WYCK
| City | Plains Township, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton |
| Branding | 105 The River |
| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 100.7 W264CG (Wilkes-Barre) |
| First air date | 1924 (as WBRE at 1300) |
| Format | Classic Hits (WWRR simulcast) |
| Power | 810 watts |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 36835 |
| Former callsigns |
WBRE (1924-1970s) WKRZ (1970s-?) WPLJ (?-?) WYOM (?-1991) WTSW (1991-1992) |
| Former frequencies |
1300 kHz (1924-1927) 1200 kHz (1927-1930) 1310 khz (1930-1941) |
| Owner | Bold Gold Media |
| Sister stations | WICK, WPSN |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 105theriver.net |
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, Bold Gold dropped its old Oldies radio format in favor of a sportrs format branded as "The Game" with programming coming from Fox Sports Radio and Premiere Radio Networks's Jim Rome.[1] Until January 1, 2016, WYCK simulcasted "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 RailRiders 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 Regional 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 as a simulcast of Scranton's WICK.
WYCK was forced to change its city of license to Plains in the 1990s after losing the lease on its tower site in Kingston. A new tower was built near the VA Medical Center east of Wilkes-Barre.
On January 1, 2016 WYCK switched from a simulcast with sports-formatted WICK 1400 AM Scranton to a simulcast of classic hits-formatted WWRR 104.9 FM Scranton, branded as "105 The River".
References
- ↑ NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush
- 1 2 Departments/Agencies
- 1 2 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
- 1 2 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.broadcasting/msg/8d3f9237ba6c318e?dmode=source&hl=en
- 1 2 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
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W264CG
- Radio-Locator information on W264CG
- WYCK Signal Coverage Map According to Radio-Locator.com
Coordinates: 41°15′00″N 75°49′29″W / 41.250104°N 75.824831°W