WDBC

Escanaba, Michigan
Broadcast area	[1] (Daytime) [2] (Nighttime)
Frequency	680 kHz
Branding	94.5 FM & AM 680 WDBC
Programming
Format	Soft adult contemporary, news, talk
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks Genesis Communications Network United Stations Radio Networks USA Radio Network Westwood One Detroit Tigers Radio Network Michigan Radio Network Michigan IMG Sports Network
Ownership
Owner	Todd Mohr (Aurora Media, LLC)
Sister stations	WYKX
History
First air date	1941 (at 1490)
Former frequencies	1490 kHz (1941–1950)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	35115
Class	B
Power	6,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Translator(s)	94.5 W233CT (Escanaba)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	escanabaradiogroup.com

WDBC (680 AM) is a radio station licensed to Escanaba, Michigan broadcasting a full-service format featuring news, talk and adult contemporary music.

WDBC is Upper Michigan's most powerful AM radio station in terms of signal strength; its 10,000-watt daytime signal can be heard from Iron River in the west to St. Ignace in the east, and as far away as Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Manistee, Michigan. On November 17, 2016, WDBC was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to decrease day power to 6,000 watts.^[2]

WDBC has broadcast a variety of popular music formats over the years. In the 1970s it was a Top 40 music station and an affiliate of Casey Kasem's American Top 40 countdown show. In the 1980s and into the early 1990s, the station played Adult contemporary music. The station later went oldies and then standards, using the Music of Your Life format and then Jones Radio Networks' Jones Standards.

On September 30, 2008, Jones Radio Network discontinued Jones Standards following its purchase by Triton Media Group, owner of the Dial Global stable of 24/7 formats. Like many other Jones Standards outlets, WDBC switched over to Dial Global's "Adult Standards" (America's Best Music) network.

At midnight on February 10. 2020, WDBC discontinued Dial Global's "Adult Standards" (America's Best Music) network in favor of a format which included a mixture of adult standards and more contemporary music.

• Facility details for Facility ID 35115 (WDBC) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WDBC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 203228 (W233CT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W233CT at FCCdata.org
• Michiguide.com - WDBC History
• "History Cards for WDBC". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)

45°45′47″N 87°05′41″W / 45.76306°N 87.09472°W / 45.76306; -87.09472

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