WCSY-FM (Benton Harbor, MI)

WCSY-FM (103.7 FM) is a radio station that plays classic hits. It is located in South Haven, Michigan, and caters to the Benton Harbor-Saint Joseph region.

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"Way Back When" TODAY!

2 days ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

WAY BACK WHEN for Thursday, June 5, 20251968 Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary. Sirhan Sirhan was arrested at the scene. 1977 The Apple II went on sale at a cost of $1298. It was one of the first microcomputers to be sold fully assembled. 1981 AIDS was reported for the first time. 2004 American actor and 40th President Ronald Reagan died at age 93.
"Way Back When" TODAY!

3 days ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Wednesday, June 4, 20251896 Henry Ford completed building his first automobile, calling it the Ford Quadricycle. It had a two-cylinder 4 horsepower engine and a top speed of 20 mph. It sold for $200. 1937 Sylvan Goldman, owner of a Humpty Dumpty Grocery store in Oklahoma City, began using his new invention – the shopping cart. It was essentially a folding chair with wheels. 1942 The Battle of Midway began. It would be Japan’s first major defeat of the war.
Way Back When" TODAY!

4 days ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, June 3, 20251800 President John Adams arrived in Washington D.C. as the new capital city was being built. The New York Knickerbockers were the first baseball team to wear uniforms. 1965 Edward White was the first to take a spacewalk outside of the Gemini 4 spacecraft. His walk lasted for 23 minutes. White died in the 1967 Apollo 1 disaster, making him and the crew the first American astronauts to die in a spacecraft.
"Way Back When" TODAY!

1 week ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, May 27, 20251937 The Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco, California to Marin County (the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula) opened. Many experts believed that a bridge could not be built across strait, because of strong swirling tides, heavy currents, high winds, and blinding fogs that would prevent construction. 1949 The then 22-year-old struggling actress Marilyn Monroe posed nude for her famous calendar photographs.
"Way Back When" TODAY!

1 week ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

WAY BACK WHEN for Memorial Day Monday, May 26, 20251637 The first battle of the Pequot War (the first war between the settlers and Indians) begins, near present-day New Haven, Connecticut. 1994 The King of Pop Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley (Elvis’ daughter) in the Dominican Republic. 1992 The U.S. announced it would allow the sale of many genetically altered foods without government testing.
"Way Back When" TODAY!

2 weeks ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

WAY BACK WHEN for Friday, May 23, 20251701 Scottish pirate, Capt. William ‘Billy the” Kidd was hanged. He had been commissioned by the King to hunt pirates, but instead became one, for which he was hanged in London. 1934 Nylon was invented, by Dr. Wallace Carothers of the DuPont Company. Its first commercial use was in 1938 for toothbrush bristles. Stockings didn’t go on sale until 1939. Also, in 1934 Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed while headed to their Louisiana hideout.
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2 weeks ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

WAY BACK WHEN for Thursday, May 22, 20251891 Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of his motion picture camera, the Kinetoscope. 1956 The NBC Peacock airs its feathers, making its first on-air appearance. NBC used the peacock to promote its color programming and to encourage viewers to buy color TV sets. NBC’s owner, RCA, manufactured color television sets. 1992 Johnny Carson hosted his last The Tonight Show, having hosted it since 1962.
"Way Back When" TODAY!

2 weeks ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., May 21, 2025 1738 Charles Wesley experienced a profound religious conversion that played a key role in the start of the Methodist Church. 1881 The American Red Cross Society was founded, with Clara Barton as president. We know it today as American Red Cross. 1950 A tornado passing over a chicken coop in Linslade, England caused a sudden drop in pressure so severely, it plucked the feathers off all of the chickens there. Somehow, the chickens survived.
"Way Back When" TODAY!

2 weeks ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, May 20, 20251927 The first ‘solo’ transatlantic flight by a man. Charles Lindberg, in The Spirit of St. Louis, left New York. He landed in Paris the following day. Five years later… 1932 The first ‘solo’ transatlantic flight by a woman as Amela Erhardt departed from Newfoundland, arriving in Ireland. 1992 Citing them as “weapons of terror,” the city of Chicago banned the selling of spray paints in an effort to reduce graffiti.
"Way Back When" TODAY!

2 weeks ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

WAY BACK WHEN for Monday, May 19, 20251906 The Federated Boys’ Clubs was organized. It is now known as the Boys’ Clubs of America. 1910 The earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet. The comet’s tail was known to contain the toxic gas cyanogen, which led many to believe life on Earth would die when it passed through the tail. It caused panic buying of gas masks and quack “anti-comet pills” and “anti-comet umbrellas.”1962 Marilyn Monroe sang a sexy version of ‘Happy Birthday’ to JFK.