KSYC-FM

Last updated
KSYC-FM
Frequency 103.9 MHz
BrandingJPR News and Information
Programming
Format Public radio; News/Talk
Ownership
Owner Southern Oregon University
Jefferson Public Radio
History
First air date
June 1, 1983 (as KYRE at 97.7)
1995 (as KSYC-FM at 103.9, moved over from KSYC 1490)
Former call signs
KYRE (1983-1995)
Former frequencies
97.7 MHz (1983-1995)
Technical information
Facility ID 15314
Class C1
ERP 10,000 watts
HAAT 719 meters
Translator(s) 92.1 K221BK (Etna)
98.9 K255AK (Happy Camp)
Links
Webcast Stream
Website www.ijpr.org

KSYC-FM (103.9 FM) is a public radio station based in Yreka, California, owned by Southern Oregon University and operated by Jefferson Public Radio.

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History

The station was founded in the 1970s by Dalmatian Enterprises, Inc., which also owned KSYC-AM 1490, the original country music station in Siskiyou County. The new station was given the call letters KYRE and licensed to operate at frequency 97.7 FM. It signed on the air on June 1, 1983, and played the pop/rock format with George Calvin Booth as the station's program director and main on-air talent. In the latter years of KYRE, it was promoted as "Hot Hits Y98". Y98 later became an affiliate of AT40 with Casey Kasem on August 24, 1985.

The station was purchased in 1995 by Siskiyou Radio Partners, Inc., and the call letters were changed to KSYC-FM as a way of moving the country music format over to the FM band and make way for the fast-growing news/talk format on the AM station. The frequency was also moved from FM 97.7 to FM 103.9 that same year. The station's program director became Kevin Sponsler, who was PD of the AM station before the switch. KSYC-FM quickly replaced rival KWHO-FM as the county's only country music station when that station was sold to Huth Broadcasting in 1997 and KWHO's music format changed from country to hot adult contemporary.

KSYC-FM was sold to Four Rivers Broadcasting in 2000, as was KSYC, KMJC, and KMJC-FM and later KWHO (from Huth Broadcasting) in 2001. It was then sold to Jamison-Wolf Broadcasting in 2008 along with sister station KNTK (now KHWA). The station's general manager was Lee Jamison and program director was once again Kevin Sponsler, who served that position previously from 1995 to 2003. Local news was featured hourly in the mornings with news director longtime news veteran Corky Small anchoring.

The station was nearly sold to Jefferson Public Radio in the fall of 2010 in hopes of improving its signal in the Yreka area. When rumors of the pending purchase were confirmed, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted against the sale and JPR withdrew its offer. [1] The station was then acquired on March 1, 2011, by local and longtime residents of Siskiyou County, Mark and Cyndi Baird. The company is known as Buffalo Broadcasting, LLC. [2]

On October 1, 2021, KSYC went silent. The station's license is up for renewal and expires on December 1, 2021.

In 2022, KSYC-FM was officially purchased by Southern Oregon University and now broadcasts programming from Jefferson Public Radio.

Local sports

KSYC had been the flagship station for Yreka High School football and basketball since the very beginning. They featured 30-plus-year veteran announcer Mark McAllister on the play-by-play and Al Reichenbach on the color commentary during the early 2000s. McAllister and Reichenbach have since retired.

Talent

Alumni

Translators

KSYC-FM also broadcasts on the following translators:

Broadcast translators of KSYC-FM
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license ERP
(W)
Class FCC info
K221BK92.1 Etna, California 37D FCC FM Query
K255AK98.9 Happy Camp, California 47D FCC FM Query

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