WEBC-FM
{{Short description|Radio station in Superior, Wisconsin (1940–1950)}}
{{about|the WEBC affiliated FM radio station|the currently-licensed AM radio station in Duluth, Minnesota|WEBC}}
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| last_airdate = {{end date and age|1950|5|13}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/webc/chapter4.htm|title=A Technological History of WEBC Radio 1924-1995: Chapter 4|last=Johnson|first=Roger J.|date=1997-04-28|website=www.northpine.com|access-date=2018-05-23}}
| format = Defunct
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| former_callsigns = W9XYH (1940–1943)
WDUL (1943–1947)
| former_frequencies = 43.1 MHz (1940–1943)
44.5 MHz (1944–1945){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ik-3w8ZwwqkC&pg=PT65|title=Sounds of Change: A History of FM Broadcasting in America|last1=Sterling|first1=Christopher H.|last2=Keith|first2=Michael C.|date=2009-09-15|publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press|isbn=9780807877555|language=en}}
| operator =
| owner = Head of the Lakes Broadcasting Company
| licensee =
| name = WEBC-FM
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| city = Superior, Wisconsin
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| branding =
| frequency = 92.3 MHz
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| airdate = {{start date and age|1940|3|15}} (as W9XYH)
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| coordinates = {{coord|46.691|N|92.104|W|type:landmark_region:US-WI}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/webc/chapter3.htm|title=A Technological History of WEBC Radio 1924-1995: Chapter 3|last=Johnson|first=Roger J.|date=1997-04-28|website=www.northpine.com|access-date=2018-05-23}}
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| sister_stations = WEBC
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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",{{Cite web|url=http://jeff560.tripod.com/chronofm.html|title=FM Broadcasting Chronology|website=jeff560.tripod.com|access-date=2018-05-23}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/268140541|title=WDUL First Station to Use New F-M Band|date=1945-09-09|work=Eau Claire Leader|access-date=2018-05-23|page=2|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/webc/ A Technological History of WEBC Radio 1924-1995]
{{Duluth Radio}}
Category:Radio stations in Duluth, Minnesota
Category:Radio stations in Superior, Wisconsin
Category:Radio stations established in 1940
Category:1940 establishments in Wisconsin
Category:1950 disestablishments in Wisconsin
Category:Defunct radio stations in the United States