WSYY (AM)

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WSYY

| logo =

| city = Millinocket, Maine

| area = Millinocket, Maine

| branding =

| frequency = 1240 kHz

| translator = {{Radio Relay|102.5|W273DJ|Millinocket}}

| airdate = 1963

| format = Talk

| power = 1,000 watts unlimited

| class = C

| facility_id = 33469

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{coord|45|40|24|N|68|43|7|W|region:US-ME_type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = WMKR (1963–1984)

| affiliations = {{ubl|CBS News Radio|Boston Red Sox Radio Network}}

| owner = James Talbott

| licensee = Katahdin Communications, Inc.

| sister_stations = WSYY-FM, WKTJ-FM

| webcast =

| website =

}}

WSYY (1240 AM) is a talk-formatted radio station licensed to Millinocket, Maine, United States. The station serves the Northern and Downeast Maine area. The station is currently owned by Katahdin Broadcasting, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WSYY |title=WSYY Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} The station currently features programming from CBS News Radio and carries its newscasts at the top of every hour (and has been an affiliate of that network for many decades), as well as having covered University of Maine Black Bears sports in the past.{{cite web|title=The CBS News Radio Affiliation Page Of WSYY Radio|url=http://www.themountain949.com/index-4.html |access-date=April 7, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528030954/http://www.themountain949.com/index-4.html |archive-date=May 28, 2020 }}{{cite web|title=The WSYY-AM 1240 Website/Sports Affiliation Page Of WSYY Radio|url=http://www.themountain949.com/index-5.html |access-date=April 7, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529144150/http://www.themountain949.com/index-5.html |archive-date=May 29, 2020 }} The station had also carried local high school sports for many years, but had more recently discontinued those offerings.

WSYY had been silent for much of the late-2010s through early-2021, serving as a part-time simulcast of co-owned WSYY-FM a couple times a year (in order to retain its license), and had also meanwhile hinted (from mid-2017 through early-2021) on simulcasting over a new FM translator (at 102.5 MHz) in the future.{{cite web|title= Statistics And Contour Map Regarding WSYY-AM's New Translator: 102.5 W273DJ-FM (FCCdata.org - powered by REC)|url=https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=200276&appid=1cb2cabf18774fccbdf5c1b6063ebeb7&i=2|website=FCCdata.org}} On April 2, 2021, 1240 WSYY returned to the air and translator, 102.5 W273DJ debuted with the opening game of the Boston Red Sox.{{cite web|title=Red Sox Radio Network|url=https://www.audacy.com/weei/red-sox-radio-network|website=audacy.com/weei/}}{{cite web|title= Application For A License To Cover Regarding WSYY-AM's New Translator: 102.5 W273DJ-FM (FCCdata.org - powered by REC)|url=https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=200276&appid=25076f9176d4d15e0176de4c72100243&i=2|website=FCCdata.org}} WSYY-FM had previously carried Red Sox games{{cite web|title=The WSYY-AM 1240 Website/Sports Affiliation Page Of WSYY Radio|url=http://www.themountain949.com/index-5.html |access-date=April 6, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529144150/http://www.themountain949.com/index-5.html |archive-date=May 29, 2020 }} from 1997 through 2015,[http://bangordailynews.com/2016/05/03/sports/millinocket-station-cant-afford-to-broadcast-red-sox-games/ WSYY-FM Discontinues Carrying Boston Red Sox Baseball] when Millinocket's affiliation with the Boston Red Sox Radio Network would ultimately be transferred over to WSYY. Complications in the licensing process{{cite web|title=License To Cover for FM Translator Application|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/fmDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9176d4d15e0176de4c72100243&id=25076f9176d4d15e0176de4c72100243&goBack=N|website=fcc.gov}}{{cite web|title=NALF Issued to Katahdin Communications, Inc.|url=https://www.fcc.gov/document/nalf-issued-katahdin-communications-inc|website=fcc.gov}} would cause 102.5 W273DJ delays{{cite web|title=Licensing and Management System|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/pleadingDetails.html?pleadingFileNumber=0000150325|website=fcc.gov}} towards being officially licensed for operations by the FCC until April 1, 2022.{{cite web|title=102.5 W273DJ Facility Info Listing (FCCdata.org - powered by REC)|url=https://fccdata.org/?facid=200276|website=FCCdata.org}}