KCYK

Last updated
KCYK
Frequency 1400 kHz
Branding"Outlaw Country 1400"
Programming
Format Classic Country
Affiliations Westwood One, AP Radio
Ownership
OwnerMonstermedia, LLC
KLJZ
History
First air date
December 14, 1950
Former call signs
KYMA (1950–1957) [1]
KVOY (1957–1984) [2] [3]
KEZC (1984–1997) [4]
KJOK (1997–2009) [4]
Technical information [5]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 39616
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 32°39′6″N114°39′4″W / 32.65167°N 114.65111°W / 32.65167; -114.65111
Links
Public license information
Website www.monstermediayuma.com

KCYK (1400 AM, "Outlaw Country 1400") is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. Licensed to serve the community of Yuma, Arizona, United States, the station is currently owned by MonsterMedia, LLC in Yuma.

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Programming

KCYK's programming includes local news and weather with Jennifer Blackwell, classic country programming, and live games of the Arizona Diamondbacks. AP News coverage is provided at the top of each hour.

History

On December 14, 1950, radio station KYMA began broadcasting at 1400 kHz AM with 250 watts of power as a Mutual/Don Lee network affiliate. [1] It was later an NBC Radio affiliate for the Imperial Valley until the early 1970s. The station changed its call sign to KVOY in January 1957, then to KIVY in 1972, then to KEZC in May 1984, to KJOK in January 1997, and to KCYK in November 2009. [4]

Current owner Keith Lewis acquired KEZC and KJOK-FM in 1997. [6] KJOK became KLJZ in 1997.

The KYMA call letters were revived in Yuma as a television station in 1987.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sale of KVOY Is Announced". The Yuma Daily Sun. April 19, 1960. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Your Yuma Radio Log". The Yuma Daily Sun. January 11, 1957. p. 8.
  3. ↑ "Radio Listing". The Yuma Daily Sun. January 13, 1957. p. 6.
  4. 1 2 3 "Call Sign History". FCC CDBS Database. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KCYK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  6. ↑ Lobeck, Joyce (2014-02-16). "Lewis to take over Z93, Outlaw Country stations". Yuma Sun– via Newspaper Archive.
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