WDXT (93.9
FM) is a radio station broadcasting a
classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...
format in
Dansville, Livingston County, New York
Dansville is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of North Dansville, New York, North Dansville, with a small northern part in the town of Sparta, New York, Sparta in Livi ...
, United States. The station is owned by Genesee Media.
The station is located such that the broadcast at times reaches as far north as Pittsford, New York, to the Pennsylvania border to the south.
History
In 2003, WDNY-FM moved from its original location at 129 Main Street to a new office and studio at 195 Main Street. The new location is within a historic Main Street building and still contains the original ornate tin ceiling. On October 28, 2011, WDNY-FM changed hands from Miller Media Inc. to Genesee Media Corporation.
The station is well known for its local service to the Genesee Valley, Western Finger Lakes, and Southern Tier areas of New York State.
WDNY-FM's ''Five-County News'' was broadcast live in the mornings with News Director Terry Van until his retirement on December 24, 2010.
On March 25, 2013, WDNY-FM changed its call letters to WMRV.
On February 22, 2017, WMRV changed its call letters back to WDNY-FM.
On December 18, 2017, WDNY-FM changed its format from adult to classic rock, branded as "Classic Rock 93.9". On January 28, 2018, it began airing the syndicated
Pink Floyd
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program ''
Floydian Slip
''Floydian Slip'' is a weekly, one-hour syndicated radio program produced by Random Precision Media LLC (RPM), exclusively devoted to the music and history of the British rock band Pink Floyd. The show has an affiliate base of around one hundred ...
''.
On March 11, 2019, Hold Fast Media, Inc. owned by Don MacLeod took over the operations of WDNY and WDNY-FM. On July 27, 2020, Hold Fast Media, Inc. returned the station to Genesee Media Corporation.
On May 5, 2025, WDNY-FM changed its call letters to WDXT to avoid confusion with WDNY, which has its own FM translator at 105.7.
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References
External links
WDXT website*
WDXT
Radio stations established in 1991
1991 establishments in New York (state)
Classic rock radio stations in the United States
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