WCID

Radio station in Horseheads, New York, United States

42°12′00″N 76°51′30″W / 42.20000°N 76.85833°W / 42.20000; -76.85833Translator(s)92.5 MHz W223BR (Ithaca)Links

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WebcastListen LiveWebsitewww.familylife.org

WCID (101.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format from Family Life Network. Licensed to Enfield, New York, United States, the station serves the Ithaca area. The station is owned by Family Life Ministries.^[2]

History

The station originated in 1970, with call letters WQIX, with a modern country format. Studios were in Horseheads, shared with sister AM WIQT, and transmitter on Prospect Hill north of the village. Construction was by Chief Engineer C Michael Scullin with John Mulligan. It was owned then by retailer Manny Panosian and John Arikian, dba Chemung County Radio. Program Director was David G. Ridenour and General Manager Bob Johnson. During the first part of the 21st century, WPGI shared the "Big Pig" branding with sister station WPIG in Olean, New York, both stations being owned by Backyard Broadcasting.

Along with the rest of Backyard Broadcasting's New York assets, the station was sold to Community Broadcasters, LLC effective August 26, 2013, at a price of $3.6 million. On October 1, 2013, the then-WPGI dropped its cross-branding with WPIG, as well as all of the station's jocks, and took on the brand "100.9 The Wolf" with the same format.^[3]

WPGI, along with the other stations in Community Broadcasters' Southern Tier portfolio, was sold to Seven Mountains Media in January 2019.^[4]

On July 3, 2020, WPGI flipped to classic rock as "101 The Met", as part of a five-station format swap, where WMTT moved from 94.7 to 820/101.3, with 100.9 starting to simulcast the new WMTT. WPGI had changed its call letters to WMTT-FM on June 25, 2020, to reflect this change. WPGI's former country format moved to 94.7 (renamed WQBF), WCBF (96.1), and WOBF (97.1) as "95-96-97 Bigfoot Country".^[5]

On June 15, 2021, WMTT-FM changed its format from classic rock (which moved back to 94.7, as well as WENI-FM 92.7) to Family Life Network's religious format under new WCID calls.^[6] Formerly at 100.9 FM licenced to Horseheads, New York which served Elmira-Corning area, WCID moved to its current 101.1 FM frequency around 2022 in its new city of license at Enfield, NY located near Ithaca. ^[7] ^[8]

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "WCID Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ "WPGI Rebrands as the Wolf".
^ "Mittman, Leven Agree To Exit Twin Tiers | Radio & Television Business Report". 9 January 2019.
^ "Seven Mountains Media Flips Five Stations in Elmira".
^ Seven Mountains Media Makes Multiple Frequency Shifts In Elmira/Corning Radioinsight - June 7, 2021
^ Site of the Week 11/18/2022: WCID’s New Ithaca Tower Scott Fybush - November 18, 2022
^ WCID Enfield, NY license information

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 10688 (WCID) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WCID in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Radio stations in the areas of Elmira/Corning, New York and Sayre, Pennsylvania (central Twin Tiers)

By AM frequency

820
960
1000
1230
1310
1380
1410
1450
1480
1490
- WNDA
- WNGZ
1600

By FM frequency

88.1
88.3
88.5
88.7
90.3
91.1
92.1
92.3
92.7
94.3
94.7
95.3
96.1
96.9
97.1
97.7
98.3
98.7
99.5
100.3
101.1
102.1
104.5
104.9
105.3
106.1
107.7

Translators	88.9 89.5 90.5 90.7 91.7 92.1 93.1 W226AP W226CG 93.5 W228DM W228DN 93.9 95.1 95.7 W239BK W239BQ 97.5 97.9 99.9 100.3 101.3 103.5 106.5 107.3 107.9

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

96.1-1
96.1-2
96.1-3

By call sign

Defunct

WCEB (91.9 FM)
WHHO (1320 AM)
WWHG (1320 AM, 95.3 FM)¹
WCBA (1350 AM)

Radio stations in the Twin Tiers: Binghamton; Elmira-Corning; Olean–Bradford

Other nearby regions: Ithaca; Rochester; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; Syracuse; Williamsport

See also: List of radio stations in New York; List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Notes: 1. Call letters now used by a completely different station in Wisconsin

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