WBYN-FM
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MHz | |
| Branding | 107.5 Alive |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WDAC Radio Company |
| WDAC | |
| History | |
First air date | 1969 |
Former call signs | WBYO (1969–1989) WYCL (1989–1992) WBYN (1992–2005) WBYN-FM (2005–2006) WFKB (2006–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Boyertown |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 71310 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 30,000 Watts |
| HAAT | 186 meters (610 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°24′15.00″N 75°39′9.00″W / 40.4041667°N 75.6525000°W |
| Translator(s) | 103.7 W279CB (Reading) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1075Alive.com |
WBYN-FM (107.5 FM) is a Christian radio station that currently plays Contemporary Praise and Worship Christian music along with Christian feature programs and church services. The station is licensed to Boyertown, Pennsylvania and serves the Reading area. The station is under ownership of WDAC radio company. WBYN has two transmitters. The main transmitter is in a rural area 6 miles away from the station. The auxiliary transmitter and tower is located behind the station at 280 Mill street. Its coordinates are 40°19′04.64″N 75°38′59.81″W / 40.3179556°N 75.6499472°W.
History
This radio station was founded by Dave Hendricks and was first assigned the call sign WBYO in 1969. The station employed a Christian teaching format with traditional Christian music played in between features and was a commercial operation but steered clear of
On September 14, 1989, the station was sold and changed the call sign to WYCL and flipped to a gold based down-tempo
, and others. After a few years, the station proved to be successful with the new format, was #1 beating WRFY 102.5 in the ratings.On January 24, 1992, the station was sold to WDAC Radio Inc. It was assigned the call sign WBYN and returned to Christian radio format which consisted of preaching, teaching, traditional Christian music, and information features. The station sold time blocks to various ministries. On September 19, 2005, the call sign was slightly altered to WBYN-FM in preparation for a simulcast with 1160 AM (formerly WYNS), which adopted the WBYN call sign a week later.
The music was traditional Christian music and played a few hours in mornings, late afternoons, and weekends. Some time in the 1990s, the station began mixing in softer contemporary Christian artists as well as Contemporary Praise and Worship Music. By 2000, the station was playing mostly Praise and Worship music and adopted the phrase "Life Changing Radio".
WFKB Frank FM
WBYN and WBYN-FM were entered into an LMA with
Return to WBYN-FM, coming Alive
On March 31, 2009, the LMA between Nassau and WDAC-FM (owners of the license of WFKB) expired after being extended several times since November 2008 and the station's call sign reverted to WBYN-FM. On March 31, 2009 the station dropped the Frank FM format and reverted to a similar religious format it had been broadcasting prior to the LMA but not identical programming to 1160 WBYN which was on WBYN-FM HD-2. Nassau did acquire WBYN 1160. That station, therefore, kept the religious format that previously aired on WBYN-FMHD2. WBYN-FM's religious format focuses slightly more on music and slightly less on teaching, though Nassau's 1160 WBYN religious format has a moderate amount of overlap with WBYN-FM's format. So WBYN and WBYN-FM are separately owned. WBYN-FM has opted not to broadcast on HD1 or HD2 for the time being. Though not consecutively, 107.5 has been a Christian-formatted station on the FM dial for over fifty years.
From the Newsletter: "The Nassau-WDAC deal struck in August 2005 was for an eventual purchase price of $22 million, and an LMA fee of $100,000 the first year, rising to $300,000 in the third year. Owner WDAC continued to operate its very successful Christian teaching WDAC (94.5) in the Lancaster, PA market."
As of early 2018, WBYN-FM's signature catchphrase was "Positively Different 107.5 Alive".
See also
External links
- WBYN-FM's Official 107.5 Alive Website
- WBYN in the FCC FM station database
- WBYN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- W279CB in the FCC FM station database
- W279CB at FCCdata.org