WTCY
| Broadcast area | Traverse City, Michigan[1] |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 88.3 MHz |
| Branding | Relevant Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Catholic talk |
| Affiliations | Relevant Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Relevant Radio, Inc. |
| History | |
Call sign meaning | Traverse CitY |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 171772 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 4,400 watts vertical polarization only |
| HAAT | 679 feet (207 meters) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.relevantradio.com |
WTCY (88.3 FM) is a Catholic radio station licensed to Greilickville, Michigan serving the Traverse City area of the northwestern region of Michigan's lower peninsula. It began as an FM repeater of WTCK 90.9 FM in Charlevoix with main studios located near the Cross in the Woods Catholic Shrine in Indian River. In the spring of 2015, the main studio moved from its Indian River beginnings to a new facility in Traverse City.
Brief history
[edit]WTCY began in July 2010 as a construction permit issued to the Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools[3][4] which was sold in November of that year to Baraga Broadcasting. By 2011 the construction permit was modified and the power upgraded from that of the original construction permit. Its licence was granted by the FCC in May 2011.
In the fall of 2014 a new logo and branding "Baraga Radio" was introduced along with a new website The Catholic Light Dot Com coupled with its 2015 move of its main studio from Indian River to Traverse City.
WTCK (licensed to Charlevoix) is now a repeater station with its former main studio in Indian River.
On December 11, 2019, WTCY and its sister stations were acquired by Immaculate Heart Media, bringing Relevant Radio programming to Northern Michigan.[5]
Callsign history
[edit]WTCY were the call letters of 1390 AM (originally WOHP, later WTOO and currently WBLL in Bellefontaine, Ohio from 1981 until 1983). It was also used between 1993 and 2008 on 1400 AM in Harrisburg Pennsylvania which is now WHGB.
Repeaters of WTCY
[edit]- WIDG 940 AM in St. Ignace
- WTCK 90.9 FM in Charlevoix serving Indian River with translator W221CA at 92.1 FM in Gaylord.
- WGZR 88.1 FM in Alpena
- WGJU 91.3 FM in East Tawas
Affiliate
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "WTCY-FM Radio Station Coverage Map".
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTCY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WTCY". michiguide.com. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools – Excellence in Catholic education for preschool through grade 12". gtacs.org.
- ^ "Station Sales Week of 10/4: Immaculate Heart Media Acquires Michigan Catholic Group". 4 October 2019.
External links
[edit]- Relevant Radio
- Facility details for Facility ID 171772 (WTCY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WTCY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database