WDBC

Broadcast area[1] (Daytime)
[2] (Nighttime)Frequency680 kHzBranding94.5 FM & AM 680 WDBCProgrammingFormatSoft adult contemporary, news, talkAffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Genesis Communications Network
United Stations Radio Networks
USA Radio Network
Westwood One
Detroit Tigers Radio Network
Michigan Radio Network
Michigan IMG Sports NetworkOwnershipOwnerWYKXHistory1941 (at 1490)1490 kHz (1941–1950)Technical informationFacility ID35115ClassBPower6,000 watts day
1,000 watts nightTranslator(s)94.5 W233CT (Escanaba)LinksWebsiteescanabaradiogroup.com

WDBC (680 AM) is a radio station licensed to Escanaba, Michigan broadcasting a full-service format featuring news, talk and adult contemporary music.

WDBC is Upper Michigan's most powerful AM radio station in terms of signal strength; its 10,000-watt daytime signal can be heard from Iron River in the west to St. Ignace in the east, and as far away as Green Bay, Wisconsin and Manistee, Michigan. On November 17, 2016, WDBC was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to decrease day power to 6,000 watts.^[1]

FM Translator

Broadcast translator for WDBC

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info
W233CT	94.5 FM	Escanaba, Michigan	203228	250	D	LMS

WDBC has broadcast a variety of popular music formats over the years. In the 1970s it was a Top 40 music station and an affiliate of Casey Kasem's American Top 40 countdown show. In the 1980s and into the early 1990s, the station played Adult contemporary music. The station later went oldies and then standards, using the Music of Your Life format and then Jones Radio Networks' Jones Standards.

On September 30, 2008, Jones Radio Network discontinued Jones Standards following its purchase by Triton Media Group, owner of the Dial Global stable of 24/7 formats. Like many other Jones Standards outlets, WDBC switched over to Dial Global's "Adult Standards" (America's Best Music) network.

At midnight on February 10. 2020, WDBC discontinued Dial Global's "Adult Standards" (America's Best Music) network in favor of a format which included a mixture of adult standards and more contemporary music.

References

External links

• ‹The template AMQ is being considered for deletion.›  WDBC in the FCC AM station database
• WDBC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• ‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› W233CT in the FCC FM station database
• W233CT at FCCdata.org
• Michiguide.com - WDBC History
• FCC History Cards for WDBC

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