WFBY

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WFBY
Broadcast area Bridgeport, West Virginia
Elkins, West Virginia
Philippi, West Virginia
Weston, West Virginia
Frequency 93.5 MHz
BrandingThe FBY
Programming
Format Classic rock [1]
Ownership
Owner
  • WVRC Media
  • (West Virginia Radio Corporation of Elkins)
WAJR, WBRB, WBTQ, WDNE, WDNE-FM, WELK, WFGM-FM, WKKW, WKMZ, WVAQ, WWLW
History
First air date
 1984 (as WBTQ) [2]
Former call signs
WBTQ (1984–2018) [3]
Call sign meaning
The FBI
reference to the FBI complex in Clarksburg
Technical information
Facility ID 26143
Class B1
ERP 16,000 watts
HAAT 127 meters (417 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 38°58′11.0″N80°1′58.0″W / 38.969722°N 80.032778°W / 38.969722; -80.032778
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website wfby.com

WFBY (93.5 FM) is a classic rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Buckhannon, West Virginia, serving Bridgeport, Elkins, Philippi, and Weston in West Virginia. [1] WFBY is owned and operated by WVRC Media. [4]

On January 31, 2018, the then-WBTQ changed their call letters to WFBY and changed their format to classic rock, branded as "The FBY" (format moved from WFBY 102.3 FM Weston, which switched to a simulcast of rock-formatted WCLG-FM 100.1 FM Morgantown under the WBTQ calls). [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-586. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ "WFBY Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ WCLG-FM Morgantown To Add Clarksburg Simulcast; WFBY to 93.5 Radioinsight - January 25, 2018
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