WNBY (AM) explained

WNBY
City:Newberry, Michigan
Area:http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WNBY&service=AM&status=L&hours=D (Daytime)
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WNBY&service=AM&status=L&hours=N (Nighttime)
Branding:WNBY 1450
Frequency:1450 kHz
Airdate:1966
Format:Classic Country
Power:1,000 watts
Class:C
Facility Id:20378
Callsign Meaning:Newberry
Affiliations:Michigan IMG Sports Network
Michigan Radio Network
Owner:Sovereign Communications
Sister Stations:WNBY-FM, WSOO, WSUE
Website:1450wnby.com
Licensing Authority:FCC

WNBY (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to Newberry, Michigan broadcasting a classic country format. The station has been owned by Sovereign Communications since 2004, and shares a call-sign and ownership history with sister station WNBY-FM (Oldies 93), also based out of Newberry.

Launched by the Newberry Broadcasting Company in 1966 as the town's first radio station, WNBY-AM was broadcasting an adult contemporary & country format when both WNBY stations were purchased by Prime Time Productions in 1979. Under their ownership, WNBY-AM took on a middle of the road format in 1981, which WNBY-FM simulcasted until 1989. In 1982, Jack St. Andre purchased both stations, and they were inherited by his wife Peggy in 1993 after his death. She turned WNBY-AM into an easy listening station. F&W Broadcasting bought the stations from Peggy St. Andre in 1995, and after a 1997–2002 stint as a news/talk station, WNBY-AM adopted its current classic country format in 2002. Sovereign Communications purchased both WNBY stations in 2004.

WNBY-AM airs the popular local morning drive program Casey & The Coffee Crew and the call-in shopping program Trading Post on weekday mornings, as well as the seasonal hunting program Deer Hunters Round-Up, and live high school sports games featuring the Newberry Indians. On-air personalities include morning host and Newberry Indians play-by-play announcer Casey Cook, Trading Post host & DJ Travis Freeman, co-hosts Sarah Freeman & Jerry Carnes, Indians color commentator Josh Freed, and Sovereign Communications' chief meteorologist Karl Bohnak.

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