WDZY (1290 AM) is a Conservative Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Colonial Heights, Virginia, serving the Petersburg/Richmond area.
[1] WDZY is owned and operated by Wilkins Radio Network, Inc.[8] The station went on the air as WCLA in 1955, later to become WPVA.
In June 2013, The Walt Disney Company put WDZY and six other Radio Disney stations in medium markets up for sale, to refocus the network's broadcast distribution on top-25 markets.
[11] In November, Disney filed to sell WDZY to the Richmond Christian Radio Corporation,[12] a subsidiary of Wilkins Radio Network, Inc.[12] The sale was "consummated" on December 31, 2013[13] and "accepted" by the FCC on January 10, 2014.
[14] In addition to the main station, WDZY is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.