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| Broadcast area | Sarasota -Bradenton |
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| Frequency | 1450kHz |
| Branding | 103.9 Kiss FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WBTP,WCTQ,WDIZ,WSRZ-FM,WTZB | |
| History | |
First air date | December 7, 1939; 85 years ago (1939-12-07) |
Former call signs | WSPB (1939–1988) WWKY (1988–1989) WSPB (1989) WSRZ (1989–1990) WSPB (1990–2003) WSRQ (2003–2006) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 48671 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 27°20′11″N82°34′25″W / 27.33639°N 82.57361°W /27.33639; -82.57361 |
| Translator | 103.9 W280EV (Sarasota) |
| Repeater | 107.9 WSRZ-HD2 (Coral Cove) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | kiss1039 |
WSDV (1450AM) is acommercialradio stationlicensed toSarasota, Florida, and broadcasting to the Sarasota -Bradentonradio market. The station airs ahot adult contemporaryformat, switching toChristmas music for much of November and December. It is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc.
WSDV is powered at 1,000wattsnon-directional. Programming is also heard onFM translatorW280EV. The station uses the translator's dial position, calling itself "103.9KISS-FM".
On December 7, 1939 the station first signed on the air.[2] Itscall sign was originally WSPB, powered at 250 watts, located at 1420kilocycles. Its tower and studios were on City Island. TheNorth American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) in 1941 moved its dial position to 1450 kHz.
WSPB became aCBS RadioNetwork affiliate, airing CBS's line up of dramas, comedies, news, sports,soap operas,game shows andbig band broadcasts. It was unique among stations on theGulf Coast of Florida to run hourly news updates before this was a common practice.
In 1965, WSPB-FM signed on at 106.3 (nowWBTP at 106.5) as a full-timesimulcast of the AM. There have been many formats at 1450, ranging fromClassical Music in the 1990s toOldies later in the decade.[3] For part of the 1990s, the station, using the WSPB call sign, simulcast co-ownedTampatalk radio stationWFLA970 AM until 2002. At that point, it switched toadult standards, using the WSRQ call letters beginning in 2003.
On January 3, 2014 WSDV and its simulcastsister stationWDDV1320 AM inVenice, Florida, rebranded themselves as "Sunny" and diverted fromadult standards to anOldies/Soft AC format.[4]
On March 17, 2016 WSDV and WDDV switched to a talk radio format.[5]
On November 1, 2017, WSDV split from its simulcast with WDDV and began playingChristmas music. On January 1, 2018, at midnight, the Christmas music ended. The station became103.9 Kiss FM with aTop 40/CHR format.[6] It is the only iHeartMedia-ownedKISS-FM station on the AM band, although most of its listeners tune in the 103.9 translator to hear the station inFM stereo.
On November 11, 2022, at 5 p.m., WSDV dropped the "Kiss FM" brand, switching to Christmas music as "103.9 Santa FM." But it returned back to Kiss-FM on December 31, 2022.[7] It flipped again to holiday tunes in early November, 2023.