WDRC-FM

WDRC-FM
Hartford, Connecticut; United States;
Broadcast area	Greater Hartford
Frequency	102.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	102.9 The Whale
Programming
Format	Classic rock
Subchannels	HD2: "Big D 103" (oldies); HD3: Simulcast of WDRC (talk);
Ownership
Owner	John Fuller; (Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation);
Sister stations	WBOM, WDRC, WMRQ-FM, WNTY, WSNG
History
First air date	October 26, 1959; 65 years ago
Call sign meaning	Doolittle Radio Corporation (founder of AM sister station)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	7718
Class	B
ERP	19,500 watts horizontal; 19,540 watts vertical;
HAAT	247 meters (810 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°33′43″N 72°50′38″W / 41.562°N 72.844°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live (via TuneIn)
Website	1029thewhale.com

WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market.^{[citation needed]} The station is owned by John Fuller's Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation, with studios located on Blue Hills Avenue (Connecticut Route 187) in Bloomfield, Connecticut, with other radio stations and a transmitter site in Meriden, Connecticut.