WWYC
| City | Toledo, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Toledo metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1560 kHz |
| First air date | June 16, 1946 (as WTOD) |
| Format | Religious |
| Power | 1,500 Watts (Daytime) 920 Watts Critical hours 3 Watts (Nighttime) |
| Class | D |
| Former callsigns | WTOD (1946–2010) |
| Owner | CSNRadio |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.csnradio.com |
WWYC is a radio station in Toledo, Ohio. It is now a repeater of KAWZ in Twin Falls, Idaho, the originator of a network of repeaters and mostly translators owned by CSN International (for: Calvary Satellite Network).
WWYC signed on in 1946 as WTOD under the ownership of local labor rights attorney Edward Lamb. The station was notable at its launch for having been among the fastest radio stations to sign-on after being awarded a construction permit. WTOD's initial staff was composed largely of veterans returning from World War II.
Lamb sold WTOD in 1957 to Detroit-based Booth Broadcasting. Originally a station typical of the golden age of radio, it changed formats to Top 40 in 1959. This continued into 1969, when WTOD became Toledo's first country music station. Donn Williams, Mike Phillips, Bill Manders, Les Bortel, Earl Sharninghouse, Bill Halprin, were the first to play country music on WTOD. Joe Hill now of Tucson AZ was midday announcer in the summer of 1982 with decent ratings. However, in 1992, WTOD became a simulcast station of fellow country station WKKO. The call letters WTOD stood for "We're Top Of the Dial," which was WTOD's official slogan for many years (and a fact; as the frequency 1560 was, indeed, near the top of the AM dial until expanded to 1700 in the 1990s.) The station was more commonly known by fellow broadcasters as "We're Toledo's Only Daytimer-WTOD.
WWYC broadcasts on 1560 kHz from a tower adjacent to the Toledo-Cumulus-Cluster studios in South Toledo. While WWYC is licensed for 1,500 watts, the station has been run at reduced power (only 500 watts) for several years as the towers' ground radials suffered damage during building additions.
ON-air staff of WTOD included Jean Shepherd (1946), Ed Leslie/Leslie Edwards (Don Sizemore pseudonym 1948–1950), Bob Kelly (WRQN), "Country Dan" (Sunday nights on XM Satellite Radio) and long-time program director Bill Manders (over 30 years between WTOD and K-100), Bob Martz (who flipped the station to country and started 99.9FM), John Garry, Larry O'Brien, Lee Fowler, Bill Webb, Donn Williams, Bob Brossia, Bob "Mr Music" Parkinson, Mike Drew Shaw, Terry Shaw, Bill Hughes, Dave (Les Bortel) Obrien, Rick (Earl Sharninghouse) Allen, Tom (Bob Pepas) Rice, Tim Taylor, Mark (Mike Stutzman) Adams, Ed Hunter, Greg Lindemoulder (Son of John Garry),Tommy Dean, Bill Halprin, Mike Phillips, Joe Singer, Jim Wood as DJ & General Manager, and Mark Howell (Now at ABC, Hollywood). In the mid-1960s news reporting was handled by Bob Zraik, Mary Morrison, Ann Zalesky, and Chase Clements. WTOD had featured a very-popular Sunday polka music program hosted by Chet Zablocki (and later by his widow Sharon Zablocki) for over 40 years. Remember the WTOD traveling Goldmine (van), and music survey "The Popometer"?
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