The station went on the air as WCRY on November 25, 1957.[1] It was owned by William H. Loudermilk and initially had a format aimed at Black listeners. The call sign was changed to WDDO in 1977, when WCRY was forced to stop simulcasting with the FM.[2] It then exchanged frequencies and licenses with country music station WBML (1240 AM) in 1978, resulting in WBML being heard on 900 and WDDO's format and call sign moving to 1240.[3]
After years as a Christian station, WBML was sold to Sun Broadcasting in June 2011 and began programming a classic/mainstream country Format in July 2011.
For a short period of time in 2015, WBML simulcast WRWR/W286CE's R&B format before moving WYPZ 1350's callsign and urban gospel format to 900 AM later that year to make way for classic hits formatted "Fox FM" on 1350 AM. With this change, the now-historic WBML call sign was moved to 1350 AM, where it resides to this day.
Referencesedit
^ ab"New Station Goes on the Air". The Macon News. Macon, Georgia. November 25, 1957. p. 28. Retrieved August 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Lewis, Angelo (August 21, 1977). "Ratings Show Change of Listeners". The Macon Telegraph & News. Macon, Georgia. p. 11E. Retrieved August 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Howard, Sherry (March 14, 1978). "Radio Firms Seek Switch In Stations". The Macon Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. p. 1B. Retrieved August 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
wypz, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, wypz, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, august, 2022, l. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources WYPZ AM news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message WYPZ 900 kHz is an AM radio station broadcasting an urban gospel format Licensed to Macon Georgia US the station serves the Macon area WYPZMacon GeorgiaBroadcast areaMacon areaFrequency900 kHzBrandingPraise 99 5ProgrammingFormatUrban gospelOwnershipOwnerChristopher Murray Georgia Radio Alliance LLC Sister stationsWBML WFXM WRWRHistoryFirst air dateNovember 25 1957 1957 11 25 1 Former call signsWCRY 1958 1977 WDDO 1977 1978 WBML 1978 2015 Technical informationFacility ID71216ClassDPower2 000 watts day145 watts nightTransmitter coordinates32 50 58 N 83 36 6 W 32 84944 N 83 60167 W 32 84944 83 60167Translator s 99 5 W258AP Macon LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitewww wbr praise995 wbr comThe station went on the air as WCRY on November 25 1957 1 It was owned by William H Loudermilk and initially had a format aimed at Black listeners The call sign was changed to WDDO in 1977 when WCRY was forced to stop simulcasting with the FM 2 It then exchanged frequencies and licenses with country music station WBML 1240 AM in 1978 resulting in WBML being heard on 900 and WDDO s format and call sign moving to 1240 3 After years as a Christian station WBML was sold to Sun Broadcasting in June 2011 and began programming a classic mainstream country Format in July 2011 For a short period of time in 2015 WBML simulcast WRWR W286CE s R amp B format before moving WYPZ 1350 s callsign and urban gospel format to 900 AM later that year to make way for classic hits formatted Fox FM on 1350 AM With this change the now historic WBML call sign was moved to 1350 AM where it resides to this day References edit a b New Station Goes on the Air The Macon News Macon Georgia November 25 1957 p 28 Retrieved August 11 2022 via Newspapers com Lewis Angelo August 21 1977 Ratings Show Change of Listeners The Macon Telegraph amp News Macon Georgia p 11E Retrieved August 11 2022 via Newspapers com Howard Sherry March 14 1978 Radio Firms Seek Switch In Stations The Macon Telegraph Macon Georgia p 1B Retrieved August 11 2022 via Newspapers com External links editFCC History Cards for WYPZ WYPZ in the FCC AM station database WYPZ in Nielsen Audio s AM station database W258AP in the FCC FM station database W286CE in the FCC FM station database nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in the state of Georgia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WYPZ AM amp oldid 1138649390, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
