WYDE 1260 AM

Commercial radio station with a long and varied broadcast history beginning in 1953 under the call sign WCRT, originally operating as a daytime-only Middle of the Road format. The station underwent multiple format transformations including adult standards and Music of Your Life programming during the 1970s, contemporary Christian music in the 1980s, oldies in the late 1980s, business news in the early 1990s, and Christian country music. By the 1990s the station shifted to urban gospel and religious programming. Ownership passed to Crawford Broadcasting Company in the mid-1990s. The station operated as an adult standards and oldies station under the Legends call letters from 1999 to 2006. Since 2007 it has broadcast a talk format featuring conservative talk radio, Christian talk and teaching programs, and southern gospel music. Broadcasts with 5,000 watts by day and operates at significantly reduced power at night. Includes HD Radio digital transmission and translator coverage on FM frequencies. Studios are located at Summit Parkway and West Valley Avenue with transmitter facilities downtown.