WCBY

WCBY
City	Cheboygan, Michigan
Broadcast area
Branding	Big Country Gold
Frequency	1240 kHz
Translator(s)	100.7 W264CF (St. Ignace)
First air date	October 1954
Format	Classic Country
Power	1,000 watts
Class	C
Facility ID	56074
Callsign meaning	CheBoYgan
Affiliations	Dial Global Local "Country Classics" format Michigan Radio Network
Owner	Black Diamond Broadcasting
Sister stations	WCHY, WGFM, WGFN, WOEZ, WQEZ, WMKC, WTWS, WUPS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wcbyradio.com

WCBY (1240 AM plus translator W264CF 100.7 FM) is a radio station in Cheboygan, Michigan, broadcasting a classic country format delivered by Dial Global "Big Country Gold" is the slogan, which plays off sister country FM WMKC 102.9 known as "Big Country Hits". WCBY is currently owned by Black Diamond Broadcasting.

The station began broadcasting in 1954 as a 250-watt station under the ownership of Straits Broadcasting. For over a quarter-century the station featured a full-service format featuring popular music which was chiefly MOR in nature but included some Top 40 fare to appeal to younger listeners after school hours. An FM sister, 25,000-watt WCBY-FM at 105.1, was added in 1968 and aired a beautiful music format.

WCBY-AM/FM were sold in 1981 to Fabiano-Strickler Communications, which implemented format changes at both AM and FM, changing the AM to country music and the FM to Top 40, eventually changing the FM's call letters to WQLZ and boosting its power to 100,000 watts. In 1989, WGFM and WQLZ came under the ownership of Del Reynolds, who had begun his broadcasting career at WCBY in the 1960s, and his wife Mary. WCBY-AM adopted an MOR/adult standards format which continued for over two decades, and WQLZ became WGFM with a classic rock format as "W-Gold FM", later changing to "The Bear" and most recently to "Real Rock 105 & 95-5" (simulcast with WJZJ-FM Traverse City). At various times WCBY featured programming from the Music of Your Life network and from Waitt Radio Networks' "The Lounge" format.

In April 2010, WCBY dropped standards in favor of the classic country format formerly heard on FM sister station WLJZ 94.5 FM, which switched to a simulcast of classic rock sister station WGFN 98.1 FM ("The Bear"). Only the music has changed, as WCBY has continued to air Tradio, ABC newscasts, Sunday church services, and the other full-service elements of the previous format.

In October 2012, WCBY added a presence on the FM dial with translator 100.7 W264BF Saint Ignace, which had formerly relayed Catholic station (and former sister station to WCBY) WIDG-AM 940. In the early days of WCBY, the station had a studio in St.Ignace but closed that studio when Mighty-Mac Broadcasting Company's WIDG signed on the air.

In February 2015, WCBY became an affiliate of CBS Radio airing hourly national news, complimented by local news, sports, community conversations with Mike Grizdale and Big Michael O'Shea. Weather forecasts feature former WWTV 9&10 Chief Meteorologist "Blizzard" Bill Spencer.

References

Michiguide.com - WCBY History

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WCBY

Radio-Locator Information on WCBY

Radio stations in the Traverse City–Petoskey, Michigan market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.5 92.3 92.5 92.9 93.5 94.3 94.5 95.3 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.5 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.3 100.1 100.1 100.9 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.5 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.3 106.7 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	530 580 750 940 1110 1210 1230 1240 1270 1310 1340 1400 1610

By callsign	W266CS WARD WBCM WBLW WBNZ WCBY WCCW WCCW-FM WCHY WCMW-FM WCUZ WCZW WFCX WFDX WGFM WGFN WIDG WIAA WICA WICV WJML WJNL WJOG WJZQ WKHQ-FM WNHC787 WKLT WKLZ WLDR-FM WLJD WLJN WLJN-FM WLJW-FM WLXT WLXV WMBN WMJZ WMKC WMKT WMQU WNMC-FM WOEZ WOUF WQEZ WSRJ WSRT WTCK WTCM WTCM-FM WTCY WTLI WVBI-LP WWMN WWSS WYPV WZTC

Nearby radio markets Alpena–Tawas City Door County North Central Michigan Sault Ste. Marie–Newberry Tri-Cities See also List of radio stations in Michigan

Country radio stations in the state of Michigan

Stations	WFYC - Alma WATZ-FM – Alpena WBCH-FM – Hastings WBCM – Boyne City WBCT – Grand Rapids WBGV – Marlette WBMI – West Branch WCEN-FM – Hemlock WCMM – Gulliver WCUP – L'Anse WCZE - Harbor Beach WDRQ - Detroit WFBE – Flint WFXD – Marquette WGDN-FM – Gladwin WGNC-FM - Constantine/South Bend, IN WGRY-FM – Grayling WHKB – Houghton WIBM - Jackson WIKB-FM - Iron River WITL-FM – Lansing WJMS – Ironwood WJNR-FM – Iron Mountain WJPD – Ishpeming WKCQ – Saginaw WKFR-HD2/W273AR - Paw Paw/Kalamazoo WKJC – Tawas City WKKM-LP - Harrison WKZC – Scottville WLAW – Newaygo WLCO – Lapeer WLEW – Bad Axe WLST – Marinette, Wisconsin WMIC – Sandusky WMIM – Luna Pier WMKC – Indian River WMKD – Pickford WMLM – Saint Louis WMRP-LP - Mundy Township WMUS – Muskegon WNBY – Newberry WNWN-FM – Coldwater WQTE – Adrian WRCI/W246BW – Three Rivers WRGZ – Rogers City WSAQ – Port Huron WTCM-FM – Traverse City WTIQ - Manistique WTNR – Holland WTWS – Houghton Lake WUPG - Republic WUPY – Ontonagon WWBR – Big Rapids WWDK – Jackson WWSS – Tuscarora Township WWWW-FM – Ann Arbor WYCD – Detroit WYKX – Escanaba WYTZ – Bridgman

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan

Coordinates: 45°39′30″N 84°29′24″W / 45.65833°N 84.49000°W / 45.65833; -84.49000

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.