Welch |first=Chris |quote=WTAK-FM 106.1, classic rock, which tied for 10th in the winter survey, jumped to second behind its Clear Channel mate WDRM. |accessdate=2007-12-28] [cite news |url=http://www.al.com/huntsvilletimes/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/117179438361630.xml&coll=1 |title=Contenders shift in radio ratings |work=The Huntsville Times |date=2007-02-18 |last=Welch |first=Chris |quote=No surprise, country giant WDRM-FM 102.1 remained No. 1 in the fall Arbitron radio ratings - as it has done for the last 20 years. |accessdate=2007-12-28] [cite news |url=http://www.al.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/entertainment/1197195594305360.xml&coll=1|title=WDRM-FM still king of area radio |work=The Huntsville Times |date=2007-12-09 |last=Welch |first=Chris |quote=Country giant WDRM-FM 102.1 continued its two-decade dominance of the local Arbitron radio ratings by winning the summer period, but there were a lot of changes among the contenders.] The weekday morning show hosted by Dan McClain and Brent "Dingo" Crank is top-rated in the Huntsville market. [cite news |date=2007-01-14 |title='Dingo' returns to WDRM as part of morning show team |url=http://www.al.com/huntsville/stories/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1168770376138810.xml&coll=1 |work=The Huntsville Times |quote=Dingo is back. Brent "Dingo" Crank has rejoined WDRM-FM 102.1 as part of Dan McClain's "Dan and Dingo" morning show. Crank brings his upbeat style of good ol' boy humor and enthusiasm to the 5 to 10 a.m. show and station that has been rated No. 1 by Arbitron listeners for the last several years. |accessdate=2007-12-28]

Except for a a short period from 1982 to 1986 when it was officially "WDRM-FM" to accommodate a co-owned AM station being branded as "WDRM", this station has been assigned the WDRM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since it was initially licensed.cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=44024&Callsign=WDRM |title=Call Sign History]

References

External links

* [http://www.wdrm.com/ WDRM official website]
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