WDBY

WDBY
Broadcast areaEastern Hudson Valley and Danbury, Connecticut
Frequency105.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingThe Wolf
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
WRKI
History
First air date
1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Former call signs
  • WRVH (1981-86)
  • WMJV-FM (1986-95)
  • WVYB (1995–1996)
  • WAXB (1996–2002)
Call sign meaning
Danbury
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID67815
ClassA
ERP900 watts
HAAT186 meters (610 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°31′19″N 73°38′06″W / 41.522°N 73.635°W / 41.522; -73.635
Repeater(s)105.5 WDBY-FM1 (Brookfield, Connecticut)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitedanburycountry.com

WDBY (105.5 FM, "The Wolf") is an American country music radio station licensed to Patterson, New York. The station serves the eastern Hudson Valley and Greater Danbury, Connecticut, listening areas, as part of a trimulcast with 97.7 WCZX in the Poughkeepsie area and 97.3 WZAD in the Catskill Mountains. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and broadcasts from a tower located in Patterson, New York, near the Putnam/Dutchess county line. WDBY also operates a booster, WDBY-FM1 in Brookfield, Connecticut, which broadcasts with 1.2 kilowatts.

Though it is the only FM station in Putnam County, WDBY's primary target market has historically been Danbury, Connecticut. Even though the hills in and around Danbury limits the main 105.5 signal, the Brookfield booster has the ability to cover the primary coverage area. WDBY also targets eastern Putnam County as well as southern Dutchess County, where it regularly rates in the Poughkeepsie market. Due to its tower height, WDBY's signal covers most of the Route 22/I-684 corridor. The WDBY studios and offices are located on Federal Road (U.S. Route 202) in Brookfield.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WDBY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.