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WYCE
City of license	Wyoming, Michigan
Broadcast area	[1]
Branding	Independent Community Radio for West Michigan
Frequency	88.1 MHz
First air date	1983
Format	Public: Variety
Power	7,000 watts
Class	B1
Owner	Grand Rapids Community Media Center
Website	http://www.wyce.org/

WYCE (88.1 FM) is an American community-based radio station, broadcasting an adult-oriented variety format. The station's music is programmed by volunteers, drawing from a library of primarily folk, rock, blues, worldbeat and jazz music, with some emphasis on local musicians.

History

Licensed to Wyoming, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1983 as an FM-based extension to a cable-based radio station that had been operating since 1978 on (then) GE Cablevision in the Wyoming and Kentwood areas. This station was licensed to Wyoming Community Education (the source of the station's call letters).

In 1987, control of the station was passed from Wyoming Community Education to an independent board. The station is now part of the Grand Rapids Community Media Center. In the mid 1990's, the studios were moved from a location near the community education building in suburban Wyoming to the Grand Rapids Public Library downtown, then to the GRCMC's renovated facilities upstairs from the West Side Library in the inner northwest quarter of Grand Rapids.

Programs

WYCE is funded entirely by donations from listeners and corporate sponsors, and operated by nearly 100 volunteers and a small paid staff. In addition to broadcasting via its FM transmitter, it streams audio over the internet.

WYCE operates 24 hours a day, mostly with musical programming hosted by live presenters. Most shifts feature music from all of the station's standard genres. An early-morning bloc features a long-standing Spanish-language program featuring Mexican music. The station also features a small number of prerecorded syndicated programs and community-affairs features.

The station sponsors a variety of concerts and other events within the metropolitan Grand Rapids area. These include free concerts at which voluntary donations are solicited to support local charities. Since 2000, WYCE has presented "the Jammies", an annual awards program spotlighting local musicians.

Sources

• Michiguide.com - WYCE History
• WYCE.org

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WYCE

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