WCBY AM 1240 Cheboygan

Slogan/Positioner: Great Songs and Stars

Format: Adult Standards

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Class: C
Power / # of Towers: 1,000 watts / 1 / omnidirectional
Unlimited operations

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage area
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WCBY from Wikipedia
• WCBY from RadioTime.com

Call Sign History:

• WCBY

Call Sign Origin: Cheboygan

On Air Date: October 1954

Owner: Northern Star Broadcasting

Telephone: (231) 922-4981

Notes/History:

• 10/2009: Temporary authority granted to operate at 360 watts both day and night in an effort to save money and prevent the station for ending operations completely.
• 9/15/1998: Station is transferred from Calibre Communications to Northern Star Broadcasting
• 1968: Sister station WCBY-FM 105.1 (now WGFM) first signs on with 25,000 watts.
• 1962: Fire destroys building. When the station is rebuilt, power is increased to 1,000 watts.
• 10/1954: Owner Richard E. Hunt signs on WCBY with 250 watts of power. Mr. Hunt also owned WSOO AM 1230 and later WSUE FM 101.3 Sault Ste Marie.

Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

Cheboygan County