WYBG (1050 AM) was a

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which broadcast a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station was last owned by Wade Communications, Inc., a company locally owned by Curran and Dottie Wade. During nighttime hours, the station reduced its power to 66

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s to protect

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's WEPN. The Wades had put WYBG up for sale; the station signed off for good on June 30, 2015, after 57 years on the air, when no one came forward to acquire the station. The station's license was to be cancelled by the end of July 2015 if no interested party came forward. Wade Communications surrendered WYBG's license to the

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(FCC) on August 28, 2015. The station's call sign was deleted from the FCC's database on September 2, 2015.

References

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 70680 (WYBG)
in the FCC Licensing and Management System
FCC History Cards for WYBG
(covering 1957-1981 as WSTS / WYBG) YBG Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1958 1958 establishments in New York (state) Radio stations disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in New York (state) YBG {{NewYork-radio-station-stub