WCYY

WCYY is a commercial radio station located in Portland, Maine. It broadcasts to the Portland, Maine area on 94.3 FM and formerly on 93.9 FM from Lewiston, Maine. Its target audience are people from ages 18–44. The station airs a modern rock music format and is under ownership of Townsquare Media.

WCYY
CityBiddeford, Maine
Broadcast areaPortland, Maine
Frequency94.3 MHz
Branding94.3 WCYY
SloganPortland's Alternative
Programming
FormatModern Rock
Ownership
OwnerTownsquare Media
(Townsquare Media Portland License, LLC)
Sister stationsWBLM, WHOM, WJBQ, WPKQ
History
First air dateAugust 1972
Former call signsWIDE-FM (1972-1981)
WBYC (1981-1985)
WYJY (1985-1991)
WSTG (1991-1994)
Technical information
Facility ID22880
ClassB1
ERP11,500 watts
HAAT147 meters
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewcyy.com

History

WCYY launched in 1972 as WIDE-FM. WIDE-FM became WBYC on March 1, 1981 as We're Beautiful York County playing beautiful music. On December 2, 1985 WBYC became WYJY playing adult contemporary as Joy 94-point-3. WYJY changed calls to WSTG on January 28, 1991 playing adult contemporary as Star 94-point-3. On July 8, 1994, WSTG went adult album alternative and changed calls to WCYY. After a while, WCYY went modern rock which it still plays.

Prior to June 2007, WCYY was simulcast on WCYI. On February 21, 2008, WCYY moved to a new studio.

On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare Media would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including WCYY, for $238 million. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management.[1][2][3] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[4]

WCYY is one of six alternative stations under Townsquare Media (another being Hudson Valley's WRRV, also acquired from Cumulus Media).

References
  1. "Official: Cumulus Buys Dial Global, Spins Some Stations To Townsquare; Peak Stations Sold To Townsquare, Fresno Spun To Cumulus". All Access. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  2. "Cumulus Makes Dial Global And Townsquare Deals Official". RadioInsight. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  3. http://www.pressherald.com/2013/08/31/portland-radio-group-to-be-sold_2013-08-31/
  4. "Cumulus-Townsquare-Peak Deal Closes". All Access. November 15, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

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