KSYC (AM)
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KSYC
| logo =
| city = Yreka, California
| country = US
| area =
| branding = Jefferson Public Radio
| frequency = 1490 kHz
| translator = {{Radio Relay|97.9|K250BX|Yreka}}
| airdate = {{start date|1947|7|27}}
| last_airdate = {{end date|2022|7|19}}
| format = Defunct (was public radio; news/talk)
| power = 1,000 watts
| class = C
| facility_id = 15313
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|41|43|27.51|N|122|39|4.1|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}}}
| callsign_meaning = Siskiyou County
| former_callsigns =
| affiliations = {{ubl|National Public Radio|Public Radio Exchange}}
| owner = Southern Oregon University
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| webcast = [http://jpr.streamguys.org/jpr-news Stream]
| website = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20011107164433/http://www.ijpr.org/ ijpr.org]}}
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KSYC (1490 AM) was a Jefferson Public Radio affiliate radio station based in Yreka, California. It was an affiliate of Jefferson Public Radio's "News & Information" service.
History
The station was founded and licensed on September 2, 1947, by the Siskiyou County Broadcasting Company and signed on the air as a country music station, which had been Yreka's radio staple for many years. On August 15, 1960, the station was sold to Northern Broadcasting Company and its format slowly evolved to one of "middle of the road", with polkas being heard regularly in the mid 1960s through early 1970s. From the mid-1960s until the mid-1970s, KSYC would play top 40 music during evening hours. The studio was located at the transmitter site, several blocks from downtown Yreka.
On February 28, 1974, it was sold to Gary Hawk from the Los Angeles, California, area, d.b.a. Dalmatian Enterprises, Inc., and sometime later Gary added the FM station KYRE-FM.
KSYC was one of the stations sold to Siskiyou Radio Partners, Inc. in 1995, owned by Tom Huth and Bob Darling. The call letters remained the same, but the format was moved to the FM band at 103.9 MHz, now known as "The Country Station". The station was then sold to Four Rivers Broadcasting, who also purchased KMJC, KMJC-FM, KSYC-FM and then KWHO in 2001. Two years later, Jefferson Public Radio acquired both KMJC and KSYC from Four Rivers.
Effective June 10, 2016, the licenses for KSYC and six other stations in California and Oregon were transferred by JPR Foundation to Southern Oregon University.
KSYC left the air July 19, 2022.{{cite web |last1=Perkinson |first1=Gregory |title=Request for Silent Authority of an AM Station Application |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/amDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9181f47dc401823b89899a2323&id=25076f9181f47dc401823b89899a2323&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=April 30, 2024 |date=July 26, 2022}} The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on April 29, 2024.{{cite web|url= https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=15313|title=License Cancelled|work=Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System|date=April 29, 2024|access-date=April 29, 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=44174 |title= History Cards for KSYC|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070703214708/http://www3.jeffnet.org/Page.asp?NavID=1029 Jefferson Broadcasting AM Stations]
{{AM station data|15313|KSYC}}
- {{FXL|K250BX}}
{{Yreka Radio}}
Category:Defunct radio stations in the United States
Category:Mass media in Siskiyou County, California
Category:Radio stations established in 1947
Category:1947 establishments in California
Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2024
Category:2024 disestablishments in California
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