KYCK
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| City of license | Crookston, Minnesota |
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| Broadcast area | Grand Forks-East Grand Forks |
| Branding | 97 KYCK FM |
| Slogan | The Valley's Hit Country |
| First air date | 1979 |
| Frequency | 97.1 FM (MHz) |
| Format | Commercial; Country |
| Power | 100,000 watts |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | pun on kick |
| Former callsigns | KDWZ (1979-1981) |
| Owner | Leighton Broadcasting |
| Website | http://www.97kyck.com/ |
KYCK (97.1), known as 97 Kyck FM, is a heritage radio station with a country music in Grand Forks, North Dakota (licensed by the FCC to Crookston, Minnesota) owned by Leighton Broadcasting.
Leighton Broadcasting also owns KCNN 1590 (News/Talk), KNOX-AM 1310 (News/Talk), KNOX-FM 94.7 (Classic country), and KZLT 104.3 (Adult contemporary) in Grand Forks.
[edit] History
KYCK signed on in 1979 as KDWZ with a Top 40 (CHR) format. In 1981, as KKXL-FM signed on with a Top 40 format, KDWZ became KYCK with a country music format.
KYCK was generally the top rated station, having the most listeners in Arbitron surveys, until 2006 when Clear Channel Communications upstart country station, KSNR "Cat Country" went ahead of KYCK in ratings.
[edit] Programming
Monday-Friday
- O'Reilly in the Morning with Kerri and Jarrod Thomas (5:30-9am)
- Ken Morgan (9am-2pm)
- Denny Johnson (2-7pm)
- Lia (7pm-Midnight)
- Chris Hargreaves (Midnight-5:30am)
Sunday
- American Country Countdown (Noon-3pm)
[edit] External links
By Frequency: 89.3 | 90.7 | 91.5 | 92.9 | 94.7 | 95.3 | 96.1 | 97.1 | 100.3 | 101.3 | 102.7 | 104.3 | 104.9 | 105.5 | 107.5
By Callsign: K237ER | K285BG | KFJM | KJKJ | KKXL | KMAV | KNOX | KNTN | KOBT-LP | KQHT | KQMN | KSNR | KUND | KYCK | KZLT
See also: Grand Forks (FM) (AM)
- See also: List of United States radio markets
