WDBC (680 AM) is a radio station licensed to Escanaba, Michigan broadcasting a full-service format featuring news, talk and adult contemporary music.

WDBC
Broadcast area[1] (Daytime)
[2] (Nighttime)
Frequency680 kHz
Branding94.5 FM & AM 680 WDBC
Programming
FormatSoft adult contemporary, news, talk
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Genesis Communications Network
United Stations Radio Networks
USA Radio Network
Westwood One
Detroit Tigers Radio Network
Michigan Radio Network
Michigan IMG Sports Network
Ownership
Owner
  • Todd Mohr
  • (Aurora Media, LLC)
WYKX
History
First air date
1941 (at 1490)
Former frequencies
1490 kHz (1941–1950)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35115
ClassB
Power6,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Translator(s)94.5 W233CT (Escanaba)
Links
Public license information
Websiteescanabaradiogroup.com

WDBC is Upper Michigan's most powerful AM radio station in terms of signal strength; its 10,000-watt daytime signal can be heard from Iron River in the west to St. Ignace in the east, and as far away as Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Manistee, Michigan. On November 17, 2016, WDBC was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to decrease day power to 6,000 watts.[2]

FM Translator

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Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
W233CT 94.5 FM Escanaba, Michigan 203228 250 D LMS

WDBC has broadcast a variety of popular music formats over the years. In the 1970s it was a Top 40 music station and an affiliate of Casey Kasem's American Top 40 countdown show. In the 1980s and into the early 1990s, the station played Adult contemporary music. The station later went oldies and then standards, using the Music of Your Life format and then Jones Radio Networks' Jones Standards.

On September 30, 2008, Jones Radio Network discontinued Jones Standards following its purchase by Triton Media Group, owner of the Dial Global stable of 24/7 formats. Like many other Jones Standards outlets, WDBC switched over to Dial Global's "Adult Standards" (America's Best Music) network.

At midnight on February 10. 2020, WDBC discontinued Dial Global's "Adult Standards" (America's Best Music) network in favor of a format which included a mixture of adult standards and more contemporary music.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WDBC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission. November 17, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
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45°45′47″N 87°05′41″W / 45.76306°N 87.09472°W / 45.76306; -87.09472