WYBC (AM)

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WYBC
Simulcasts WSHU, Westport, Connecticut
Broadcast area Greater New Haven
Frequency 1340 kHz
BrandingWSHU Public Radio
Programming
Language(s) English
Format News/talk (public radio)
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerYale Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Operator Sacred Heart University
History
First air date
December 1944;79 years ago (1944-12)
Former call signs
WNHC (1944–1998)
Call sign meaning
Yale Broadcasting Company
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 72820
Class C
Power
  • 1,000 watts (day)
  • 880 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°17′33″N72°57′12″W / 41.29250°N 72.95333°W / 41.29250; -72.95333
Translator(s) 105.5 MHz  W288DV (New Haven)
Links
Public license information
Website www.wshu.org

WYBC (1340 AM) is a radio station operating on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The station is owned by Yale Broadcasting Company, Inc.; however, it is programmed by Sacred Heart University under a time brokerage agreement. WYBC is a public radio station, airing a news/talk format.

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History

The 1340 AM frequency first signed-on in December 1944 [2] as WNHC, under the ownership of the Elm City Broadcasting Corporation. Elm City was principally controlled by Patrick J. Goode, U.S. postmaster for New Haven and former co-owner of WELI radio; and Aldo DeDominicis, a former WELI sales person. [3] Triangle Publications acquired the station, along with WNHC-FM (99.1, now WPLR) and WNHC-TV (channel 8, now WTNH), from Elm City in 1956. [4]

Triangle had sold its stations, including WNHC-AM-FM-TV, to Capital Cities Communications in 1971. [5] [6] However, the new owners were forced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to spin off the radio stations to comply with then-current ownership limits; WNHC was sold to Westerly Broadcasting Company. [7] By this time, the station had a contemporary format; [8] this gave way in 1976 to a middle-of-the-road/talk format. [9]

WNHC again attempted a top 40 format starting in June 1979 in an attempt to compete against WAVZ; however, just weeks later, WAVZ swapped formats with its sister station, WKCI. [10] With minimal promotion, WNHC struggled to compete with WKCI's stronger FM signal, and in March 1980 it flipped to an urban format. [10] [11] However, the station ran into financial problems during the 1990s, forcing owner Willis Communications to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 1997. [12] [13] The bankruptcy resulted in a battle between Yale Broadcasting Company, which wanted to eliminate a competitor to WYBC-FM, and Buckley Broadcasting over the sale of WNHC, as well as protests against Yale Broadcasting in New Haven's African American community. [13] [14] The dispute ended on June 3, 1998, when Yale Broadcasting purchased the station in bankruptcy court; the next morning, WNHC was shut down at the order of a United States bankruptcy judge for the District of Connecticut. [15] It returned to the air under Yale Broadcasting's control on September 15; [16] on October 5, the call sign was changed to WYBC. [17] Starting in 1941, Yale students had operated an unofficial AM radio station using weak-signal carrier current technology tolerated by the FCC and common among student-run stations at the time, renamed WYBC and changed to 640 AM in 1945, but that station ceased operations by the early 1980s. [18]

WYBC's logo as a college radio station. WYBC (AM).png
WYBC's logo as a college radio station.

In the station's first decade as WYBC, unlike many college campus radio stations, it featured both student and non-student programming, some professional. However, interest in the station eventually dwindled (in sharp contrast, sister station WYBC-FM, largely programmed by Cox Radio, is one of the highest-rated urban adult contemporary stations in the country), and its college radio programming was transitioned to an Internet radio station, WYBCX, by 2010. [19] WYBC then adopted its current public radio programming, provided by Sacred Heart University, on April 4, 2011 (WYBC-FM continues to operate as a commercial station). [20] The time brokerage agreement with Sacred Heart University provides funding for WYBCX's operations. [21] The AM station uses a small ValCom fiberglass antenna in place of the original metal tower which stood on the site. [22]

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References

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  2. ↑ "WNHC takes the air." Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising, December 4, 1944, pg. 14.
  3. ↑ "FCC grants FM, standard permits." Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising, August 21, 1944, pg. 66.
  4. ↑ "Triangle makes 4th purchase in year, buys WNHC-AM-FM-TV for $5.4 million." Broadcasting - Telecasting, May 28, 1956, pg. 82.
  5. ↑ "Capcities buys 9 Triangle outlets." Broadcasting, February 16, 1970, pg. 9.
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