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WCEB (FM)
WCEB (94.7 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Deposit, New York, and serving the Binghamton metropolitan area. The station simulcasts a Christian radio format with WCEG (100.3 FM) in Delhi. The stations are owned by Family Life Ministries.[2] HistoryDelaware County Broadcasting, owner of WDLA and WDLA-FM in Walton, New York, was granted a construction permit for a new station on 94.7 in Deposit on July 27, 1989.[3] The station, which took the call sign WIYN,[4] signed on with a soft adult contemporary format[5] on January 16, 1991.[6] Delaware County Broadcasting sold its stations—WIYN, the WDLA stations, and WDHI in Delhi—to BanJo Communications, owner of stations in nearby Norwich and Oneonta, for $865,000 in 2000.[7] In January 2001, BanJo began simulcasting an oldies format on WIYN and WDHI.[8] BanJo sold its stations to Double O Radio for $9.75 million in 2004.[9] Double O sold 26 radio stations, including WIYN and WDHI, to Townsquare Media in 2011.[10] In early 2019, Townsquare closed the stations' studios in Walton, which were shared with the WDLA stations and WTBD-FM; operations were moved to the company's Oneonta facility.[11] In September 2022, WIYN and WDHI shifted from classic hits to classic rock as "100.3 & 94.7 The Eagle".[12] The stations carried the syndicated show The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show, based at then-sister WGRD-FM in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in morning drive time. On December 31, 2023, WIYN and WDHI ceased operations.[13] In May 2024, Townsquare Media sold the stations, along with WTBD-FM (which had shut down at the same time) to the Family Life Network.[14] WIYN returned to the air October 8, 2024,[15] and changed its call sign to WCEB on December 6.[16] References
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