WYBK
Broadcast area | Chattanooga |
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Frequency | 89.7MHz |
Programming | |
Format | Christian radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Bible Broadcasting Network |
History | |
Former call signs | WDYN-FM 89.7 |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 65216 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000watts |
HAAT | 250 meters (820 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°10′17.00″N85°18′58.00″W/ 35.1713889°N 85.3161111°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | bbnradio.org |
WYBK(89.7FM) is a non-commercialradio stationbroadcasting aChristian radioformat. Licensed toChattanooga, Tennessee,United States, the station serves the Chattanooga area and south-central Tennessee. The station is currently owned by theBible Broadcasting Network.
History
[edit]For many years, FM 89.7 was the frequency forWDYN,owned byTennessee Temple Universityof Chattanooga, Tennessee. WDYN began as the campus station for the then-Tennessee Temple College in 1968. In November 2010, Tennessee Temple sold the station's transmitters and frequency toBible Broadcasting Networkfor $2.5 million as WYBK.[2]The school retained the studio facilities, and continued to broadcast on the internet. The school subsequently purchasedWUUS(AM 980) from3 Daughters Mediafor $175,000,[3]and began broadcasting its signal on that frequency on December 4, 2010.
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WYBK".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Lovett says radio sale will extend gospel reach".timesfreepress.
- ^"Chattanooga backfill deal gets school back in the radio biz".rbr.
External links
[edit]- WYBKin theFCCFM station database
- WYBKinNielsen Audio's FM station database