WDSR (1340 AM) is a

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Lake City, Florida Lake City is a city in and the county seat of Columbia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 12,329, up from 12,046 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Lake City Micropolitan Statistica ...

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. The station operates under the branding ''The BIG Talker'' in

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with

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-licensed WQHL (1250 AM). WDSR is owned by Newman Media, Inc. as part of a

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with classic hits station

WNFB WNFB (94.3 FM, "94.3 The Lake") is a commercial radio station licensed to Lake City, Florida, airing a classic hits format. It is owned by Newman Media, Inc. along with talk radio station WDSR 1340 AM. Both stations are operated by Southern ...

(94.3 FM). Both stations are operated by Southern Stone Communications under a

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, making it a

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to WQHL, Live Oak-licensed

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station

WQHL-FM WQHL-FM (98.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Live Oak, Florida, and also serving Lake City. It airs a country music format. WQHL-FM is owned by Southern Stone Communications along with talk station WQHL (1250 AM), sports ...

(98.1 FM), Live Oak-licensed

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station

WJZS WJZS (106.1 FM) is a Fox Sports Radio– affiliated sports– formatted radio station licensed to Live Oak, Florida, United States, and also serving nearby Lake City. The station is owned by Southern Stone Communications as part of a conglom ...

(106.1 FM), and Five Points-licensed

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station

WCJX WCJX (106.5 FM) is a hot adult contemporary– formatted radio station licensed to Five Points, Florida, United States, and primarily serving the Lake City and Live Oak area. The station is owned by Southern Stone Communications as part of ...

(106.5 FM).

History

WDSR, along with sister station WNFB, was purchased by Paul Newman in 1998. The owner died in 2015; however, the station remains under ownership by his family via a trust. In 2013, WDSR flipped from an

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format to

under the branding ''99.5 The Falcon.'' Concurrently, WDSR's

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switched frequencies from 97.1 FM (W246BY) to 95.5 (W238BW) . In 2017, operation of WDSR and WNFB moved to Southern Communications (now Southern Stone) under a

. Since then, WDSR flipped to a

format in conjunction with Southern Stone-owned WQHL of nearby

Programming

WDSR/WQHL currently feature

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from

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, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. The station also airs news programming from

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Translator

WDSR operates an

in the local Lake City area:

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