WBYT (100.7 FM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

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region. The station airs a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

format and is currently owned by Pathfinder Communications Corporation. WBYT is licensed to broadcast in the HD (hybrid) format.

History

The station began broadcasting April 1, 1947, holding the call sign WTRC-FM, and was a sister station to 1340 WTRC.
Broadcasting Telecasting Yearbook Number 1950
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, 1950. p. 138. Retrieved August 11, 2018.History Cards for WBYT
fcc.gov. Retrieved August 11, 2018. In 1969, the station's call sign was changed to WFIM. WFIM aired an

easy listening Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, n ...

format.
1973 Broadcasting Yearbook
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, 1973. p. B-67. Retrieved August 11, 2018. In 1974, the station's call sign was changed to WYEZ, with the station retaining an easy listening format.
1975 Broadcasting Yearbook
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, 1975. p. C-62. Retrieved August 11, 2018. The station continued airing an easy listening format through the 1980s.
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1981
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, 1981. p. C-77. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
Broadcasting Cablecasting Yearbook 1985
', Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1985. p. B-89. Retrieved August 11, 2018. On December 13, 1991, the station's call sign was changed to WLTA. The station aired a

soft AC Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet sto ...

format.
The M Street Radio Directory
'. 1992-1993. p. 152. Retrieved August 11, 2018. In June 1994, the station adopted a country music format, branded "B-100", and its call sign was changed to WBYT.Format Changes & Updates
, ''The M Street Journal''. Vol. 11 No. 25. June 22, 1994. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2018.

References

External links

* {{Country Radio Stations in Indiana Country radio stations in the United States BYT Radio stations established in 1947 1947 establishments in Indiana