WHDG

For the Havre de Grace, Maryland radio station that held the call sign WHDG from 1973 to 1989, see WXCY-FM.

WHDG (97.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States, the station is currently owned by NRG Media through licensee Raven License Sub, LLC and features programming from Westwood One.^[3]

WHDG

Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Frequency	97.3 MHz
Branding	Hodag Country 97.3
Programming
Format	Country music
Affiliations	Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	NRG Media (Raven License Sub, LLC)
Sister stations	WLKD, WMQA-FM, WOBT, WRHN, WRLO-FM
History
First air date	April 17, 1984; 41 years ago (1984-04-17)
Former call signs	WZTT (1984–1994)
Former frequencies	97.5 MHz (1994–2009)
Call sign meaning	Hodag, a mythical creature that supposedly lives in Rhinelander[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	55211
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	168.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates	45°22′50.00″N 89°11′22.00″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	whdg.com

History

The station went on the air as WZTT on April 17, 1984. On July 8, 1994, the station changed its call sign to the current WHDG.^[4]

On July 19, 2009, the station moved from their longtime frequency of 97.5 to 97.3 to accommodate the frequency of Glenmore-licensed station WTAQ-FM on 97.5, which serves the Green Bay market and signed on in February 2010.^[5]