WWYC

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WWYC
Broadcast area Toledo metropolitan area
Frequency 1560 kHz
Programming
Format Christian talk and teaching
Network CSN International
Ownership
Owner CSN International
History
First air date
June 15, 1946;79 years ago (1946-06-15)
Former call signs
WTOD (1946–2010)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 22672
Class D
Power
Transmitter coordinates
 41°37′0.2″N83°37′16.8″W / 41.616722°N 83.621333°W / 41.616722; -83.621333
Translator 99.5 W258BT (Perrysburg)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.csnradio.com

WWYC (1560 AM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station in Toledo, Ohio. It airs a Christian talk and teaching radio format as a repeater of KAWZ in Twin Falls, Idaho, the originator of the CSN International network of repeaters and translators.

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By day, WWYC is powered at 1,000 watts. But to protect other stations on 1560 AM, a clear channel frequency, WWYC must reduce power at night to only three watts, with 920 watts used during critical hours. [2] Programming is also heard on FM translator W258BT at 99.5 MHz in Perrysburg. [3]

History

Standards, Top 40, Country

The station signed on the air on June 15, 1946. The original call sign was WTOD under the ownership of local labor rights attorney Edward Lamb, with studios at 515 Madison Avenue. The station was notable at its launch for having been among the fastest radio stations to sign-on after being awarded a construction permit. WTOD's initial staff was composed largely of veterans returning from World War II. [4] WTOD was a daytimer, required to go off the air at sunset.

Lamb sold WTOD in 1957 to Detroit-based Booth Broadcasting. Originally a station typical of the golden age of radio playing adult standards, WTOD changed formats to Top 40 in 1959. The station was popular and competed with WOHO 1470 AM. The contemporary hit format lasted a decade.

In 1969, the format flipped to country music. WTOD became Toledo's first full time country station. In the early 1990s, WTOD was simulcast on WRED 95.7 (now WIMX). WTOD then became a simulcast of another country station, 99.9 WKKO. With a few exceptions, WTOD was a full time simulcast of WKKO until 2004.

Conservative talk and Christian radio

In the fall of 2004, the full-time simulcast of WKKO ended. At that point, WTOD became a syndicated conservative talk radio station. Hosts included Neal Boortz and Dave Ramsey. The weekends featured brokered programming, including Annunciation Radio, a Catholic-based religious show that would later wind up going full time on 89.7 WNOC.

In March 2010, it was announced that WTOD would be acquired by CSN International (the Christian Satellite Network). The station began airing talk and teaching shows from CSN. On April 23, 2010, the call sign was changed to WWYC.

FM translator

WWYC simulcasts on a 250-watt FM translator on 99.5 FM, which is located in Perrysburg, Ohio.

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
W258BT99.5 FM Perrysburg, Ohio 92941250D LMS

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WWYC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WWYC
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W258BT
  4. ↑ "WTOD on air June 15, three months after CP." e Broadcasting - Telecasting , June 24, 1946, pg. 58.
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