WYCA is licensed to Crete, Illinois

Crete, Illinois

Crete is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,346 at the 2000 census. Originally named Wood's Corner, it was founded in 1836 by Vermonters Dyantha and Willard Wood.-Geography:Crete is located at ....

, south of Chicago, with studios in Hammond, Indiana

Hammond, Indiana

Hammond is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 80,830 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hammond is located at ....

, and transmitter at Beecher, Illinois

Beecher, Illinois

Beecher is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is located on the old Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad and the Dixie Highway. Situated in the center of Washington Township, it was originally named Washington Center. The population was 4,359 at the 2010 census. Named for Henry...

, south of Crete. Ownership is Dontron, Inc., a subsidiary of Crawford Broadcasting

Crawford Broadcasting

Crawford Broadcasting is a family-owned media company based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Crawford Broadcasting primarily owns radio stations mostly with Christian and Oldies/Nostalgia formats.-History:...

Co. WYCA is formatted as a religious station, primarily Black Gospel. It is the only Black Gospel FM station in the Chicago market. The most popular program of the broadcast day is the "King's Highway" morning show, featuring Gospel Announcer Darryll King. Ms. King has won numerous awards for her work in Black Gospel Radio. The remaining broadcast day is divided between Black Gospel music and various recorded and live broadcasts by local and national gospel ministers. Some program length commercial broadcasts are also aired.

History

WYCA began operation as WTAS Radio 42 years assigned to the Crawford station in Hammond on 92.3 MHz, then handed over to the company's 106.3 station in Lansing, thence to the Crete station. WYCA is now the lone religious outlet for Crawford in the Chicago area.

WYCA streams live on the World Wide Web at www.wyca1023.com. All Crawford Broadcasting Co. stations broadcast in High Definition Digital (HD) Radio, and all Crawford FM stations broadcast programming on the HD-2 second digital channel.