WSOY-FM
| City | Decatur, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Decatur, Illinois |
| Branding | Y103 |
| Slogan | Today's Best Music |
| Frequency | 102.9 MHz[1] |
| Format | Contemporary Hit Radio |
| ERP | 54,000 watts[1] |
| HAAT | 135 meters (443 ft)[1] |
| Class | B[1] |
| Facility ID | 36951[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°52′41.1″N 88°56′32.3″W / 39.878083°N 88.942306°WCoordinates: 39°52′41.1″N 88°56′32.3″W / 39.878083°N 88.942306°W[1] |
| Callsign meaning | Soy |
| Owner |
Neuhoff Corp.[1] (Neuhoff Media Decatur, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WSOY (AM); WCZQ; WDZ (AM); WDZQ |
| Website | http://www.y103.com/ |
WSOY-FM, carrying the on-air branding of "Y103", is an adult-leaning Top 40 radio station licensed to Decatur, Illinois and serving that Arbitron market.
The callsign is a reference to "The Soy City," a nickname for Decatur, Illinois, where the major industry is soybean processing.
The station has operated as "Y103" with a Top 40 format since 1980. Initially the station was programmed with a syndicated Top 40 package from Peters Productions known as "The Love Rock," which continued for some time into the 1980s. The station has been operating mostly live and local since 2000, though they do air Ryan Seacrest from Premiere Radio Networks weekdays 3-6pm. Prior to "Y103" and back to its sign-on in the 1960s, WSOY-FM had been a simulcast of WSOY, then automated country, then "Music Just for the Two of Us" (automated easy listening).
References
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WSOY
- Radio-Locator information on WSOY
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WSOY
- Local DJ Doug Quick's page on automated Top 40 formats in central Illinois (including an aircheck of Y103's first day with the "Love Rock" format)