- KYCR
Infobox Radio Station
name = KYCR
city =Golden Valley, Minnesota
area =Minneapolis-St. Paul
branding = AM 1570
slogan = "The New Talk of the West Metro"
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frequency = 1570 AM (kHz)
format = Commercial; Talk
power = 3,800watt s (day)
230 watts (night)
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class = B
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owner =Salem Communications
webcast = [http://69.80.226.199/kycr-am Listen Live]
sister_stations =KKMS ,WWTC
website = http://www.kycr.com/
affiliations = SRNKYCR (1570 AM) is a
radio station serving theMinneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, and licensed toGolden Valley, Minnesota . They are owned bySalem Communications and broadcast asecular talk radio format. The YCR portion stands for "Your Christian Radio".History
KYCR has a long history of being a
religion -oriented radio station. In the 1960s and 1970s, they were KUXL, playing gospel andR&B music, prior to becoming full-time religious.In the mid-1960s, the station was operated by
Marvin Kosofsky , who hired Bob Smith (a.k.a.Wolfman Jack ), who relocated fromDel Rio, Texas , to run the station. Also at KUXL at this time wereArt Hoehn (a.k.a. Fat Daddy Washington) and formerKDWB personalityRalph Hull (a.k.a. Preacher Paul Anthony and The Nazz). It was this trio of broadcasters who took control of "border blaster" stationXERB 1090, inBaja California , in 1965. They operated the "Big X" fromMinneapolis initially, then relocated to SouthernCalifornia in 1966.The call letters of KUXL changed to KYCR in 1988.
Until 2007, the station was a time-shifted version of WWTC, calling itself "The Patriot II". The format was then changed to a general talk format with its own identity, simply known as "AM 1570: The New Talk of the Twin Cities". In April 2007, KYCR lost syndicated talk-show host
Don Imus from the lineup after the network cancelled the show. After two months of a "Dr. Laura" replay in the slot, the show was replaced by The War Room with Quinn and Rose out of Clear Channel'sWPGB in Pittsburgh, becoming the first affiliate for said show in the midwest. Other programming includesDennis Miller ,The Radio Factor ,Laura Schlessinger ,Lars Larson ,Mike Gallagher andJanet Parshall .On August 13, 2008
North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND announced that AM1570 would become the home ofNDSU Bison football broadcasts for the 2008 season. This makes the station the first affiliate in the Twin Cities area for NDSU sports.ee also
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WWTC External links
* [http://www.kycr.com/ Station website]
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