WEBC
| City | Duluth, Minnesota |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Duluth-Superior |
| Branding | Sasquatch 106.5 |
| Slogan | Real Classic Rock For The Northland |
| Frequency | 560 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 106.5 W293CT (Duluth) |
| First air date | 1924 |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 49689 |
| Callsign meaning | Edwina & Barbara Clinton |
| Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Duluth License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KBMX, KKCB, KLDJ |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | SquatchRocks.com |
WEBC (560 kHz) is an AM radio station located in Duluth, Minnesota owned by Townsquare Media. It airs a classic rock format branded as "Sasquatch 106.5." (Sasquatch or Bigfoot is a mythical ape-like creature said to inhabit the northern woods of the U.S. and Canada).
The AM station feeds an FM translator W293CT at 106.5 MHz. While the FM station is limited in its coverage area, the AM station can be heard through much of Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin. It is powered at 5000 watts around the clock. The studios and offices are shared with its three other sister stations at 14 East Central Entrance, in the Duluth Heights area of Duluth, MN.
WEBC is the oldest radio station in the Duluth-Superior market. It signed on the air on June 1, 1924 in Superior, Wisconsin, using 50 Watts on AM 1240. Duluth studios were established in 1926 and the community of license was later changed to Duluth, though WEBC's transmitter has always remained on the Wisconsin side of the bridge. The station ended up on 560 in the mid-1950s after a series of upgrades and frequency changes.
The station was temporarily raised to 500 watts in 1928 in order to provide radio service to President Calvin Coolidge who was vacationing nearby. The New York Times nicknamed it "The President's Station." WEBC joined NBC at this time, so as to provide the vacationing president with coverage of the national political conventions.
WEBC's owners founded WMFG in Hibbing, Minnesota in 1935 and WHLB Virginia, Minnesota in 1936. The three stations were linked for local programming as part of the Arrowhead Radio Network. WEBC's influence in regional programming was strengthened in 1942 when WMFG and WHLB switched to NBC from CBS.
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