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| Frequency | 98.1MHz |
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| Branding | Mix 98.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WONW,WNDH,WZOM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1985; 40 years ago (1985) |
Call sign meaning | Defiance FM |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73393 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50,000watts |
| HAAT | 152 meters (499 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°17′28.00″N84°32′17.00″W / 41.2911111°N 84.5380556°W /41.2911111; -84.5380556 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | mix981fm |
WDFM (98.1MHz) is anFMradio station located inDefiance, Ohio.[2] The station is owned and operated as of March 2024 byiHeartMedia, Inc.,[3] which purchased it from Lankenau-Small Media in 1999.[4] It has a broadcast tower inSherwood, Ohio.
WDFM formerly operated an on-channel booster station inFort Wayne, Indiana, but did not rebuild it after a winter storm toppled the booster station's tower. The main WDFM signal reaches much of Fort Wayne, but the station does not target that region. During certain conditions, the station can be received in the metro Detroit area.
Currently, it broadcasts ahot adult contemporaryradio format as Mix 98.1, Today's Variety. The station also playsChristmas music for much of November and December.Prior to its rebranding in 1999, WDFM was of the AC Hot 30 format, and prior to that and back to its sign-on in 1985, the station playedeasy listening music.
WDFM also operated a low power television station, WDFM-LP (nowWNHO-LD) channel 26. When owned by Lankenau-Small Media, they experimented with some syndicated programming, with acommunity bulletin board airing when no programming is scheduled. It was the lasttelevision station owned by iHeartMedia and was considered a side business of WDFM radio. WDFM-LP was donated to American Christian Television Services in 2018, and was later shut down in 2024.