FM Technical Profile: WLYB

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Station Name:
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Frequency:
96.3
Format:
Variety Hits
Transmitter Location:
[map] [street view] Just north of Livingston, off AL-28, east of I-20/59 and the McDowell Industrial Park area.
Power (ERP):
3.4 kW
Antenna:
Omnidirectional
Antenna HAAT:
328 feet
Other Information:
60 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.
:PS-[?] Time-[?] Text-WLYB LIVINGSTON YORK BUTLER PTY-[?] PI-WLYB-FM
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[Images] Google Photos images of the station.
[Picture] RDS display image from an Insignia portable radio, received in Northwest Alabama, showing the Radio Text and PS (call sign) fields.  From June 2017.
// W263CF Meridian, MS
Owner:
Blackbelt Broadcasting
History:
This station received its original construction permit on 9 September 2011, licensed to Damon L. Collins of Foley, Alabama.  The license was later transferred to Blackbelt Broadcasting, of which Collins is sole owner.  The station was reported to be heard on air for the first time on 22 November 2013, playing TV theme music.  On 26 November 2013 the station debuted a Variety Hits format. Collins is also owner of a a station in Frisco City.  In March of 2016 the station showed up as the parent station for a translator W263CF on 100.5 MHz, which is on the air in Meridian, Mississippi.

Collins passed away on 13 May 2021.