WLYB

WLYB
City Livingston, Alabama
Broadcast area Livingston, York, Demopolis, Alabama
Branding 96.3 WLYB
Slogan Feel Good Favorites
Frequency 96.3 MHz
Translator(s) 100.5 W263CF (Meridian, MS)
First air date November 26, 2013
Format Rhythmic AC/Variety Hits
Language(s) English
ERP 3,400 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 189541
Transmitter coordinates 32°37′33.8″N 88°12′03.3″W / 32.626056°N 88.200917°W / 32.626056; -88.200917
Callsign meaning Livingston York Blackbelt
Owner Blackbelt Broadcasting, Inc.
Webcast Listen Live
Website 963wlyb.com

WLYB (96.3 FM) is an American radio station serving the community of Livingston, the county seat of Sumter County, Alabama. The station is owned by Blackbelt Broadcasting, Inc., a company wholly owned by Damon L. Collins.

History

In June 2011, Damon L. Collins of Foley, Alabama, applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on September 9, 2011, with a scheduled expiration date of September 9, 2014.[1] The new station was assigned call sign "WLYB" on September 21, 2011.[2][3]

In November 2011, Damon L. Collins filed application to transfer the construction permit for WLYB to a new company called Blackbelt Broadcasting, Inc. Collins is the sole owner of Blackbelt Broadcasting. The FCC approved the transfer on November 19, 2011, and formal consummation took place on January 10, 2012.[4]

On November 26, 2013, following a stunt with a commercial-less loop of TV theme songs, WLYB signed on with a Rhythmic Hot AC-leaning Variety Hits format using live air staffers, known as just 96.3 WLYB. The first song played on 96.3 WLYB was Love Shack by The B-52's. The music is mostly current-based Rhythmic Pop mixed in with Rhythmic/Old School favorites from 80s, 90s, and 2000s[5]

WLYB FM is also heard on 100.5 FM (W263CF) in Meridian Mississippi.

References

  1. ↑ "Application Search Details (BNPH-20110630AGF)". FCC Media Bureau. September 9, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau. September 21, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ "FCC Releases Latest Call Sign Changes". Radio World. September 30, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAPH-20111109ADK)". FCC Media Bureau. November 18, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ WLYB Brings Rhythmic AC to Western Alabama from All Access (November 27, 2013)
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