WUDE (94.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Forest Acres, South Carolina, and serving the Columbia metropolitan area.
Owned by Midlands Media Group LLC, the station broadcasts a country music radio format branded as 94.3 The Dude.
Artists included Billy Joel, Queen, The Beatles, Tom Petty, and Electric Light Orchestra.
[4] On July 30, 2010, WWNQ rebranded as "94.3 The River", taking the station off the satellite and programmed locally, playing the top 40 hits of the rock era.
Local on-air personalities were Mike Lockaby mornings, Lona Steele middays and Marty Hall afternoons.
[6] In early 2013, the station began to stunt again as 94.3 George, 94.3 Kenny and 94.3 Garth Brooks, before re-branding as 94.3 The Dude on February 7, 2013, with no change in format.