[2] WEBC is the oldest radio station in the Duluth-Superior market, signing on the air on June 1, 1924; 100 years ago (1924-06-01).
WEBC was broadcast from a small top-floor room of the three-story Superior Evening Telegram newspaper building.
On the roof were two towers, one on each end of the building, with the transmitting antenna hung between them, as was the manner of broadcast stations of the day.
[3] The station was temporarily raised to 500 watts in 1928 in order to provide radio service to President Calvin Coolidge, who was vacationing nearby.
WEBC became an affiliate of the NBC Red Network at this time to provide the vacationing president with coverage of the national political conventions.
Persons continued to work for WEBC for 28 years, covering local and national news, sports, presidential administrations and wars.
Like most other stations during the "Golden Age of Radio", WEBC carried its network's dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts.
WEBC featured announcers such as Lance "Tac" Hammer, Jack McCoy, Lew Latto, Pat McKay, and "Doctor" Don Rose, among many others.
WEBC's first ownership change came in 1958 when Bridges sold the station to George Clinton of Clarkesburg, West Virginia for $250,000.
To supply programming, WEBC began carrying the syndicated "FAN" radio network from KFAN in Minneapolis.
After the station was sold to GapWest Broadcasting in 2007, WEBC joined ESPN Radio, with "FAN" programming soon moving to rival KQDS 1490 AM.
[7] At 1 p.m. on October 6, WEBC flipped to classic rock as "Sasquatch 106.5" after a 23-hour marathon of the 1975 song "Bigfoot" by Bro Smith.