WEBC-FM

WEBC-FM
City Superior, Wisconsin
Frequency 92.3 MHz
First air date March 15, 1940 (1940-03-15) (as W9XYH)
Last air date May 13, 1950 (1950-05-13)[1]
Power 65,000 watts[2]
Transmitter coordinates 46°41′28″N 92°06′14″W / 46.691°N 92.104°W / 46.691; -92.104[3]
Former callsigns W9XYH (1940–1943)
WDUL (1943–1947)
Former frequencies 43.1 MHz (1940–1943)
44.5 MHz (1944–1945)[4]
Owner Head of the Lakes Broadcasting Company
Sister stations WEBC

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. (1997-04-28). "A Technological History of WEBC Radio 1924-1995: Chapter 4". www.northpine.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Roger J. (1997-04-28). "A Technological History of WEBC Radio 1924-1995: Chapter 4". www.northpine.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  3. ↑ Johnson, Roger J. (1997-04-28). "A Technological History of WEBC Radio 1924-1995: Chapter 3". www.northpine.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  4. ↑ Sterling, Christopher H.; Keith, Michael C. (2009-09-15). Sounds of Change: A History of FM Broadcasting in America. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807877555.
  5. ↑ "FM Broadcasting Chronology". jeff560.tripod.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  6. ↑ "WDUL First Station to Use New F-M Band". Eau Claire Leader. 1945-09-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2018-05-23 – via Newspapers.com.
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