WBDY (AM)

Adventure Communications, Inc. was granted the original construction permit for this station on February 19, 1980.^[1] The station became licensed on June 17, 1981.^[2]

The station's callsign was changed from WCBV and WBDY on September 16, 1985; to WHYS on November 22, 1993; and back to WBDY on May 30, 1997.^[3]

WBDY went silent on February 1, 2009, for financial reasons, and notified the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on March 1, 2009.^[4] Triad asked for an extension of authority to remain silent in September 2009, and received authority in December 2009.^[5][6]

Triad surrendered the license for WBDY on February 1, 2010, citing "changes in circumstances",^[7] one day before the license would have terminated as a matter of law.^[6] The FCC cancelled the station’s license on February 4, 2010.^[8]

• Facility details for Facility ID 6003 (WBDY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• FCC History Cards for WBDY (covering 1976-1981)