WCYT

WCYT
City of license Lafayette Township, Indiana
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
Former callsigns WJTJ (1993-1993)
Owner Southwest Allen County Schools
Website wcyt.org

WCYT (91.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an 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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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 broadcast 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. Then in 2010 a new class of students came rolling in. One of the students named Rich Matera became one of wcyt's greatest dick jockeys to perform live on Fridays. He calls himself "DJ Richy Rich" the show begins on Fridays at 2:35pm with a variable ending time.

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.

References

  1. ^ "WCYT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WCYT. 

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Radio stations in the Fort Wayne, Indiana market
By FM frequency
88.3 • 89.1 • 90.3 • 91.1 • 91.9 • 92.3 • 93.3 • 94.1 • 95.1 • 96.3 • 97.3 • 98.1 • 98.9 • 100.1 • 101.1 • 101.7 • 102.3 • 102.9 • 103.9 • 105.1 • 106.3 • 107.9
By AM frequency
1090 • 1190 • 1250 • 1280 • 1300 • 1380 • 1450
By callsign
WAJI • WBCL • WBNI • WBOI • WBTU • WBYR • WBZQ • WCYT • WDFM • WFCV • WFCV-FM • WFWI • WGBJ • WGDE • WGL • WGL-FM • WHPP • WJFX • WKJG • WLAB • WLDE • WLYV • WMEE • WNHT • WONW • WOWO • WQHK • WXKE

Indiana Radio Markets: Evansville • Ft. Wayne • Indianapolis • Lafayette • Muncie-Marion • South Bend • Terre Haute • Chicago, IL • Cincinnati, OH • Louisville, KY

Other Indiana Radio Regions: Bloomington

See also: List of radio stations in Indiana
and List of radio stations in Ohio