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WBYR

WBYR 98.9TheBear logo.png
City
Woodburn, Indiana
Broadcast area
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Branding
98.9 The Bear
Slogan
Fort Wayne's Rock Station
Frequency
98.9 MHz
First air date
1989
Format
Active Rock
ERP
50,000 watts
HAAT
138 meters (453 ft)
Class
B
Facility ID
55659
Transmitter coordinates
40°57′14.00″N 84°53′7.00″W / 40.9538889°N 84.8852778°W / 40.9538889; -84.8852778
Callsign meaning
W B Y R= BEAR.
Former callsigns
WERT-FM (1979-1987)
WKSD (1987-1989)
Owner
Pathfinder Communications Corporation
Webcast
Listen Live
Website
989thebear.com

WBYR, branded as 98.9 The Bear, is a radio station licensed to Woodburn, Indiana with studios in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The station broadcasts an active rock format at 98.9 on the FM dial. WBYR is owned by Federated Media.



History[edit]


WBYR was the former WERT-FM and WKSD in Van Wert, Ohio, owned by Ray Livesay. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, WERT-FM sinulcast its sister AM station. When the FCC gave the ultimatum for Class B FM stations to increase power to maximum levels or be downgraded, WERT-FM increased power to 50,000 watts and introduced a beautiful music format. Once the station was sold to Atlantic Resources, the call letters were changed to WKSD ("Kiss 99") with a satellite delivered adult contemporary format.


In January, 1989, comedy clips, construction sound effects and a vague but brief announcement was heard over and over again for about a week, "9890 songs in a row on Fort Wayne's new 98.9 FM". A classic hits format debuted on the 11th of the month at Noon, with the first song being "Old Time Rock and Roll" by Bob Seger.[1] Meanwhile, the WKSD calls resurfaced at 99.7 FM licensed to Paulding, Ohio; WKSD 99.7 FM now features oldies and sports talk as a sister station to WERT/1220.[2]



References[edit]




  1. ^ WBYR Signs-On


  2. ^ "WBYR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. 




External links[edit]




  • Query the FCC's FM station database for WBYR

  • Radio-Locator information on WBYR

  • Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WBYR










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