WEBC-FM

This article is about the WEBC affiliated FM radio station. For the currently-licensed AM radio station in Duluth, Minnesota, see WEBC.

WEBC-FM
Frequency92.3 MHz
Programming
FormatDefunct
Ownership
OwnerHead of the Lakes Broadcasting Company
WEBC
History
First air date
March 15, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-03-15) (as W9XYH)
Last air date
May 13, 1950; 74 years ago (1950-05-13)[1]
Former call signs
W9XYH (1940–1943)
WDUL (1943–1947)
Former frequencies
43.1 MHz (1940–1943)
44.5 MHz (1944–1945)[2]
Technical information
Power65,000 watts[3]
Transmitter coordinates
46°41′28″N 92°06′14″W / 46.691°N 92.104°W / 46.691; -92.104[4]

WEBC-FM (92.3 FM) was a radio station licensed to Superior, Wisconsin and which served the Duluth-Superior metropolitan area.

History

WEBC-FM began broadcasting on March 15, 1940, as what was then "the farthest west United States FM radio station",[5] and with the experimental callsign W9XYH. It was an early adopter of United States low band (44-50 MHz) frequency modulation broadcasting. When the FM band was moved to its present location of 88-108 MHz in 1945, WEBC-FM (then WDUL) was the first station in the nation to begin regular programming on the new band.[6]

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Roger J. (April 28, 1997). "A Technological History of WEBC Radio 1924-1995: Chapter 4". www.northpine.com. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Sterling, Christopher H.; Keith, Michael C. (September 15, 2009). Sounds of Change: A History of FM Broadcasting in America. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807877555.
  3. ^ Johnson, Roger J. (April 28, 1997). "A Technological History of WEBC Radio 1924-1995: Chapter 4". www.northpine.com. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  4. ^ Johnson, Roger J. (April 28, 1997). "A Technological History of WEBC Radio 1924-1995: Chapter 3". www.northpine.com. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "FM Broadcasting Chronology". jeff560.tripod.com. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "WDUL First Station to Use New F-M Band". Eau Claire Leader. September 9, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved May 23, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.