WRYT

WRYT
Edwardsville, Illinois; United States;
Broadcast area	Greater St. Louis
Frequency	1080 kHz
Programming
Format	Catholic
Ownership
Owner	Covenant Network
Sister stations	KHOJ
History
First air date	November 9, 1987
Former call signs	WHRC (1987–1988)
Call sign meaning	pronounced "rite", as in Catholic rites
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	27556
Class	D
Power	500 watts day; 380 watts critical hours; 20 watts night;
Translator(s)	92.7 W224DC (Caseyville)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.covenantnet.net

WRYT (1080 AM) is a radio station broadcasting out of Edwardsville, Illinois, with a Catholic format. It is part of the Covenant Network.

Because WRYT shares the same frequency as "clear channel" station KRLD in Dallas, the station broadcast during the daytime hours only until April 9, 2014.

WRYT's studios are located on Hampton Avenue in St. Louis, while its transmitter is located near Edwardsville.

History

WRYT went on the air November 9, 1987,^[2] but while the station promoted itself as WRYT in local media, its call sign was legally WHRC (standing for original owners Horizon Radio Corporation) until February 4, 1988, when it exchanged call letters with TV channel 46 in Norwell, Massachusetts, which founder Bob Howe also owned. As a commercial station, WRYT broadcast adult standards music and news programming aimed at listeners in Edwardsville and Madison County, Illinois.

The station was sold in 1992 to the Hometown Broadcasting Company, owned by Tom Lauher, of Creve Coeur, Missouri. Five years later, he sold the station to Covenant founder Tony Holman, whom he found "more serious and interested and less on a fishing expedition".^[3] Covenant Network began operating WRYT, its first station on May 1, 1997.

Translator

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
W224DC	105.3 FM	Caseyville, Illinois	156900	250	D	38°37′47″N 90°0′40″W / 38.62972°N 90.01111°W / 38.62972; -90.01111 (W224DC)	LMS

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WRYT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ Berger, Jerry (November 11, 1987). "Edwardsville Station Latest to Catch Wave". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
^ McGuire, John M. (July 29, 1998). "WRYT-AM(en)". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. E1. Retrieved June 10, 2019. (Continued)