WFBY

WFBY
City Buckhannon, West Virginia
Broadcast area Bridgeport, West Virginia
Elkins, West Virginia
Philippi, West Virginia
Weston, West Virginia
Branding The FBY
Frequency 93.5 FM MHz
First air date 1984 (as WBTQ)[1]
Format Classic rock[2]
Power 16,000 Watts
HAAT 127 meters (417 ft)
Class B1
Facility ID 26143
Transmitter coordinates 38°58′11.0″N 80°1′58.0″W / 38.969722°N 80.032778°W / 38.969722; -80.032778
Callsign meaning The FBI
reference to the FBI complex in Clarksburg
Former callsigns WBTQ (1984-2018)[3]
Owner West Virginia Radio Corporation
(West Virginia Radio Corporation of Elkins)
Sister stations WAJR, WAJR-FM, WBRB, WBTQ, WDNE, WDNE-FM, WELK, WFGM-FM, WKKW, WVAQ, WWLW
Webcast WFBY Webstream
Website WFBY Online

WFBY is a classic rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Buckhannon, West Virginia, serving Bridgeport, Elkins, Philippi, and Weston in West Virginia.[2] WFBY is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation.[4]

On January 31, 2018, the then-WBTQ changed their call letters to WFBY and changed their format to classic rock, branded as "The FBY" (format moved from WFBY 102.3 FM Weston, which switched to a simulcast of rock-formatted WCLG-FM 100.1 FM Morgantown under the WBTQ calls).[5]

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-586. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ "WFBY Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ WCLG-FM Morgantown To Add Clarksburg Simulcast; WFBY to 93.5 Radioinsight - January 25, 2018
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