WYTE is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a Country music

Country music

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 format. Licensed to Marshfield

Marshfield, Wisconsin

Marshfield is a city in Marathon and Wood counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the largest city in Wood County. The small portion of the city that extends into Marathon County is part of the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,800 at the 2000 census. Marshfield is...

, Wisconsin, US, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area. The station is currently owned by NRG Media, LLC.

History

The station went on the air as WDLB-FM on 1965-08-03. On 1979-10-22, the station changed its call sign to WLJY

WLJY

WLJY is a radio station broadcasting a Hot AC format. WLJY was formally an Adult Contemporary station, but tweaked to Hot AC at midnight on April 14, 2010. Licensed to Whiting, Wisconsin, USA, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area...

, and on 2006-08-01 to the current WYTE.

On-air personalities currently hosting programs on Y106.5 include Pat & AJ, Ed Paulson, Eric Westphal, Brad Austin, JD and Whitney Allen. Previous on-air personalities have included Kelli Martin, Mark Skibba, Ken Steckbauer, Lou Stewart, John Jost, and many others.

25th Birthday

In November 2010, Y106.5 celebrated its 25th Birthday in Central Wisconsin. National recording artist Jerrod Niemann

Jerrod Niemann

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 performed as part of the ceremonies which included the giving away of a 1985 Chevy pick-up truck to a lucky listener. WYTE first signed on as a country station in the fall of 1985 on the old 96.7 frequency. WLJY and WYTE flipped frequencies in August of 2006 with WLJY

WLJY

WLJY is a radio station broadcasting a Hot AC format. WLJY was formally an Adult Contemporary station, but tweaked to Hot AC at midnight on April 14, 2010. Licensed to Whiting, Wisconsin, USA, the station serves the Wausau-Stevens Point area...

now residing on 96.7 as "Mix 96.7".