WBYE

Infobox Radio station
name = WBYE


city = Calera, Alabama
area = Birmingham, Alabama
branding =
slogan = "Sounds of Joy"
airdate =
frequency = 1370 kHz
format = Gospel
power = 1,000 watts (day only)
class = D
facility_id = 71243
coordinates = coord|33|5|26.00|N|86|46|37.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Progressive United Communications, Inc.
licensee =
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WBYE (1370 AM) is a radio station licensed to the community of Calera, Alabama, USA, and serving the greater Birmingham, Alabama, area. The station is owned by Progressive United Communications, Inc. It airs a Gospel music format.cite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/] The station was assigned the WBYE call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=71243&Callsign=WBYE |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]

History

In June 1983, Shelby County Advertising Corporation reached an agreement to sell WBYE to B.M. Murchison. The deal was approved by the FCC on August 18, 1983, and the transaction was consummated on December 12, 1983. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19830627ED) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=58469 |date=1983-08-18]

In January 1986, B.M, Murchison reached an agreement to sell WBYE to Thomas Ellsworth Leighton. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 24, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on March 20, 1986. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19860113EX) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=84886 |date=1986-03-20]

In March 1989, Laura Lou Roberts Leighton, executrix of the estate of Thomas Ellsworth Leighton, reached an agreement to sell this radio station to WBYE Broadcasting Company, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on MArch 2, 1989, and the transaction was consummated on April 10, 1989. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19890217EC) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=124274 |date=1989-04-14]

In November 1999, WBYE Broadcasting Company, Inc., reached an agreement to sell WBYE to Progressive United Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 4, 2000, and the transaction was consummated on April 28, 2000. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19991029ABT) |date=2000-04-28 |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=420936]

References

External links

*AMQ|WBYE
*AML|WBYE
*AMARB|WBYE