WWYC (1560
AM) is a radio station in
Toledo, Ohio
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. It is now a repeater of
KAWZ in
Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls is the county seat of and the largest city in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The city had a population of 51,807 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. , the originator of a network of repeaters and mostly translators owned by
CSN International
CSN Radio is a Christian radio network based in Twin Falls, Idaho. KAWZ, 89.9 MHz, in Twin Falls is the uplink station, feeding over 348 broadcast translators and 59 full-power radio stations across the United States, including Alaska and the ...
.
History
WWYC signed on in 1946 as WTOD under the ownership of local labor rights attorney
Edward Lamb. The station was notable at its launch for having been among the fastest radio stations to sign-on after being awarded a
construction permit
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House building permits, for example, are subject to bu ...
. WTOD's initial staff was composed largely of veterans returning from
World War II
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.
["WTOD on air June 15, three months after CP." e'' Broadcasting - Telecasting'', June 24, 1946, pg. 58]
/ref> Lamb sold WTOD in 1957 to Detroit-based Booth Broadcasting. Originally a station typical of the Old-time radio, golden age of radio, it changed formats to Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "To ...
in 1959. The station was popular and competed with WOHO (1470 AM).
In 1969 the format was changed to country music. WTOD became Toledo's first country music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
station. In the early 1990s, WTOD was simulcast
Simulcast (a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast") is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously) ...
on WRED 95.7 (now WIMX). WTOD then became a simulcast station of fellow country station WKKO
WKKO (99.9 FM) is a commercial radio station in Toledo, Ohio with a country music format. It is owned by Cumulus Media. The station's studios are located in Toledo, and its transmitter is located in Harbor View, Ohio.
History
Toledo AM ...
. With a few exceptions, WTOD was a full time simulcast of WKKO until 2004.
In the fall of 2004, the full-time simulcast of WKKO was dropped in favor of syndicated conservative talk radio. Programming included Neal Boortz
Neal A Boortz Jr. (born April 6, 1945) is an American author, former attorney, and former libertarian radio host. His nationally syndicated talk show, ''The Neal Boortz Show'', which ended in 2013, was carried throughout the United States. The ...
and Dave Ramsey
David Lawrence Ramsey III (born September 3, 1960) is an American radio personality who offers financial advice. He is the founder and CEO of Ramsey Solutions and a co-host of '' The Ramsey Show'', a nationally syndicated radio program. He ...
. The weekends featured brokered programming
Brokered programming (also known as time-buy and blocktime) is a form of broadcast content in which the show's producer pays a radio or television station for air time, rather than exchanging programming for pay or the opportunity to play spot com ...
, including Annunciation Radio. This was a Catholic-based religious show that would later wind up going full time on WNOC.
In March 2010, it was announced that WTOD would be acquired by CSN International (the Christian Satellite Network). On April 23, 2010, the call sign was changed to WWYC.
FM translator
WWYC simulcasts on a 250-watt repeater on 99.5 FM, which is located in Perrysburg, Ohio.
See also
* CSN International translators
References
External links
FCC History Cards for WWYC
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;FM Translator
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Radio stations established in 1946
1946 establishments in Ohio
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