WDBY
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| City | Patterson, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Lower and mid-Hudson Valley, western Connecticut |
| Branding | Kicks 105.5 |
| Slogan | Today's Best Country |
| Frequency | 105.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1981 |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 900 watts |
| HAAT | 186 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 67815 |
| Callsign meaning | W DanBurY |
| Former callsigns | WRVH (1981-86) WMJV (1986-95) WVYB (1995-1996) WAXB (1996-2002) |
| Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Danbury License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WINE, WPUT, WRKI |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WDBY (105.5 FM, "Kicks 105-5") is an American country music radio station licensed to Patterson, New York. The station primarily serves the Greater Danbury listening area. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and broadcasts from a tower located in Patterson, New York near the Putnam/Dutchess county line. WDBY also operates a booster, WDBY-FM1 in Brookfield, Connecticut, which broadcasts with 1.2 kilowatts.
Though it is the only FM station in Putnam County, WDBY's primary target market is Danbury, Connecticut. Even though the hills in and around Danbury, Connecticut limits the main 105.5 signal, the Brookfield booster has the ability to cover the primary coverage area. WDBY also targets eastern Putnam County as well as southern Dutchess County, where it regularly rates in the Poughkeepsie market. Due to its tower height, WDBY's signal covers most of the RT-22/I-684 corridor. The WDBY studios are located at 1004 Federal Road in Brookfield, Connecticut.
The 105.5 frequency first signed on (as a Docket 80-90 station) in the spring of 1981 as WRVH, airing a beautiful music/classical music hybrid format in competition with WHUD and WEZN. Richard Novick, former owner of WKIP and WRNQ in Poughkeepsie, New York was WRVH's first owner/operator. The station's building was constructed with the beautiful music format in mind as all three studios (Production, FM, and AM) had very high ceilings. The production studio's ceiling was also acoustic and at one time chamber music was both played and recorded there. In later years, the large room also doubled as a jock lounge. WRVH was an early success in Putnam County and got better-than-expected numbers in both Dutchess County and Danbury, Connecticut because for many listeners it was one of the few well-signaled stations in the area.
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