WCYT
Encyclopedia
WCYT is a radio station
broadcasting an Alternative
format. Licensed to Lafayette Township, Indiana
, USA, the station serves the Ft. Wayne area. The station is currently owned by Southwest Allen County Schools. Studios are located at Homestead Senior High School
.
station with a website. The student-designed website can be found at www.wcyt.org.
In 1998 the name was changed to "the Point" with the motto "What Music Sounds Like."
In 1999, and again in 2001, the station broadcast live from The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio
.
For a period of two years the station would have the motto "Tomorrow's Hits Today," before switching to its current "Fort Wayne's Only Alternative." Along with playing music and deejaying, the students also broadcast school sporting events live on the air. The student broadcasters have garnered moderate attention with columns written about them in local newspapers. Then in 2010 a new class of students came rolling in. One of the students named Rich Matera became one of wcyt's greatest dick jockeys to perform live on Fridays. He calls himself "DJ Richy Rich" the show begins on Fridays at 2:35pm with a variable ending time.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting an Alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
format. Licensed to Lafayette Township, Indiana
Lafayette Township, Allen County, Indiana
Lafayette Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,707.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Lafayette Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and is water.-Unincorporated towns:* Aboite at * Nine...
, USA, the station serves the Ft. Wayne area. The station is currently owned by Southwest Allen County Schools. Studios are located at Homestead Senior High School
Homestead High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Homestead Senior High School, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, is a public 4-year high school with a comprehensive intake of over 2,000 students. Homestead's school year consists of two 18-week semesters. Students are enrolled in seven 47-minute periods. Homestead is a class 5A high school...
.
History
It was founded in 1995 under the name Y91. In the 1995-1996 school year it went on the air. It quickly became the first high school radioHigh school radio
High school radio within the United States is almost as old as radio broadcasting itself. Simply defined as a radio station, with its studios located at a high school and usually operated by its students with faculty supervision, stations fitting this description existed in the mid-1920s...
station with a website. The student-designed website can be found at www.wcyt.org.
In 1998 the name was changed to "the Point" with the motto "What Music Sounds Like."
In 1999, and again in 2001, the station broadcast live from The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
.
For a period of two years the station would have the motto "Tomorrow's Hits Today," before switching to its current "Fort Wayne's Only Alternative." Along with playing music and deejaying, the students also broadcast school sporting events live on the air. The student broadcasters have garnered moderate attention with columns written about them in local newspapers. Then in 2010 a new class of students came rolling in. One of the students named Rich Matera became one of wcyt's greatest dick jockeys to perform live on Fridays. He calls himself "DJ Richy Rich" the show begins on Fridays at 2:35pm with a variable ending time.