WNCY-FM (100.3 FM, "Y100") is an American commercial country music formatted radio station licensed to Neenah-Menasha, Wisconsin, that serves the Green Bay and Appleton-Oshkosh areas. WNCY is owned and operated by Midwest Communications, which owns six other radio stations in Northeast Wisconsin. WNCY's studios are located at 1420 Bellevue Street in Bellevue, while its transmitter is located in a rural area east of the city of Kaukauna.
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| Broadcast area | Green Bay-Fox Cities |
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| Frequency | 100.3 MHz |
| Branding | Y100 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WDKF, WGEE, WIXX, WNFL, WTAQ, WYDR | |
| History | |
First air date | 1970s (as WEMI-FM at 100.1) 1995 (as WNCY-FM at 100.3) |
Former call signs | WEMI-FM (1970s-1995) |
Former frequencies | 100.1 MHz (1970s-1995) |
Call sign meaning | W New CountrY |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 9965 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 45,000 watts |
| HAAT | 149 meters |
| Translator(s) | 92.1 W221DA (Howard) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
On July 18, 2006, Midwest Communications broke ground on their new, $4.725 million facility in Bellevue, and WNCY moved into the new broadcast center in January 2008. The facility is located on the WNFL tower site on Bellevue Street. WNCY and the six other Midwest Communications stations in Northeast Wisconsin are now located in the new facility.[2]
WNCY, along with the other Midwest stations in Green Bay, simulcasts WIXX if a tornado warning is in effect within Northeast Wisconsin.
Current on-air staff
edit- Charli McKenzie
- Shotgun Shannon
- Dan Stone
- Rachel Chase
- Hannah
- PJ
- Pat Thomas
- Shane Reno
- David Kaye
- Brianne
History
edit100.3 was WEMI-FM at 100.1 until it moved to its current frequency of 100.3 on May 17, 1995, and started their country format.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNCY-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ News story wtaq.com [dead link]
- ^ Kendra Meinert, "Radio roundup," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, July 27, 1995.
- ^ American Radio History [dead link]
External links
edit- Official website
- Midwest Communications
- Facility details for Facility ID 9965 (WNCY-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WNCY-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 147140 (W221DA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W221DA at FCCdata.org
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