WCER (97.5
MHz
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) is a radio station licensed to
Delhi, New York
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. WCER is owned by
Family Life Ministries.
History
The 97.5 allocation in Delphi was added by the
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) in 1999.
Double O Radio
Double O Radio was a privately held media corporation with corporate headquarters in Charleston, South Carolina. At its peak, Double O Radio owned 28 radio stations in the United States.
On August 8, 2011, Double O announced it would merge with ...
won the
construction permit
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House building permits, for example, are subject to bu ...
at auction for $399,000 in 2004;
it put WTBD-FM on the air in April 2008 with an
adult hits format.
Double O sold 26 radio stations, including WTBD-FM, to
Townsquare Media
Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York. The company started in radio and expanded into digital media toward the end of the 2000s, starting wit ...
in 2011.
In early 2019, Townsquare closed the station's studios in
Walton, which were shared with
WDLA,
WDLA-FM,
WDHI, and
WIYN; operations were moved to the company's
Oneonta facility.
On December 31, 2023, WTBD-FM ceased operations; at the time of the closure, the station had a
contemporary hit radio
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format.
Townsquare Turns Off New York Trio; Flint & Trentons Ams
Radioinsight - January 9, 2024 In May 2024, Townsquare Media sold the station, along with WDHI and WIYN (which had shut down at the same time), to the Family Life Network
The Family Life Network is a Christian radio network, broadcasting on FM stations across Western and Central New York, as well as northern Pennsylvania, from flagship station WCIK (103.1) in Avoca, New York. It is owned and operated by the Fam ...
.
References
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Radio stations established in 2008
2008 establishments in New York (state)
Delaware County, New York
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