WZUN (AM)

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WZUN

| above = Simulcasting WZUN-FM Phoenix, NY

| logo = WZUN Sunny 102.1-106.1 logo.jpg

| city = Sandy Creek-Pulaski, New York

| country = US

| area = Oswego & Syracuse, New York

| branding = Sunny 102

| frequency = 1070 kHz

| translator = {{Radio Relay|106.1|W291BU|Fulton}}

| airdate = {{start date|1974|8|8}} (as WSCP){{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009|year=2009|page=D-388|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2009/Radio-NE-UT-BC-YB-2009.pdf|access-date=August 17, 2018}}

| format = Classic hits

| power = 2,500 watts days only

| class = D

| facility_id = 1046

| coordinates = {{coord|43|36|19|N|76|7|48|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning = Sunny 102 (from sister station WZUN-FM)

| former_callsigns = WSCP (1974–2018)

| affiliations =

| owner = Galaxy Media Partners

| licensee = Galaxy Syracuse Licensee LLC (New)

| sister_stations = WKRL-FM, WKRH, WSGO, WTKV, WTKW, WTLA, WZUN-FM

| webcast = {{listenlive|https://player.amperwave.net/2618}}

| website = {{URL|https://sunnysyracuse.com/}}

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WZUN (1070 AM) is a radio station airing a classic hits format, twin-licensed to both Sandy Creek and Pulaski, New York, and effectively serving the Syracuse market to the south. The station is owned by Galaxy Media Partners, and is part of a simulcast with 102.1 WZUN-FM.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WZUN |title=WZUN Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

By day, WZUN is powered at 2,500 watts non-directional. It is a daytime-only station, but uses an FM translator station broadcasting around the clock. W291BU at 106.1 MHz is licensed to Fulton, though this translator mainly covers Oswego.

History

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The station signed on August 8, 1974 as WSCP, a country music radio station owned by Oswego Jefferson Broadcasting.{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1975|year=1975|page=C-132|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1975/C%202%201975%20Radio.pdf|access-date=August 17, 2018}} Wheat Hill Broadcasting bought the station in 1986.{{cite book|title=Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1987|year=1987|page=B-200|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1987/B2-BC-YB-1987.pdf|access-date=August 17, 2018}} In January 1987, Wheat Hill signed on WSCP-FM (101.7){{cite book|title=The Broadcasting Yearbook 1990|year=1990|page=B-217|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1990/B-Radio-NE-Terr-BC-YB-1990.pdf|access-date=August 17, 2018}} as a simulcast of the AM station.{{cite news |title=POTW: WSCP-FM 1987 Staff Reunion (2010) |url=http://www.cnyradio.com/2010/07/09/potw-wscp-fm-1987-staff-reunion-2010/ |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=CNYRadio.com |date=July 9, 2010}}

WSCP went into bankruptcy in 1992; in 1994, the stations went silent.{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Mary Jo |last2=Lighty |first2=Todd |title=Radio Signal Split The Difference |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-post-standard-jan-23-1995-p-60/ |page=A-4 |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=Syracuse Post Standard |date=January 23, 1995 |language=en}} At the time of the shutdown, the AM station programmed a gospel music format, with country music continuing on WSCP-FM.{{cite news |title=Format Changes & Updates |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1994-11.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=The M Street Journal |date=November 2, 1994 |page=1 }} Tri-County Broadcasting bought WSCP and WSCP-FM out of bankruptcy in 1995,{{cite news |title=Elsewhere |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1995-03.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=The M Street Journal |date=March 1, 1995 |page=5 }} and soon returned WSCP-FM to the air with country music;{{cite news |title=Format Changes & Updates |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1995-05.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=The M Street Journal |date=May 3, 1995 |page=1 }} in August 1996, the AM station returned to the air as a simulcast of WSCP-FM.{{cite news |title=Format Changes & Updates |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1996-08.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=The M Street Journal |date=August 14, 1996 |page=2 }} By June 2000, the stations had shifted to classic country.{{cite news |title=Format Changes & Updates |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1996-08.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=The M Street Journal |date=June 28, 2000 |page=2 }}

Galaxy Communications purchased the WSCP stations in 2001.{{cite news |title=Galaxy Communications to acquire WSCP AM/FM |url=http://www.cnyradioarchive.com/?m=1&i=8 |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=CNY Radio Archive |date=May 6, 2001}} In May 2003, Galaxy began simulcasting WSCP-FM on translator station W267AL (101.3), bringing the station's programming to Syracuse.{{cite news |title= Galaxy's 101.3 FM translator flips to WSCP |url=http://www.cnyradioarchive.com/?m=1&i=678 |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=CNY Radio Archive |date=May 13, 2003}} WSCP-FM was sold to the Educational Media Foundation in 2007 and is now WGKV, part of the K-LOVE network. Galaxy retained WSCP, and switched it to a simulcast of classic rock station WTKW.{{cite news |last1=Fybush |first1=Scott |title=Canada's Astral Buys Standard |url=https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/070226/nerw.html |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |date=February 26, 2007}} On March 5, 2010, WSCP switched to ESPN Deportes Radio, coinciding with sister stations WTLA and WSGO switching to ESPN Radio.{{cite web| url=http://www.cnyradio.com/2009/12/07/espn-radio-moving-from-wnss-to-galaxy-stations/|title=ESPN Radio Moving from WNSS to Galaxy Stations|access-date=2023-09-10|date=2009-12-07}}{{cite tweet|user=NERadioWatch|author=NorthEastRadio Watch|number=6434109092|date=7 December 2009|title=#NERW ESPN moves in Syr 3/5/10 - from Citadel's WNSS to Galaxy's 1200/1440, plus FM xltrs in Syr and Oswego, and Deportes on 1070 WSCP}} On June 6, 2018, the station changed its call sign to WZUN, sharing a call sign with its sister station on 102.1 MHz. ESPN Deportes Radio ceased operations in September 2019,{{cite web|url=https://www.fybush.com/nerw-20190617/|title=¡Adios, ESPN Deportes Radio!|first=Scott|last=Fybush|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=June 17, 2019|access-date=June 18, 2019}} and the station became part of a simulcast with WZUN-FM.