WSYY (AM)
City | Millinocket, Maine |
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Broadcast area | Millinocket, Maine |
Frequency | 1240 kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Sports |
Ownership | |
Owner | James Talbott (Katahdin Communications, Inc.) |
WSYY-FM, WKTJ-FM | |
History | |
First air date | 1963 |
Former call signs | WMKR |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 33469 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°40′24″N 68°43′7″W / 45.67333°N 68.71861°W |
Translator(s) | 102.5 W273DJ (Millinocket) |
WSYY (1240 AM) is a radio station licensed to Millinocket, Maine, United States. The station serves the Northern and Downeast Maine area, from sun-up to sun-down, broadcasting only on weekends (but not between Monday-through-Friday). The station is currently owned by Katahdin Broadcasting, Inc.[1] 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 covering University of Maine Black Bears sports.[2][3] The station also carries local high school sports. WSYY had since fallen silent for a while but had hinted on simulcasting over a new FM translator (on 102.5 MHz) in the future, when it resumes operations.[4] 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.[5][6] WSYY-AM-FM are unusual in that while stations are authorized to broadcast 24 hours a day, the stations both have sign-offs every day (WSYY signing off at the end of Boston Red Sox games and WSYY-FM broadcasting for approximately 18⅓ hours per day, 7 days a week (from 4:55 am through 11:15 pm ET)). WSYY broadcasts only during Boston Red Sox games.
References[]
- ^ "WSYY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "The CBS News Radio Affiliation Page Of WSYY Radio". TheMountain949.com.
- ^ "The WSYY-AM 1240 Website/Sports Affiliation Page Of WSYY Radio". TheMountain949.com.
- ^ "Statistics And Contour Map Regarding WSYY-AM's New Translator: 102.5 W273DJ-FM (FCCdata.org - powered by REC)". FCCdata.org.
- ^ "Red Sox Radio Network". audacy.com/weei/.
- ^ "Application For A License To Cover Regarding WSYY-AM's New Translator: 102.5 W273DJ-FM (FCCdata.org - powered by REC)". FCCdata.org.
External links[]
- WSYY in the FCC AM station database
- WSYY on Radio-Locator
- WSYY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Radio stations in Maine
- Millinocket, Maine
- Radio stations established in 1963
- Mass media in Penobscot County, Maine
- 1963 establishments in Maine
- Maine radio station stubs