WEBC-FM

WEBC-FM
Frequency92.3 MHz
Programming
FormatDefunct
Ownership
OwnerHead of the Lakes Broadcasting Company
WEBC
History
First air date
March 15, 1940; 86 years ago (1940-03-15) (as W9XYH)
Last air date
May 13, 1950; 76 years ago (1950-05-13)
Former call signs
W9XYH (1940–1943)
WDUL (1943–1947)
Former frequencies
43.1 MHz (1940–1943)
44.5 MHz (1944–1945)
Technical information
Power65,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
46°41′28″N 92°06′14″W / 46.691°N 92.104°W / 46.691; -92.104

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", 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.

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.