WYBC (AM)

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Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". WYBC (1340 AM) is a radio station operating on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The station is owned by Yale Broadcasting Company, Inc.; however, it is programmed by Sacred Heart University under a time brokerage agreement. WYBC is a public radio station, airing a news/talk format.

History

The 1340 AM frequency first signed-on in December 1944[1] as WNHC, under the ownership of the Elm City Broadcasting Corporation. Elm City was principally controlled by Patrick J. Goode, U.S. postmaster for New Haven and former co-owner of WELI radio; and Aldo DeDominicis, a former WELI sales person.[2] Triangle Publications acquired the station, along with WNHC-FM (99.1, now WPLR) and WNHC-TV (channel 8, now WTNH), from Elm City in 1956.[3]

Triangle had sold its stations, including WNHC-AM-FM-TV, to Capital Cities Communications in 1971.[4][5] However, the new owners were forced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to spin off the radio stations to comply with then-current ownership limits; WNHC was sold to Westerly Broadcasting Company.[6] By this time, the station had a contemporary format;[7] this gave way in 1976 to a middle-of-the-road/talk format.[8]

WNHC again attempted a top 40 format starting in June 1979 in an attempt to compete against WAVZ; however, just weeks later, WAVZ swapped formats with its sister station, WKCI.[9] With minimal promotion, WNHC struggled to compete with WKCI's stronger FM signal, and in March 1980 it flipped to an urban format.[9][10] However, the station ran into financial problems during the 1990s, forcing owner Willis Communications to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 1997.[11][12] The bankruptcy resulted in a battle between Yale Broadcasting Company, which wanted to eliminate a competitor to WYBC-FM, and Buckley Broadcasting over the sale of WNHC, as well as protests against Yale Broadcasting in New Haven's African American community.[12][13] The dispute ended on June 3, 1998, when Yale Broadcasting purchased the station in bankruptcy court; the next morning, WNHC was shut down at the order of a United States bankruptcy judge for the District of Connecticut.[14] It returned to the air under Yale Broadcasting's control on September 15;[15] on October 5, the call sign was changed to WYBC.[16] Starting in 1941, Yale students had operated an unofficial AM radio station using weak-signal carrier current technology tolerated by the FCC and common among student-run stations at the time, renamed WYBC and changed to 640 AM in 1945, but that station ceased operations by the early 1980s.[17]

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WYBC's logo as a college radio station.

In the station's first decade as WYBC, unlike many college campus radio stations, it featured both student and non-student programming, some professional. However, interest in the station eventually dwindled (in sharp contrast, sister station WYBC-FM, largely programmed by Cox Radio, is one of the highest-rated urban adult contemporary stations in the country), and its college radio programming was transitioned to an Internet radio station, WYBCX, by 2010.[18] WYBC then adopted its current public radio programming, provided by Sacred Heart University, on April 4, 2011 (WYBC-FM continues to operate as a commercial station).[19] The time brokerage agreement with Sacred Heart University provides funding for WYBCX's operations.[20] The AM station uses a small ValCom fiberglass antenna in place of the original metal tower which stood on the site.[21]

See also

References

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  1. ↑ "WNHC takes the air." Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising, December 4, 1944, pg. 14.
  2. ↑ "FCC grants FM, standard permits." Broadcasting - Broadcast Advertising, August 21, 1944, pg. 66.
  3. ↑ "Triangle makes 4th purchase in year, buys WNHC-AM-FM-TV for $5.4 million." Broadcasting - Telecasting, May 28, 1956, pg. 82.
  4. ↑ "Capcities buys 9 Triangle outlets." Broadcasting, February 16, 1970, pg. 9.
  5. ↑ "Last minute clearance for Capcities." Broadcasting, March 1, 1971, pp. 19-20. [1] [2]
  6. ↑ "WNHC-AM-FM sold." Broadcasting, April 6, 1970, pp. 9-10. [3] [4]
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External links

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