WYBY is an

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station serving the

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market under a religious format. The station, licensed to

Cortland, New York Cortland is a city and the county seat of Cortland County, New York. Known as the Crown City, Cortland is in New York's Southern Tier region. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 17,556. The city of Cortland, near the county's western ...

, broadcasts on AM frequency 920

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and is now a

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History

Prior to 2007, the station was known as WKRT and was a second-tier

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station, featuring shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', Mike Gallagher,

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, ''

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'', and various other programs.

Citadel Broadcasting Citadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadcast holding company. Citadel owned 243 radio stations across the United States and was the third-largest radio station owner in the country. Only iHeartMedia and Cumulus Media ...

, the owner of WKRT, sold their Ithaca cluster (including this station) to Saga Broadcasting, 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 WIII (99.9 Hertz, MHz), branded as I-100, is a commercial radio, commercial FM radio, FM radio station city of license, licensed to Cortland, New York, Cortland, New York (state), New York, and serving Central New York. WIII has a classic rock ra ...

, 99.9.

References

External links

Bible Broadcasting Network - Station Info
Bible Broadcasting Network YBY Radio stations established in 1947 1947 establishments in New York (state) YBY {{NewYork-radio-station-stub