| SimulcastsWSHU,Westport, Connecticut | |
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| Broadcast area | Greater New Haven |
| Frequency | 1340kHz |
| Branding | WSHU Public Radio |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | News/talk (public radio) |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Yale Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| Operator | Sacred Heart University |
| History | |
First air date | December 1944 (1944-12) |
Former call signs | WNHC (1944–1998) |
Call sign meaning | Yale Broadcasting Company |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 72820 |
| Class | C |
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Transmitter coordinates | 41°17′33.3″N72°57′10.4″W / 41.292583°N 72.952889°W /41.292583; -72.952889 |
| Translator | 105.5MHz W288DV (New Haven) |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WYBC (1340AM) is a radio station operating on the campus ofYale University inNew Haven, Connecticut. The station is owned by Yale Broadcasting Company, Inc.; however, it is programmed bySacred Heart University under atime brokerage agreement. WYBC is apublic radio station, airing anews/talk format.
The 1340 AM frequency first signed-on in December1944[2] as WNHC, under the ownership of the Elm City Broadcasting Corporation. Elm City was principally controlled by Patrick J. Goode,U.S.postmaster for New Haven and former co-owner ofWELI radio; and Aldo DeDominicis, a former WELI sales person.[3]Triangle Publications acquired the station, along with WNHC-FM (99.1, nowWPLR) and WNHC-TV (channel 8, nowWTNH), from Elm City in 1956.[4]
Triangle had sold its stations, including WNHC-AM-FM-TV, toCapital Cities Communications in 1971.[5][6] However, the new owners were forced by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) to spin off the radio stations to comply with then-current ownership limits; WNHC was sold to Westerly Broadcasting Company.[7] By this time, the station had a contemporary format;[8] this gave way in 1976 to amiddle-of-the-road/talk format.[9]
WNHC again attempted atop 40 format starting in June 1979 in an attempt to compete againstWAVZ; however, just weeks later, WAVZ swapped formats with its sister station,WKCI.[10] With minimal promotion, WNHC struggled to compete with WKCI's stronger FM signal, and in March 1980 it flipped to anurban format.[10][11] However, the station ran into financial problems during the 1990s, forcing owner Willis Communications to file forChapter 11 bankruptcy in December 1997.[12][13] The bankruptcy resulted in a battle between Yale Broadcasting Company, which wanted to eliminate a competitor toWYBC-FM, andBuckley Broadcasting over the sale of WNHC, as well as protests against Yale Broadcasting in New Haven's African American community.[13][14] The dispute ended on June 3, 1998, when Yale Broadcasting purchased the station inbankruptcy court; the next morning, WNHC was shut down at the order of a United States bankruptcy judge for the District of Connecticut.[15] It returned to the air under Yale Broadcasting's control on September 15;[16] on October 5, thecall sign was changed to WYBC.[17] Starting in 1941, Yale students had operated an unofficial AM radio station using weak-signal carrier current technology tolerated by the FCC and common among student-run stations at the time, renamed WYBC and changed to 640 AM in 1945, but that station ceased operations by the early 1980s.[18]
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In the station's first decade as WYBC, unlike manycollege campus radio stations, it featured both student and non-student programming, some professional. However, interest in the station eventually dwindled (in sharp contrast, sister station WYBC-FM, largely programmed byCox Radio, is one of the highest-ratedurban adult contemporary stations in the country), and itscollege radio programming was transitioned to anInternet radio station, WYBCX, by 2010.[19] WYBC then adopted its current public radio programming, provided by Sacred Heart University, on April 4, 2011 (WYBC-FM continues to operate as a commercial station).[20] The time brokerage agreement with Sacred Heart University provides funding for WYBCX's operations.[21] The AM station uses a smallValComfiberglass antenna in place of the original metal tower which stood on the site.[22]
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