WODI is an Oldies

Oldies

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/Classic rock

Classic rock

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 formatted broadcast

Broadcasting

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 radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to New Market, Virginia

New Market, Virginia

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, serving Brookneal

Brookneal, Virginia

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 and Altavista

Altavista, Virginia

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 in Virginia. WODI is owned and operated by D & M Communications, Inc.

History

The station was launched in 1965 and serves Central Virginia.

In March 2009, The Rain Broadcasting, Inc., purchased WODI from D and M Communications.

The Rain Broadcasting, Inc. is owned by Roger W. and Kangja Morgan. Roger is a broadcast radio programming veteran having programmed radio stations throughout the U.S. including KOIL in Omaha, WIFE in Indianapolis, and KISN in Portland for Star Stations. More recently, Roger programmed KYA and K-101 in San Francisco and served as host and producer of "Rock N' Roll Rewind", for a time, the most listened to syndicated oldies radio show in the world.

WODI's format is adult hits and features the popular talk program, Free Speech, hosted by Roger W. Morgan.

Featured

WODI's studio, tower, and staff were featured in a July 17, 2003 edition of Scott Fybush's "Tower Site of the Week" website.

Station Sold

According to radio information website VARTV.com, D&M Communications sold WODI to Christianstead, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands based The Rain Broadcasting for $135,000. The Rain Broadcasting owns one other station, WVVI

WYAC-FM

WVVI-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Christiansted, U. S. Virgin Islands. The station is owned by Philip E. Kuhlman and Ellen N. Kuhlman as joint tenants. The station is operated by Rain Broadcasting under a leasing agreement. WVVI-FM recently switched to a country format...

in Christianstead, St. Croix.http://www.vartv.com/archives08e.htm

External links

• Woody 1230 Online