As expected, “Party 103.3” 1520 WPAY Rossford/103.3 W277BI Toledo OH launched as “Toledo’s Hits and Throwbacks” at 10:33 this morning.
Launching with 10,000 songs commercial free, the station will indeed feature longtime market personalities ‘Andrew Z’ Zepeda & Demetrius Nicodemus in mornings. Zepeda hosted mornings on iHeartMedia’s “92.5 Kiss-FM” WVKS from 2005 to 2010 and then Cumulus Media’s “100.7 The Vibe” W264AK and “Star 105” WWWM in 2011 and 2012 before legal issues ended both runs. Nicodemus spent nine years at WVKS from 2008 to 2017 as part of Zepeda’s morning show and its successors, while also working as a stand-up comic.
Other staff members include Dakota Mendenhall as General Manager and Mandi Martin as Program Director and evening host. Mendenhall has previously programmed in Montgomery, Biloxi, Amarillo TX, and Corpus Christi. Martin previously worked at stations in Michigan including WIOG and WGER Saginaw. The full lineup includes Anna & Raven in middays, Tino Cochino Radio in afternoons, and Mandi & Carson in evenings. Weekend hosts will include former Toledo hosts Sugar Vermont, DJ Adubb, and St Dave ‘Ya Favorite Mexican’ and Bigg Eddie Bauer.
WPAY launched its new format with 2 Unlimited “Get Ready For This”, Christina Aguilera “Genie In A Bottle”, 24k Goldn & Iann Dior “Mood”, Taio Cruz “Dynamite”, and Harry Styles “Late Night Talking”.
It’s something Toledo hasn’t seen in well over a decade; A Brand New Radio Station!
“Party 103.3” launched this morning, Tuesday 9-5-22 at 10:33am. The station is positioned as “Toledo’s Hits & Throwbacks”
“We will be playing the biggest hits from today plus a lot of great music the 419 grew up with that hasn’t been played on Toledo radio for years” says Mandi Martin, the station’s new Program Director, a radio veteran of 21 years. The station will be headed by Dakota Mendenhal, the new General Manager, who says “radio in Toledo has become very stale, playing the same music, way too many commercials and very little personality. Party 103-3 will change all of that.” Dakota was recently Program Director for Sarlite Broadcasting’s KLHB-FM Corpus Christi and unofficially the Operations Manager. He has also previously worked for Cumulus Broadcasting in Montgomery and Fayetteville.
Party 103-3 will feature longtime market personalities ‘Andrew Z’ Zepeda & Demetrius Nicodemus in mornings. Zepeda hosted mornings on iHeartMedia’s “92.5 Kiss-FM” WVKS from 2005 to 2010 and then Cumulus Media’s “100.7 The Vibe” and “Star 105” WWWM in 2011 and 2012 before legal issues ended both runs. Nicodemus spent nine years at WVKS from 2008 to 2017 as part of Zepeda’s morning show and its successors, while also working as a stand-up comic.
Andrew Z and Demetrius in the Morning will also feature morning radio veterans Steve Reamey and Donny P “plus a cast of thousands” says Andrew Z. He also says: “I’m so glad to be back doing morning radio. There just aren’t many local Toledo morning shows anymore. It was the perfect time and the perfect situation to come back to. Playing much of the music that was hot when we were #1!”
Other well known Toledoan’s will also be involved: Sugar Vermont, Most recently runner up on The Great Food Truck Race, will have her own show called Sugar’s Saturday Night Soiree. It’s also the return of St Dave “Ya Favorite Mexican” and Bigg Eddie Bauer formerly of Toledo’s Hot 97. The duo will combine for weekend party mix shows Friday and Saturday night. And DJ Adubb, Toledo’s #1 club DJ and former radio personality, will be hosting a weeknight show.
The station is running commercial free with 10,000 songs in a row. At the conclusion of those songs, the shows will begin airing on the station, including the morning show. The station will also be able to be heard in all the digital spaces, App, online, on demand, podcast, etc…
Original Report 9/5: Fusion Radio LLC’s 1520 WPAY Rossford/103.3 W277BI Toledo OH has begun running a 2000s Rhythmic heavy playlist as it prepares to launch its new identity on Tuesday, September 6.
WPAY will become “Party 103.3” at 10:33am. The station will be positioned as “Toledo’s Hits & Throwbacks” and feature longtime market personalities ‘Andrew Z’ Zepeda & Demetrius Nicodemus in mornings.
Zepeda hosted mornings on iHeartMedia’s “92.5 Kiss-FM” WVKS from 2005 to 2010 and then Cumulus Media’s “100.7 The Vibe” W264AK and “Star 105” WWWM in 2011 and 2012 before legal issues ended both runs. Nicodemus spent nine years at WVKS from 2008 to 2017 as part of Zepeda’s morning show and its successors, while also working as a stand-up comic.
