WCYY
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WCYY is a commercial radio station
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...

 located in Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

. It broadcasts to the Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

 area on 94.3 FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

 and formerly on 93.9 FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

 from Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston is a city in Androscoggin County in Maine, and the second-largest city in the state. The population was 41,592 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included within the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine...

. Its target audience are people from ages 18–44. The station airs a modern rock
Modern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...

 music format and is under ownership of Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. is the second largest Owner and Operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States, behind Clear Channel Communications, operating 570 stations in 150 markets as of September 16, 2011. The company also owns Cumulus Media Networks...

. Previous to June 2007 WCYY was simulcasted on WCYI
WCYI
WARX is a commercial radio station in Lewiston, Maine and features programming from both K-LOVE and Air 1. It is under ownership of the Educational Media Foundation....

. On February 21 2008 WCYY moved across the hall to a new studio.

Programs

Commercial Free Weekends
All weekend long WCYY plays all music and no commercials except for disc jockeys talking in between songs.

Top 5 at 5
This program consists of the top five songs of the day that are played at 5:00 PM. The songs are decided upon by WCYY fans, who vote by phone, text, or online at the WCYY website. Count back the 5 most requested songs of the day with Rob

Robin's Zodiac Zone
Robin Ivy gives zodiac
Zodiac
In astronomy, the zodiac is a circle of twelve 30° divisions of celestial longitude which are centred upon the ecliptic: the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year...

 information daily at 6:15 a.m., 7:15 a.m., 8:15 a.m., and 4:40 p.m.

Spinout
Host Mark Curdo (also known as Mark with a K) plays all indie and local alternative rock
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...

 Thursday and Sunday from 7-10 p.m. He also occasionally has guests live with him in the studio.

Saturday Morning Recovery Program
Host Joey Disco plays music to help you get over your Saturday morning hangover.

Famous saying is "I AM CYY"

History

WCYY launched in 1972 as WIDE-FM. WIDE-FM became WBYC on March 1st, 1981 as We're Beautiful York County playing beautiful music
Beautiful music
Beautiful music is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s...

. On December 2nd, 1985 WBYC became WYJY playing adult contemporary as Joy 94-point-3. WYJY changed calls to WSTG on January 28th, 1991 playing adult contemporary as Star 94-point-3. On July 8th, 1994 WSTG went adult album alternative
Adult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....

 and changed calls to WCYY. After awhile WCYY went modern rock
Modern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...

which it still plays.

Concerts

WCYY hosts seasonal concerts, including Summer Camp during the summer, and Holiday Bizarre during the winter.

External links



www.robinszodiaczone.com
robinivy.blogspot.com
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