WVCY (AM)

Last updated
WVCY
Frequency 690 kHz
Branding VCY America
Programming
Format Christian talk and teaching
Ownership
Owner VCY America
WVFL, WVCY-FM
History
First air date
July 1, 1969;54 years ago (July 1, 1969)
Former call signs
WAGO (1969 [1] -1983) [2]
WCKK (1983 [2] -1987) [3]
WLKE (1987-1992) [3]
WXOL (1992-1995) [3]
Call sign meaning
Wisconsin Voice of Christian Youth
Technical information
Facility ID 69836
Class D
Power 250 watts days
77 watts nights
Transmitter coordinates
 44°04′51″N88°33′53″W / 44.0809°N 88.5646°W / 44.0809; -88.5646
Translator(s) 99.9 MHz  W260DL (Oshkosh)
W286DS (105.1 MHz, Appleton)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.vcyamerica.org

WVCY (690 kHz) is a listener-supported AM radio station licensed to Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It is owned by VCY America based in Milwaukee and it broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format. Nearly all of WVCY's schedule is from the national network.

Contents

By day, WVCY is powered at 250 watts. But 690 AM is a Canadian and Mexican clear channel frequency. So to avoid interference, at night WVCY reduces power to 77 watts. It uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array. [4] Programming is also heard on two FM translators: in Oshkosh at 99.9 MHz and in Appleton at 105.1 MHz.

Programming

WVCY has a format of mostly Christian Talk and Teaching programs including Grace to You with John MacArthur , In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley , Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers , Revive Our Hearts with Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth , The Alternative with Tony Evans , Liberty Counsel's Faith and Freedom Report, Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee , Joni and Friends with Joni Eareckson Tada , Unshackled! and Moody Radio's Stories of Great Christians. [5]

WVCY also airs a variety of vocal and instrumental traditional Christian music, as well as children's programming such as Ranger Bill . [5]

History

The station began broadcasting on July 1, 1969;54 years ago. [6] Its original call sign was WAGO. [1] The station featured a Middle of the Road (MOR) music format. [6] Old Time Radio dramas such as The Shadow , and news from the American Entertainment Radio Network were also on the schedule.

By 1976, the station had begun airing a Top 40 format. [7] In 1983, the station's call sign was changed to WCKK, [2] and it aired the Music of Your Life pop standards format, as "Cake Radio". [8] [9] From 1987 to 1992, the station held the call letters WLKE, [3] initially simulcasting 1170 WLKD as "The Lake", playing music from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. [10] The call letters were changed to WXOL under the ownership of area disc jockey Steve Rose from 1992 to 1995, [3] and the station was branded as "Excellent Oldies" during this period, airing an oldies format. [11]

In 1995, the station was sold to VCY America for $190,000. Its call sign was changed to WVCY. [12] [13] [14] The new owners switched it to a Christian talk and teaching format. Religious leaders are given blocks of time on the station. They appeal for donations to their ministries and share a percentage of that with VCY America.

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References

  1. 1 2 History Cards for WVCY, fcc.gov. Accessed August 23, 2015
  2. 1 2 3 "Call letters", Broadcasting , January 31, 1983. p. 78. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Call Sign History fcc.gov. Accessed September 28, 2012
  4. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WVCY
  5. 1 2 "WVCY Program Schedule" VCY America. September 1, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  6. 1 2 1972 Broadcasting Yearbook , Broadcasting, 1972. p. B-235. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  7. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1976 , Broadcasting, 1976. p. C-222. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  8. ↑ "WCKK", The Post-Crescent , March 20, 1983. p. D-9.
  9. ↑ Television/Radio Age, Vol. 32. 1985. Television Editorial Corporation. p. 190.
  10. ↑ WLKE September 1, 2010. Accessed October 24, 2012
  11. ↑ History of Wisconsin AM stations QSL.net. Accessed September 28, 2012
  12. ↑ "Changing Hands", Broadcasting & Cable . September 12, 1994. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  13. ↑ Application Search Details – BAL-19940812EA, fcc.gov. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  14. ↑ Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
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