WSDV
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1450 kHz |
| Branding | 103.9 Kiss FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 48671 | |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
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| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | kiss1039 |
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WSDV (1450 kHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Sarasota, Florida, and broadcasting to the Sarasota - Bradenton radio market. The station airs a hot adult contemporary format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.
WSDV is powered at 1,000 watts non-directional. Programming is also heard on FM translator W280EV. The station uses the translator's dial position, calling itself "103.9 KISS-FM".
History
On December 7, 1939, the station first signed on the air.[2] Its call sign was originally WSPB, powered at 250 watts, located at 1420 kilocycles. Its tower and studios were on City Island. The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) in 1941 moved its dial position to 1450 kHz.
WSPB became an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network, airing CBS's line up of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts. It was unique among stations on the Gulf Coast of Florida to run hourly news updates before this was a common practice.
In 1965, WSPB-FM signed on at 106.3 (now WBTP at 106.5) as a full-time simulcast of the AM. There have been many formats at 1450, ranging from classical music in the 1990s to oldies later in the decade.[3] For part of the 1990s, WSPB simulcast co-owned Tampa talk radio station WFLA until 2002. At that point, it switched to adult standards, using the WSRQ call letters beginning in 2003.
On January 3, 2014, WSDV and its Venice simulcast WDDV (1320 AM) rebranded themselves as "Sunny" and diverted from adult standards to an oldies/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 playing Christmas music. On January 1, 2018, at midnight, the station became 103.9 Kiss FM with a Top 40/CHR format.[6] It is the only iHeartMedia-owned KISS-FM station on the AM band, although most of its listeners tune in the 103.9 translator to hear the station in FM stereo.
On November 11, 2022, at 5 p.m., WSDV dropped the "Kiss FM" brand, switching to Christmas music as "103.9 Santa FM" It returned to Kiss-FM on December 31, 2022.[7] It flipped again to holiday tunes in early November 2023.
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WSDV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Radio Station Now On The Air". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Sarasota, Florida. December 7, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Radio Years.com". www.radioyears.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ Sun Rises Over Florida's Doves - Radio Insight (released January 3, 2014)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."iHeart Launches NewsRadio 1320 Sarasota".
- ^ CHR 103.9 Kiss-FM Sarasota Debuts Radioinsight - January 1, 2018
- ^ Santa-FM Arrives In Sarasota Radioinsight - November 11, 2022
External links
- Official website
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- WSDV in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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- W280EV at FCCdata.org
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