WDDJ is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Paducah, Kentucky

Paducah, Kentucky

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, USA. The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company along with "twin stations" "Electric 94.9"

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 in Tri-Cities, Tennessee/Virginia, and "Electric 102.7"

WVSR-FM

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 in Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston, West Virginia

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WDDJ broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR)

Contemporary hit radio

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music format. The station targets active young adult females ages 18 to 34.

History

The station was assigned the callsign WPAD-FM on October 18, 1978. On March 1, 1980, the station changed its call sign to the current WDDJ.