WBYN-FM
| City | Boyertown, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Reading, Pennsylvania |
| Branding | 107.5 Alive |
| Slogan | Positively Different |
| Frequency | 107.5 MHz |
| Translator(s) | 103.7 W279CB (Reading) |
| First air date | 1969 |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 30,000 Watts |
| HAAT | 186 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 71310 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°24′15.00″N 75°39′9.00″W / 40.4041667°N 75.6525000°WCoordinates: 40°24′15.00″N 75°39′9.00″W / 40.4041667°N 75.6525000°W |
| Callsign meaning | WBYN BoYertowN WBYO BoYertOwn |
| Former callsigns | WBYO (1969-1989) WYCL (1989-1992) WBYN (1992-2005) WBYN-FM (2005-2006) WFKB (2006-2009) |
| Owner | WDAC Radio Company |
| Sister stations | WDAC, WDAC-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1075Alive.com |
WBYN-FM (107.5 FM) is a Christian radio station that currently plays Contemporary Praise and Worship Christian music along with Christian feature programs and church services. The station is licensed to Boyertown, Pennsylvania and serves the Reading area. The station is under ownership of WDAC radio company. WBYN has two transmitters. The main transmitter is in a rural area 6 miles away from the station. The auxiliary transmitter and tower is located behind the station at 280 Mill street. Its coordinates are 40°19′04.64″N 75°38′59.81″W / 40.3179556°N 75.6499472°W.
The station was founded by Dave Hendricks and was first assigned the call sign WBYO in 1969. The station employed a Christian teaching format with traditional Christian music played in between features. The station was a commercial operation but steered clear of Contemporary Christian Music except for a few hours on Saturday afternoon. On September 14, 1989, the station was sold and changed the call sign to WYCL and flipped to a gold based downtempo Adult Contemporary music format. The station played a couple new songs per hour but leaned light. The station played several uptempo songs an hour. Artists included The Beatles, Billy Joel, Kenny Rogers, Whitney Houston, Gloria Estefan, Chicago, Supremes, Elton John, The Stylistics, George Michael, and others. After a few years the station proved to be unsuccessful with the new format and went bankrupt. On January 24, 1992, the station was sold to WDAC Radio Inc. It was assigned the call sign WBYN and returned to Christian radio format which consisted of preaching, teaching, traditional Christian music, and information features. The station would sell time blocks to various ministries. On September 19, 2005, the call sign was slightly altered to WBYN-FM in preparation for a simulcast with 1160 AM (formerly WYNS), which adopted the WBYN call sign a week later.
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