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WYCA
City of license	Crete, Illinois
Broadcast area	Chicago, South Suburbs
Branding	"Rejoice 102.3"
Slogan	"Chicagoland's FM Gospel Choice"
Frequency	102.3 FM(MHz) (also on HD Radio)
First air date	December 1, 1997 (October 1, 1964 as WTAS)
Format	Black Gospel
ERP	1,050 watts
HAAT	152 meters
Class	A
Callsign meaning	W "Y"oung people's "C"hurch of the "A"ir
Former callsigns	WTAS (1965-1995) WEMG (1995-1997) WYAA (1997-2000) WVJM (2000-2001) WYBA (2001-2004) WYCA (2004-present)
Affiliations	none
Owner	Crawford Broadcasting Co. (Dontron, Inc.)
Webcast	yes
Website	http://www.rejoice102.com

WYCA (102.3 FM) is licensed to Crete, Illinois, south of Chicago, with studios in Hammond, Indiana, and transmitter at Beecher, Illinois, south of Crete. Ownership is Dontron, Inc., a subsidiary of Crawford Broadcasting Co. WYCA is formatted as a religious station, primarily Black Gospel. It is the only Black Gospel FM station in the Chicago market. The most popular program of the broadcast day is the "King's Highway" morning show, featuring Gospel Announcer Darryll King. Ms. King has won numerous awards for her work in Black Gospel Radio. The remaining broadcast day is divided between Black Gospel music and various recorded and live broadcasts by local and national gospel ministers. Some program length commercial broadcasts are also aired.

History [edit]

WYCA began operation as WTAS Radio 42 years assigned to the Crawford station in Hammond on 92.3 MHz, then handed over to the company's 106.3 station in Lansing, thence to the Crete station. WYCA is now the lone religious outlet for Crawford in the Chicago area.

WYCA streams live on the World Wide Web at www.wyca1023.com. All Crawford Broadcasting Co. stations broadcast in High Definition Digital (HD) Radio, and all Crawford FM stations broadcast programming on the HD-2 second digital channel.

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v t e Radio stations in the Chicago, Illinois market

By FM frequency	87.7² 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.3 88.5 88.5 88.7 88.7 88.7 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.1 89.1 89.3 89.3 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.7 90.7 90.9 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.3 92.5 92.7 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.1 95.5 95.9 95.9 96.3 96.7 96.9 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.3 98.7 99.5 99.9 99.9 100.3 100.7 100.7 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.1 103.5 103.9 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.1 107.5 107.9

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NOAA WX Radio frequency	162.400 162.425 162.500 162.550

By callsign	KWO39 KXI41 KXI58 KZZ81 W219CD W248BB WAES WAIT WAKE WAUR WBBM¹ WBBM-FM WBEQ WBEW WBEZ WBGX WBMF WCCQ WCEV WCFJ WCFL WCFS-FM WCGO WCKG WCLR WCPT WCPT-FM WCPQ WCPY WCRX WCSJ-FM WDCB WDGC-FM WDRV WEDC WEFM WERV-FM WETN WFEL-LP WFMT WFXF WGCI-FM WGEN-FM WGN¹ WGRB WGVE-FM WHFH WHLP WHPK-FM WHSD WIIL WIIT WILV WIMS WIND WIQI WJCH WJKL WJMK WJOB WJOL WKKC WKQX-LP² WKRS WKSC-FM WKTA WLEY-FM WLIT-FM WLJE WLPR-FM WLS¹ WLS-FM WLTH WLTL WLRA WLIP WLUP-FM WLUW WMBI WMBI-FM WMVP¹ WNDZ WNTD WNUA WNUR WNVR WNWI WOJO WONC WONU WPJX WPNA WPPN WPWX WRDZ WRLL WRMN WRLR-LP WRSE WRTE WRTW WRTO WRXQ WSBC WSCR¹ WSPY-FM WSRB WSRI WSSR WTMX WUSN WVAZ WVIV WVIX WVON WWCA WWDV WWHN WWTG WXAV WXLC WXRD WXRT WYCA WYLL WZRD WZSR WZVN Defunct Stations WCFL (AM) WCGO WCRW WEDC WENR (AM) WMAQ WMCW WNIB

Satellite Radio Local Traffic/Weather XM Channel 217 Sirius Channel 151 Illinois radio markets Bloomington Champaign Chicago Decatur LaSalle-Peru Peoria Quad Cities (Rock Island-Moline) Rockford St. Louis, MO Other Illinois radio regions Kankakee Marion-Carbondale Quincy/Hannibal Springfield Indiana Radio Markets Evansville Ft. Wayne Indianapolis Lafayette Muncie-Marion South Bend Terre Haute Chicago, IL Cincinnati, OH Louisville, KY Other Indiana Radio Regions Bloomington See also List of radio stations in Illinois List of radio stations in Indiana ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage ² = Audio signal of WKQX-LP (modern rock audio, with video of still images)

v t e Radio stations in the Kankakee, Illinois market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.3 89.7 91.1 92.7 94.1 95.1 99.9 100.7 101.7 102.3 103.7 106.5

By AM frequency	1320

NOAA WX Radio frequency	162.525

By callsign	KZZ58 W207CL WAWF WCPQ WEGN WFAV WGFA-FM WIVR WKCC WONU WPCS WRXQ WVLI WXNU WYCA WYUR

Illinois radio markets Bloomington Champaign Chicago Decatur LaSalle-Peru Peoria Quad Cities (Rock Island-Moline) Rockford St. Louis, MO Other Illinois radio regions Kankakee Marion-Carbondale Quincy/Hannibal Springfield See also List of radio stations in Illinois List of radio stations in Indiana

v t e Crawford Broadcasting

AM Radio Stations	KBRT KCBC KJSL KLDC KLTT KLVZ KLZ KSTL KKPZ WDCD WDCX WEXL WRDT WXJC WYDE

FM Radio Stations	WDAC WDCD-FM WDCX-FM WDJC-FM WLGZ-FM WMUZ WPWX WSRB WXJC-FM WYCA WYDE-FM WYRB

Website crawfordbroadcasting.com

Coordinates: 41°19′34″N 87°37′16″W / 41.326°N 87.621°W / 41.326; -87.621

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