88 is the lowest # on the fm dial in japan.
88 is the lowest # on the fm dial in japan.
what is the lowest # on the fm dial in japan?
88
u100 was not to last forever. the am dial in the twin cities was crowded with top 40 stations, with u-100, kdwb, wdgy and kstp all fighting for the same audience. am music stations also desired to transition to the increasingly popular fm dial. in early 1976, fairchild industries decided to put both stations on the market. entertainment communications, the owner of easy listening fm station wayl, was interested in the am station to simulcast wayl's signal. the fcc rules in place for decades regarding ownership stipulated an owner/entity could not own more than one am and one fm station (and one tv) in the same market at the time; fairchild industries needed to find a buyer for the fm station and sought out the owners of various am stations in the area. doubleday broadcasting, owner of kdwb, wasn't actively seeking an fm station at the time, but offered to buy 101.3 fm in february 1976 after it was offered a rather generous deal that included wyoo-fm and the building in eagan that housed both stations, for $750,000. kdwb's general manager at the time, gary stevens said, that it did not buy wyoo-fm to shut down a competitor, but rather to take advantage of what it saw as a good deal.
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wcdb moved from the am dial on to the fm dial on march 1, 1978 with the song "born to run" by bruce springsteen, spun on vinyl by dj jim saturno. the station operated with 10 watts of power in fm stereo. while wcdb played the record, the same song rang out on the campus carillon outside the campus center (in the fountain). although wcdb was operating on the fm dial, wsua continued operating on the am dial as a training studio for new staff members wanting to work on the fm station. this continued until 1980, when it was decided that the am signal was no longer necessary.
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