WCYT
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| City of license | Lafayette Township, Indiana |
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| Broadcast area | Ft. Wayne area |
| Branding | The Point |
| Frequency | 91.1 MHz |
| Format | Alternative |
| ERP | 125 watts |
| HAAT | 69.0 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 61430 |
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| Former callsigns | WJTJ (1993-1993) |
| Owner | Southwest Allen County Schools |
| Website | wcyt.org |
WCYT (91.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Alternative format. Licensed to Lafayette Township, Indiana, USA, the station serves the Ft. Wayne area. The station is currently owned by Southwest Allen County Schools.[1] Studios are located at Homestead Senior High School.
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[edit] History
It was founded in 1995 under the name Y91. In the 1995-1996 school year it went on the air. It quickly became the first high school radio station with a website. The student-designed website can be found at www.wcyt.org. In 1998 the name was changed to "the Point" with the motto "What Music Sounds Like." In 1999, and again in 2001, the station broadcasted live from The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
For a period of two years the station would have the motto "Tomorrow's Hits Today," before switching to its current "Fort Wayne's Only Alternative." Along with playing music and deejaying, the students also broadcast school sporting events live on the air. The student broadcasters have garnered moderate attention with columns written about them in local newspapers.
[edit] Format
The station is currently the only rock/alternative station in Fort Wayne, due to the format change of X102 (WXTW). The popularity of the station has increased since X102 left the airwaves. The main source of growing popularity is the fact that "the Point" is a non-commercial radio station and offers 59 minutes of music every hour (only using one minute for sponsor recognition and station self-promotion). The station switched to a 24-hour format on February 2, 2002.
[edit] Awards and Recognition
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The talent of the students is growing exponentially as well. In the stations first eight years of existence, no student ever won an Indiana Association of School Broadcasters first-place award, but starting in 2004, the station began competing with all of the other high school radio stations in Indiana.
The following is first-place awards Homestead High School students won in various categories (ranging from live broadcasting to pre-recorded studio productions):
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2004: won 1
2005: won 2
2006: won 2
2007: won 3 and was 2nd in "Radio School of the Year."
Student Broadcasters Joe Pasquali and Chris Copley were the first in school history to place 1st in football broadcasting. From 2001-05 Joe Pasquali was also regarded as the student voice of Homestead, broadcasting over 100 sporting events at WCYT.
[edit] Staff
Currently, there are two adult staff members and over 20 students who run the station every school day. The station also has pre-recorded shows (by students and staff) played on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights that appear to have a live DJ at the station.
[edit] References
- ^ WCYT Facility Record. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
[edit] External links
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