WYCK
For the National Historic Landmark museum mansion in Philadelphia, see Wyck House.
| City of license | Plains Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton |
| Branding | The Game |
| Slogan | "Northeast Pennsylvania Sports Radio" |
| Frequency | 1340 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | 1924 |
| Format | Sports Radio |
| Power | 810 watts |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 36835 |
| Former callsigns | WBRE, WKRZ, WPLJ, WYOM, WTSW |
| Owner | Bold Gold Media |
| Sister stations | WICK, WPSN |
| Website | The Game's website |
WYCK is an AM broadcasting radio station licensed to the city of Plains Township, Pennsylvania and serves the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton radio market. The station broadcasts at a frequency of 1340 kHz with 810 Watts with a non-directional signal pattern.
The station is owned by Bold Gold Media. In 2006, the station owners dropped the Oldies radio format in favor of a Sports Radio format branded as "The Game" with programming coming from Fox Sports Radio and Premiere Radio Networks's Jim Rome.[1] WYCK simulcasts "The Game" radio format along with its sister stations WICK located in Scranton and WBWX in Berwick.[2] "The Game" simulcast network is also the flagship for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees AAA Minor League Baseball radio play-by-play coverage.[2]
History
The station first signed-on the AM dial in 1924 as WBRE, owned by Louis G. Baltimore and the Baltimore Radio Exchange company in Wilkes-Barre.[3] WBRE initially broadcast at a frequency of 1300 kHz[4] until 1927 when it switched to broadcasting on the frequency of 1200 kHz on a time shared basis with the other long time station in Wilkes-Barre, WBAX.[5] This arrangement lasted until 1930 when WBRE changed frequency to 1310 kHz.[6] WBRE remained at 1310 kHz until the North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement took effect in 1941 and the station finally landed on its present day broadcast frequency of 1340 kHz.[7] As WBRE, it was an NBC radio affiliate.[3]
The station continued as WBRE until the 1970s when it became WKRZ (AM).[8] The change to WKRZ (AM) was the start of many call sign and format flips for the station, taking on the call signs of WPLJ (AM), WYOM, and finally WBCR[8] by 1989.[9] As WBCR (AM), the station had a Christian radio format. In 1991, another call sign change to WTSW[9] and then finally in 1992 the station's call sign were changed to the present WYCK.
References
- ↑ NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Departments/Agencies
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 U. S. Network-Affiliated AM Radio Stations, 1949
- ↑ U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1925
- ↑ U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1927
- ↑ U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1930
- ↑ U. S. AM Stations as of 1942
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.broadcasting/msg/8d3f9237ba6c318e?dmode=source&hl=en
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Home Page
External links
- WYCK Official Website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WYCK
- Radio-Locator Information on WYCK
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WYCK
- WYCK Signal Coverage Map According to Radio-Locator.com
Coordinates: 41°15′00″N 75°49′29″W / 41.250104°N 75.824831°W
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