WRYT (1080 AM) is a radio station broadcasting out of Edwardsville, Illinois, with a Catholic format. It is part of the Covenant Network.

WRYT
Broadcast areaGreater St. Louis
Frequency1080 kHz
Programming
FormatCatholic
Ownership
OwnerCovenant Network
KHOJ
History
First air date
November 9, 1987 (1987-11-09)
Former call signs
WHRC (1987–1988)
Call sign meaning
pronounced "rite", as in Catholic rites
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID27556
ClassD
Power
Translator(s)92.7 W224DC (Caseyville)
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.covenantnet.net

Because WRYT shares the same frequency as "clear channel" station KRLD in Dallas, the station broadcast during the daytime hours only until April 9, 2014.

WRYT's studios are located on Hampton Avenue in St. Louis, while its transmitter is located near Edwardsville.

History

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WRYT went on the air November 9, 1987,[2] but while the station promoted itself as WRYT in local media, its call sign was legally WHRC (standing for original owners Horizon Radio Corporation) until February 4, 1988, when it exchanged call letters with TV channel 46 in Norwell, Massachusetts, which founder Bob Howe also owned. As a commercial station, WRYT broadcast adult standards music and news programming aimed at listeners in Edwardsville and Madison County, Illinois.

The station was sold in 1992 to the Hometown Broadcasting Company, owned by Tom Lauher, of Creve Coeur, Missouri. Five years later, he sold the station to Covenant founder Tony Holman, whom he found "more serious and interested and less on a fishing expedition".[3] Covenant Network began operating WRYT, its first station on May 1, 1997.

Translator

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Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W224DC 105.3 FM Caseyville, Illinois 156900 250 D 38°37′47″N 90°0′40″W / 38.62972°N 90.01111°W / 38.62972; -90.01111 (W224DC) LMS

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRYT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Berger, Jerry (November 11, 1987). "Edwardsville Station Latest to Catch Wave". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  3. ^ McGuire, John M. (July 29, 1998). "WRYT-AM(en)". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. E1. Retrieved June 10, 2019. (Continued)
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38°47′58.17″N 89°54′0.36″W / 38.7994917°N 89.9001000°W / 38.7994917; -89.9001000