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WDSM (710 AM broadcasting) is a commercial radio radio station licensed to Superior, Wisconsin, serving the Duluth-Superior area of Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin. WDSM is owned and operated by Midwest Communications and broadcasts a sports radio radio format. The and offices for WDSM, KDAL, KDAL-FM, KDKE, WDUL and KTCO are at 11 East Superior Street, Suite 380, in downtown Duluth.
By day, WDSM transmits with 10,000 non-directional. Because 710 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for WOR New York City and KIRO Seattle, WDSM reduces power to 5,000 watts and uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array at night to avoid interference. Radio-Locator.com/WDSM
In 2022, Midwest Communications merged the former news-talk format heard on WDSM into sister station KDAL. Local talk shows hosted by Neill Atkins and Brad Bennett can now be heard on KDAL, in addition to some of the syndicated programs previously heard on WDSM.
In the early 1940s, WDSM was a 100-watt station and broadcast on 1200 kHz. Information from Broadcasting Yearbook 1941 page 174 The studios were in the Board of Trade Building in Superior. Robert Ridder purchased WDSM in 1948, and became its president.
WDSM switched network affiliations with WEBC (560 AM) in 1955. WEBC became the Mutual affiliate and WDSM began carrying NBC Radio programming and news. This was a direct result of WDSM's commitment to television and its founding of WDSM-TV on March 1, 1954, as an NBC affiliate (now KDLH-TV).
WDSM stayed with NBC Radio until the early 1990s. The station aired a country music format during the 1980s, and then sports radio during the 1990s. Around 2000, WDSM switched to a talk radio format. It carried The Rush Limbaugh Show in middays as the cornerstone of its talk programming.
On February 7, 2022, WDSM changed its format from talk to sports, branded as "710 The Game".
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