WCEB (FM)

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WCEB

| above =

| logo =

| city = Deposit, New York

| country = US

| area = Binghamton, New York

| branding =

| frequency = 94.7 MHz

| airdate = {{start date and age|1991|1|16}}

| format = Christian radio

| erp = 770 watts

| haat = {{convert|196|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = A

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 16441

| coordinates = {{coord|42|1|44.2|N|75|28|23.6|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = WIYN (1989–2024)

| affiliations =

| network = Family Life Network

| owner = Family Life Ministries, Inc.

| licensee =

| sister_stations = WCEG, WCER

| webcast =

| website =

}}

WCEB (94.7 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Deposit, New York, and serving the Binghamton metropolitan area. The station simulcasts a Christian radio format with WCEG (100.3 FM) in Delhi. The stations are owned by Family Life Ministries.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WCEB |title=WCEB Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

History

Delaware County Broadcasting, owner of WDLA and WDLA-FM in Walton, New York, was granted a construction permit for a new station on 94.7 in Deposit on July 27, 1989.{{cite news |title=New Stations |work=Broadcasting |date=August 14, 1989 |page=71}} The station, which took the call sign WIYN,{{cite news |title=Call Letter Changes |work=The M Street Journal |date=October 2, 1989 |page=4}} signed on with a soft adult contemporary format{{cite news |title=Format Changes |work=The M Street Journal |date=January 28, 1991 |page=1}} on January 16, 1991.{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010|year=2010|page=D-378}}

Delaware County Broadcasting sold its stations—WIYN, the WDLA stations, and WDHI in Delhi—to BanJo Communications, owner of stations in nearby Norwich and Oneonta, for $865,000 in 2000.{{cite news |title=Combos |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/combos-85638 |access-date=December 23, 2024 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=September 25, 2000 |language=en}} In January 2001, BanJo began simulcasting an oldies format on WIYN and WDHI.{{cite news |title=Format Changes & Updates |work=The M Street Journal |date=January 31, 2001 |page=2}} BanJo sold its stations to Double O Radio for $9.75 million in 2004.{{cite news |title=Deal of the Week |work=Radio & Records |date=July 23, 2004 |page=5}}

Double O sold 26 radio stations, including WIYN and WDHI, to Townsquare Media in 2011.{{cite news |title=Townsquare grows with Double O Radio buy |url=https://rbr.com/townsquare-grows-with-double-o-radio-buy/ |access-date=December 23, 2024 |work=Radio & Television Business Report |date=August 8, 2011}} In early 2019, Townsquare closed the stations' studios in Walton, which were shared with the WDLA stations and WTBD-FM; operations were moved to the company's Oneonta facility.{{cite news |last1=Fybush |first1=Scott |title=NorthEast Radio Watch 1/21/19: Steve Dodge, RIP |url=https://www.fybush.com/nerw-20190121/ |access-date=December 23, 2024 |work=Fybush.com |date=January 21, 2019}} In September 2022, WIYN and WDHI shifted from classic hits to classic rock as "100.3 & 94.7 The Eagle".{{Cite web |title=Eagle Lands In Oneonta |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/243055/eagle-lands-in-oneonta/ |access-date=September 26, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}} The stations carried the syndicated show The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show, based at then-sister WGRD-FM in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in morning drive time.

On December 31, 2023, WIYN and WDHI ceased operations.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/263186/townsquare-turns-off-new-york-trio-flint-trenton-ams/ Townsquare Turns Off New York Trio; Flint & Trenton AMs] Radioinsight - January 9, 2024 In May 2024, Townsquare Media sold the stations, along with WTBD-FM (which had shut down at the same time) to the Family Life Network.{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=Station Sales Week of 5/17: Townsquare Sells Upstate New York Trio |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/269049/station-sales-week-of-5-17-townsquare-sells-upstate-new-york-trio/ |access-date=May 17, 2024 |work=RadioInsight |date=May 17, 2024}} WIYN returned to the air October 8, 2024,{{cite web |last1=Stabbert |first1=Martin |title=Resumption of Operations of a Full Power FM Station Application |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/fmDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f91924d07dc01926cd874071256&id=25076f91924d07dc01926cd874071256&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=December 23, 2024 |date=October 8, 2024}} and changed its call sign to WCEB on December 6.{{cite web |last1=Snavley |first1=Rick |title=Form 380 - Change Request |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/fmDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f91934be7c10193694e514b1aa8&id=25076f91934be7c10193694e514b1aa8&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=December 23, 2024 |date=November 26, 2024}}

References

External links

{{FM station data|16441|WCEB}}

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Category:Radio stations established in 1991

Category:1991 establishments in New York (state)

Category:Delaware County, New York