WYEC
| City of license | Cambridge, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Quad Cities |
| Branding | Rewind 93.9 WYEC |
| Slogan | The Quad Cities Oldies Station |
| Frequency | 93.9 MHz |
| First air date | 2003 |
| Format | Oldies/Classic Hits |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 4,200 watts |
| HAAT | 120 meters (394 feet) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 70277 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41° 22' 56" N, 90° 10' 47" W |
| Callsign meaning | We're Your Easy Choice (former slogan) |
| Affiliations | NBC News, RFD Illinois, Tom Kent Radio Network |
| Owner | Fletcher M. Ford (Virden Broadcasting Corp.) |
| Sister stations | WJRE, WKEI |
| Website | www |
WYEC (93.9 FM) is an oldies station serving the Quad-Cities area.[1] Known as "Rewind 93.9"[2] the station is operated by Fletcher M. Ford, of Regional Media, a Virden Broadcasting Corporation and is licensed to Cambridge, Illinois. Main studios are located in Bettendorf, Iowa, with a remote studio and offices in Moline, Illinois.
Station history
WYEC had initially been an easy listening station. Over time, the format switched to oldies and classic hits, gradually settling on a playlist spanning the mid-1960s through 1980s. The station's major competition was KUUL (101.3 FM), whose playlist at the time focused on the 1960s and 1970s.
Upon KUUL's switch to a Top 40 format in February 2012, WYEC – then called "The New Oldies" – responded by adding a program devoted to music of the 1950s and 1960s; that program airs on Fridays.[3] Branding was also changed to "Rewind 93.9." In addition to local programming, satellite programming is provided by the Tom Kent Radio Network. Sports programming includes Illinois State University athletics and Rock Island High School/Western Big 6 Conference sporting events.
With the Quad Cities market's remaining oldies station – KJOC (1170 AM) - switching to all sports in May 2014,[4] WYEC became the market's only full-time oldies station, although another market station, KMXG, has weekend programming devoted to music of the 1970s through 1990s. That changed in January 2016, when WQUD-FM signed on the air; however, unlike WQUD's format of 1950s and 1960s pop music and country music from the 1990s and earlier, WYEC continued to devote itself to pop, rock and soul music of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
References
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- ↑ Burke, David, "From oldies music to a new wave of digital TV," Quad City Times, March 3, 2012. Accessed 06-25-2012.[1]
- ↑ "ESPN Radio coming to your local radio dial on KJOC," Quad-Cities Online, April 30, 2014. Accessed 5-1-2014. [2]
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WYEC
- Radio-Locator information on WYEC
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WYEC
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