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The station began broadcasting in 1949, and held the call sign WJIZ. The station was owned by South Shore Broadcasting Company. In 1954, the station's call sign was changed to WJOB-FM, and the station simulcast the programming of its sister station
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for $ 119,000. The station's call sign was changed to WYCA, standing for "Young People's Church of the Air", and the station began airing a
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The station switched to an urban contemporary format on March 26, 2001, in an attempt to go head to head with the longtime
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All Crawford Broadcasting Company radio stations broadcast in digital
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Urban contemporary radio stations in the United States
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Tom Joyner expands reach, adds Soul 106 to Power 92
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Hammond, Indiana
Chicago metropolitan area
Northwest Indiana
Frequency
MHz
HD Radio
Format
Urban contemporary
Subchannels
WYCA
simulcast
Urban contemporary gospel
Compass Media Networks
Crawford Broadcasting
Sister stations
WSRB
WYCA
1949
Call sign
FCC
Facility ID
Class
ERP
watts
HAAT
41°37′50.00″N 87°31′40.00″W / 41.6305556°N 87.5277778°W / 41.6305556; -87.5277778
Public file
LMS
Webcast

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