WSYY (AM)

Last updated
WSYY
Broadcast area Millinocket, Maine
Frequency 1240 kHz
Programming
Format Talk
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • James Talbott
  • (Katahdin Communications, Inc.)
WSYY-FM, WKTJ-FM
History
First air date
 1963
Former call signs
WMKR (1963–1984)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 33469
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
 45°40′24″N68°43′7″W / 45.67333°N 68.71861°W / 45.67333; -68.71861
Translator(s) 102.5 W273DJ (Millinocket)
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Public license information

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. [2] 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. [3] [4] The station had also carried local high school sports for many years, but had more recently discontinued those offerings.

Contents

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. [5] 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. [6] [7] WSYY-FM had previously carried Red Sox games [8] from 1997 through 2015, [9] when Millinocket's affiliation with the Boston Red Sox Radio Network would ultimately be transferred over to WSYY. Complications in the licensing process [10] [11] would cause 102.5 W273DJ delays [12] towards being officially licensed for operations by the FCC until April 1, 2022. [13]

Translators

In addition to the main station, WSYY is relayed by an FM translator.

Broadcast translator for WSYY
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W273DJ102.5 FM Millinocket, Maine 2002762500  m (0  ft)D 45°40′25.83″N68°43′15.86″W / 45.6738417°N 68.7210722°W / 45.6738417; -68.7210722 (W273DJ) LMS

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WSYY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WSYY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "The CBS News Radio Affiliation Page Of WSYY Radio". Archived from the original on May 28, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  4. ↑ "The WSYY-AM 1240 Website/Sports Affiliation Page Of WSYY Radio". Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Statistics And Contour Map Regarding WSYY-AM's New Translator: 102.5 W273DJ-FM (FCCdata.org - powered by REC)". FCCdata.org.
  6. ↑ "Red Sox Radio Network". audacy.com/weei/.
  7. ↑ "Application For A License To Cover Regarding WSYY-AM's New Translator: 102.5 W273DJ-FM (FCCdata.org - powered by REC)". FCCdata.org.
  8. ↑ "The WSYY-AM 1240 Website/Sports Affiliation Page Of WSYY Radio". Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  9. ↑ WSYY-FM Discontinues Carrying Boston Red Sox Baseball
  10. ↑ "License To Cover for FM Translator Application". fcc.gov.
  11. ↑ "NALF Issued to Katahdin Communications, Inc". fcc.gov.
  12. ↑ "Licensing and Management System". fcc.gov.
  13. ↑ "102.5 W273DJ Facility Info Listing (FCCdata.org - powered by REC)". FCCdata.org.


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