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| City of license | New Port Richey, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Tampa Bay Area |
| Branding | The Dove |
| Frequency | 105.5 MHz |
| First air date | September 19, 1969 (as WGUL-FM) |
| Format | Soft AC |
| ERP | 46,000 watts |
| HAAT | 410 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 1178 |
| Callsign meaning | DUV = Dove |
| Former callsigns | (applies only for this frequency) WGUL-FM (1969-1981) WPSO (1981-7/11/1983) WGUL-FM (7/11/1983-3/13/1995) WTBT (3/13/1995-3/24/1999) |
| Owner | Cox Radio |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wduv.com |
WDUV, "The Dove," is a radio station serving the Tampa Bay media market in Florida.
Broadcasting on 105.5 FM, the station specializes in playing the "easy listening" format, which announcers for the station describe as "continuous relaxing easy favorites." The format is actually a very gold-leaning soft adult contemporary mix of music which once included one or two instrumentals per hour, having evolved from true "beautiful music". (As of recently, however, most, if not all, of the instrumentals were dropped.) Artists frequently heard on the station include Anne Murray, The Carpenters, Barry Manilow, Barbra Streisand, Bread, Carly Simon, Elton John, The Beatles, The Mamas & the Papas, and Natalie Cole.
WDUV is owned by Cox Radio, and is one of the highest-rated radio stations playing the "beautiful music" format in the Southern United States. According to Arbitron, WDUV was the highest-rated radio station in Tampa Bay, beating out its nearest competitor, WFLA, by nearly three full percentage points in the winter of 2008. Currently, WDUV has a 9% market share out of all the radio stations licensed for the Tampa area, sliding one percentage point from 2005.
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History [link]
Initially signing on in October 1963, WDUV was formerly licensed to Bradenton in Manatee County and formerly broadcasted at 103.3 FM. The station originally shared the same studio facilities on Tamiami Trail in Bradenton with WBRD AM 1420 and the Bradenton news bureau of WXLT-TV; at the time, all three stations were owned by the same family. In the early-1990s, WDUV relocated its frequency to 103.5 FM, to improve its coverage area in the Tampa Bay area. By the mid-1990s, WDUV would be acquired by Jacor Broadcasting (since absorbed by Clear Channel Communications), who relocated its studios to St. Petersburg.
As recently as 1997, WDUV continued to play about 50 percent instrumental music.[1]
In 1999, WDUV would swap its frequency with Classic rock station WTBT, moving from 103.5 to the stronger 105.5 signal (WTBT is now WFUS, "US 103-5" country music). However, both frequencies would retain their transmitting locations and cities of license—after the swap, WDUV became licensed in New Port Richey with transmitting facilities in Holiday, while WTBT / WFUS, whose transmitter was located in Riverview, became licensed in Bradenton. (That station has since been relicensed to Gulfport.)
Shortly after the swap, Clear Channel would sell WDUV to its present owner, Cox Radio.
Personalities and Music [link]
WDUV's popular morning show, which airs from 6 to 10 a.m., was hosted by radio personality Dick Ring until he left the station on April 27, 2012.[2] The following Monday, Ring, who moved to North Carolina, was replaced by Ann Kelly, also the afternoon drive host for WWRM. The remainder of the broadcasting day is generally automated and without disk jockeys—which was how WDUV operated for most of its life on the air.
A sample hour of music on WDUV includes songs such as the following:
- "My Guy" - Mary Wells
- "Careless Whisper" - Wham!
- "Have You Seen Her?" - The Chi-Lites
- "Who'll Stop The Rain" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- "(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All" - The 5th Dimension
- "Leavin' On A Jet Plane" - Peter, Paul & Mary
- "You Are The Woman" - Firefall
- "I Just Called To Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder
- "Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless)" - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin
- "Eres Tú" - Mocedades
- "Any Day Now" - Ronnie Milsap
- "Do You Want To Know A Secret" - The Beatles
- "We've Only Just Begun" - The Carpenters
- "Surfer Girl" - The Beach Boys
- "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" - Glenn Medeiros
- "Fernando" - ABBA
- "Since I Don't Have You" - The Skyliners
References [link]
- ^ Knopper, Steve (1997-06-21). "Beautiful Music Gone, Not Forgotten". Billboard.
- ^ https://wduv.com/about_us/dickring.html
External links [link]
- WDUV website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WDUV
- Radio-Locator information on WDUV
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WDUV
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The Dove
The Dove may refer to:
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The Dove, Hammersmith
The Dove is a Grade II listed public house at 19 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6 9TA.
It dates from the early 18th century. A number of historical figures have been associated with the pub beside the Thames. James Thompson is said to have written the words for the 1740 song Rule Britannia! there. The pub appears in the 1930 A. P. Herbert novel The Water Gipsies, loosely disguised as the fictitious The Pigeons.
T. J. Cobden-Sanderson named his Doves Bindery and the Doves Press after the pub.
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Coordinates: 51°29′26″N 0°14′05″W / 51.4905°N 0.2348°W
Niki and the Dove
Niki & The Dove are a Swedish indietronica duo from Stockholm, formed in February 2010. The group consists of Malin Dahlström (vocals and production) and Gustaf Karlöf (production), and are signed by TEN Music Group, licensed to Sub Pop and Mercury Records. On 5 December 2011, the BBC announced that the duo had been nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll, which they ultimately finished in fifth place.
