KSYC-FM

KSYC-FM

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Yreka, California
Frequency	103.9 MHz
Branding	FM 103.9, Siskiyou Country
Programming
Format	Country
Ownership
Owner	Buffalo Broadcasting
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	Listen Live
Website	ksyc1039.com

KSYC-FM (103.9 FM) is a country music formatted radio station based in Yreka, California, owned and operated by Buffalo Broadcasting.

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".

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 KSIZ). The station's general manager is Lee Jamison and program director is once again Kevin Sponsler, who served that position previously from 1995 to 2003. Local news is 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. The station was then acquired on March 1, 2011, by local and longtime residents of Siskiyou County, Mark and Cindy Baird, to continue that long-standing tradition of excellence in broadcasting. The company is known as Buffalo Broadcasting.

Local sports

KSYC has 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 the late Al Reichenbach on the color commentary during the early 2000s. McAllister has since retired and Reichenbach has since died.

Talent

• Kevin Sponslor (6 a.m.-12 noon)
• Susanna Fox (12 noon-6 p.m.)
• Joe Kesterson (6 p.m.-9 p.m.)
• Lia Knight (national syndication) (9 p.m.-6 a.m.)

Alumni

• George Calvin Booth (afternoon talent, 1995-2000) (formerly of KYRE-FM 97.7 "Hot Hits Y98")

Translators

KSYC-FM also broadcasts on the following translators:

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info
K221BK	92.1 FM	Etna, California		37	D
K255AK	98.9 FM	Happy Camp, California		47	D

See also

• KSYC (AM)

External links

• KSYC-FM's official website
• Facility details for Facility ID KSYC ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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• K221BK at FCCdata.org
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• K255AK at FCCdata.org