KSYC (AM)
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KSYC is a Jefferson Public Radio
affiliate radio station
based in Yreka, California
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station, which had been Yreka's radio staple for many years. Its format slowly evolved to one of MOR (middle of the road) with Polkas being heard regularly in the mid 1960s through early 1970s.
It was later sold to Gary Hawk from Los Angeles, CA, area dba Dalmatian Enterprises, Inc. in 1974. Gary sometime later added the FM station.
KSYC was one of the stations sold to Siskiyou Radio Partners, Inc. in 1995, owned by Tom Huth and Bob Darling. The call letters remained the same, but the format was moved over to the FM band at 103.9, now known as "The Country Station". The station was then sold to Four Rivers Broadcasting, who also purchased KMJC
, KMJC-FM, KSYC-FM and then KWHO-FM
in 2001.
Two years later, Jefferson Public Radio acquired both KMJC and KSYC from Four Rivers.
Jefferson Public Radio
Jefferson Public Radio is a regional public radio broadcasting network serving a mostly rural area of Southern Oregon and Northern California. As of 2004, it reaches over 700,000 potential listeners via the largest translator network in public radio...
affiliate radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
based in Yreka, California
Yreka, California
Yreka is the county seat of Siskiyou County, California, United States. The population was 7,765 at the 2010 census, up from 7,290 at the 2000 census.- History:...
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History
The station was founded in the 1940s and signed on the air as a country musicCountry music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
station, which had been Yreka's radio staple for many years. Its format slowly evolved to one of MOR (middle of the road) with Polkas being heard regularly in the mid 1960s through early 1970s.
It was later sold to Gary Hawk from Los Angeles, CA, area dba Dalmatian Enterprises, Inc. in 1974. Gary sometime later added the FM station.
KSYC was one of the stations sold to Siskiyou Radio Partners, Inc. in 1995, owned by Tom Huth and Bob Darling. The call letters remained the same, but the format was moved over to the FM band at 103.9, now known as "The Country Station". The station was then sold to Four Rivers Broadcasting, who also purchased KMJC
KMJC
* For the former KMJC-FM, see KKLCKMJC is a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Mount Shasta, California, USA, the station is currently owned by Jefferson Public Radio in association with Southern Oregon College.-History:...
, KMJC-FM, KSYC-FM and then KWHO-FM
KCWH
-Format change:With each successive change of ownership, KCWH has undergone minor to major format changes. The 2009 ownership change will be no exception, with TRC planning on bringing back the Rush Limbaugh Show "in very short order"...
in 2001.
Two years later, Jefferson Public Radio acquired both KMJC and KSYC from Four Rivers.