WYTE

WYTE

City of license	Marshfield, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Wausau-Stevens Point area
Branding	Y106.5
Slogan	Today's Best Country
Frequency	106.5 MHz
Format	Country music
Audience share	10.0 (Sp'06, R&R^[1])
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	244 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	24444
Transmitter coordinates	44°38′39.00″N 89°51′12.00″W / 44.6441667°N 89.8533333°W / 44.6441667; -89.8533333
Callsign meaning	Derived from Whiting, the city of license for the station's former home at 96.7 FM
Former callsigns	WDLB-FM (1965-1979) WLJY (1979-2006)
Owner	NRG Media (NRG License Sub, LLC)
Sister stations	WHTQ, WBCV, WGLX
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.y1065.com

Studios

WYTE (106.5 FM, Y106.5) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Marshfield, Wisconsin, US, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area. The station is currently owned by NRG Media, LLC.^[2]

History

The station went on the air as WDLB-FM on 1965-08-03. On 1979-10-22, the station changed its call sign to WLJY, and on 2006-08-01 to the current WYTE.^[3]

On-air personalities currently hosting programs on Y106.5 include John Harry, Kimberlee Ann, and Greg Lee. Previous on-air personalities have included Eric Westphal, Brad Austin, Ed Paulson, Ritch Cassidy, Kelli Martin, Mark Skibba, Ken Steckbauer, Lou Stewart, John Jost, and many others.

In 2012 WYTE discontinued their long running "Polkafest" Sunday morning programming. From 6am-10am the station played nothing but polka music from various genres including old time, slovak, german, polish and several others.

25th birthday

In November 2010, Y106.5 celebrated its 25th Birthday in Central Wisconsin. National recording artist Jerrod Niemann performed as part of the ceremonies which included the giving away of a 1985 Chevy pick-up truck to a lucky listener. WYTE first signed on as a country station in the fall of 1985 on the old 96.7 frequency. WLJY and WYTE flipped frequencies in August 2006 with WLJY then residing at 96.7. in Late 2011, WLJY became WHTQ / "Hot 96-7".

References

↑ "Wausau-Stevens Point Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
↑ "WYTE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WYTE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WYTE

Radio-Locator information on WYTE

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WYTE

Radio stations in the Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin market (Central Wisconsin)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.9 91.9 91.9 92.7 93.9 94.7 95.5 96.7 97.9 98.7 99.9 100.5 101.9 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.5 106.5 107.9

By AM frequency	550 800 930 1010 1230 1320 1390

By callsign	W212BB W254BP WBCV WCLQ WDEZ WDTX WDUX WDUX-FM WFHR WGLX-FM WGNV WHJL WHRM WHTQ WIFC WKQH WLBL WLBL-FM WLJY WMMA WMZK WOZZ WPCN WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM WSPT WWSP WXCO WXPW WYTE

Nearby radio markets Eau Claire Green Bay Fox Cities Iron Mountain La Crosse Rice Lake–Spooner Wisconsin Dells–Baraboo See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Country radio stations in the state of Wisconsin

By call letters	KDWZ - Superior/Duluth MN WACD – Antigo WAQE – Rice Lake WATQ – Chetek WAXX – Eau Claire WBFM – Sheboygan WBKY – Portage WBSZ – Ashland WCOW-FM – Sparta WCQM – Park Falls WCUB – Two Rivers WCYE – Three Lakes WDDC – Portage WDEZ – Wausau WDKF – Sturgeon Bay WDLS – Wisconsin Dells WDMP – Dodgeville WDMO – Baldwin WDMP-FM – Dodgeville WDUX – Waupaca WEKZ – Monroe WFON - Fond du Lac WGEE – New London WGLR-FM – Lancaster WHDG – Rhinelander WHIT – Madison WHSM-FM - Hayward WHTL-FM – Whitehall WISS – Berlin WIXK – New Richmond WJMC-FM – Rice Lake WJMQ – Clintonville WJMT – Merrill WJVL – Janesville WKQH – Marathon WKTI – Milwaukee WLTU - Manitowoc WMAD – Sauk City WMBZ – West Bend WMIL-FM – Waukesha WNCY-FM – Neenah-Menasha WNFM – Reedsburg WNRG-FM – Brookfield WOBT – Rhinelander WOCO – Oconto WOKY – Milwaukee WPCK – Denmark WPKR – Omro WPLT – Spooner WQCC – La Crosse WQPC – Prairie du Chien WQRB – Bloomer WRDN – Durand WRJC – Mauston WRLU – Algoma WSLD – Whitewater WTCH – Shawano WTMB – Tomah WVRE – Dickeyville WVRQ-FM – Viroqua WWQM-FM – Middleton WXRO – Beaver Dam WYTE – Marshfield

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin

NRG Media

Illinois	WCMY WIXN WJBD WJBD-FM WRCV WRKX WSEY

Iowa	KFMW KOKZ KPTY KQKQ-FM KXEL

Nebraska	KBBK KFGE KGFW KLIN KLNC KMMQ KOIL KOOO KOPW KOZN KQKY KRNY KROR KSYZ-FM KZOT

Wisconsin	WBCV WFAW WGLX-FM WHDG WHTQ WKCH WLKD WMQA-FM WOBT WRHN WRLO-FM WSJY WYTE

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