WNDE (1260 AM) is a commercial radio station in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is owned by iHeartMedia with the broadcast license held by iHM Licenses, LLC. WNDE broadcasts a sports radio format, with some afternoon talk programs, including The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. WNDE is powered at 5,000 watts. By day, it uses a non-directional antenna. But at night, to protect other stations on 1260 AM from interference, it switches to a directional antenna with a three-tower array. The transmitter is off Fall Creek Road in Indianapolis. Programming is also heard on the HD Radio digital subchannel of co-owned WFBQ 94.7 FM. History WFBM The station signed on as WFBM on October 23, 1924. It is the oldest radio station still operating in Indianapolis, and third oldest in the state of Indiana. It was started by the Merchants Heating & Light Co., later Indianapolis Power & Light. In its early years, it broadcast on 1130 kilocycles. In 1927, it moved to 1330 kHz, then to 1090 kHz in 1928, and to 1230 kHz in 1929. It arrived at its current frequency after the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) in 1941, when all stations in the United States at 1230 kHz were moved to 1260 kHz. In 1949, WFBM-TV (now WRTV) went on the air in time to broadcast the 1949 Indianapolis 500 (May 30, 1949). The WFBM "family" grew on November 26, 1959, when WFBM-FM went on the air at 94.7 MHz (now WFBQ). In 1957, WFBM-AM-FM-TV were sold to Time-Life, Inc. McGraw-Hill bought the stations in 1972, and almost immediately put the radio stations on the market. The WFBM stations had been grandfathered when the FCC banned common ownership of television and radio stations, but lost that protection with the McGraw-Hill purchase. WNDE In 1973, WFBM became WNDE, followed by WFBM-FM becoming WFBQ in Spring 1974. The WNDE call letters were chosen as the letters "NDE" phonetically sound like "Indy". Through much of the 1960s and 70s, WNDE had a Top 40 format, using the identifier "Windy Twelve Sixty." WNDE and 1310 WIFE (now WTLC) had a spirited competition for youthful Top 40 listeners. But in the 1980s, contemporary music listening switched to the FM dial. WNDE needed to find a new format and eventually it switched to Sports Radio. Sports Radio WNDE has been a Fox Sports Radio network affiliate since 2002. It