WYBY explained

WYBY
City:Cortland, New York
Area:Cortland, NY and Vicinity
Airdate:February 25, 1947
Frequency:920 (kHz)
Format:Religious
Power:1,000 Watts (Daytime)
500 Watts (Nighttime)
Class:B
Facility Id:9428
Owner:Bible Broadcasting Network
Website:bbnradio.org
Callsign Meaning:"Bible"
Former Callsigns:WKRT (1947–2007)
Affiliations:Bible Broadcasting Network
Webcast:BBN English Live Feed
Licensing Authority:FCC

WYBY is an AM radio station serving the Ithaca market under a religious format. The station, licensed to Cortland, New York, broadcasts on AM frequency 920 kHz and is now a Bible Broadcasting Network Owned-and-operated station.

History

Prior to 2007, the station was known as WKRT and was a second-tier news/talk station, featuring shows such as The Laura Ingraham Show, The Radio Factor, The Sean Hannity Show, Mike Gallagher, Jim Bohannon, The Kim Komando Show, and various other programs. Citadel Broadcasting, the owner of WKRT, sold their Ithaca cluster (including this station) to Saga Communications, who in turn gave away the station for free to the Bible Broadcasting Network, presumably as a tax-deductible donation, to comply with FCC concentration limits in the Ithaca market due to their purchase of sister station WIII-FM, 99.9.

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