WBCT
| Broadcast area | Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo - Southwest Michigan |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 93.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | B-93 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
|
| WBFX, WMAX-FM, WOOD, WSNX-FM, WSRW-FM, WTKG | |
| History | |
First air date | October 1951 |
Former call signs | WJEF-FM (1951–1963) WJFM (1963–1992) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73606 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 320,000 watts |
| HAAT | 238 meters (781 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | b93.iheart.com |
WBCT (93.7 FM, "B-93") is a commercial radio station licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is owned by iHeartMedia with studios and offices at 77 Monroe Center in Downtown Grand Rapids. The station has had a country music radio format since July 24, 1992. Overnight, B-93 carries the nationally syndicated After Midnite with Granger Smith. In the weekend, B-93 carries the 80s & 90s country songs until 2017 or mid 10s, the station dropped it's 80s & 90s country for the 2000s & today. As of today, the station plays it's country songs from the 2000s & it's current country songs with a few 80s & 90s titles. Now and days B93 carries rise-up country with Christian country songs or other country songs that doesn't air on the station anymore Sundays 8-10am. Since 1992, only fewer country songs from the 1940s, 50s & 60s, with most of the 70s, 80s & early 90s, according to ai.
WBCT's transmitter is at the WWMT TV Tower on Route M-179 in Wayland near Gun Lake. WBCT has the distinction of broadcasting with the highest power of any North American radio station, at 320,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP). The antenna is approximately 800 feet (240 m) up the 1,100-foot (340 m) structure. The station's signal can be heard as far east as Howell, Michigan, as far south as Rome City, Indiana, and as far north as Reed City, Michigan, far west as Milwaukee, Wisconsin, providing a coverage area of 25,000 square miles (65,000 km2) over 20 counties in Michigan. WBCT is a Class B "Superpower Grandfathered" station, meaning its power was granted before the Federal Communications Commission set maximum standards for FM radio stations. The maximum ERP that would be granted today, under FCC rules, using the same antenna height of 238 meters, would be 20,000 watts. Grand Rapids has two other superpower grandfathered stations, 105.7 WSRW-FM at 265,000 watts and 104.1 WVGR at 96,000 watts.
WBCT is licensed for HD Radio operation, and carries The Nashville Channel on its HD2 subchannel.