WYCK

"For the National Historic Landmark museum mansion in Philadelphia, see Wyck House."Infobox Radio Station
name = WYCK


city = Plains Township, Pennsylvania
area = Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
branding = "The Game"
slogan = "Northeast Pennsylvania Sports Radio"
airdate = 1924
frequency = 1340 kHz (analog)
format = Sports Radio
power = 810 Watts
class = C
former_callsigns = WBRE, WKRZ, WPLJ, WYOM, WTSW
sister_stations = WICK, WPSN, WFBS
owner = Bold Gold Media
website = http://www.thegame-radio.com|

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 [http://www.premiereradio.com/|Premiere Radio Network's] Jim Rome [http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/060417/nerw.html NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush ] ] . WYCK simulcasts "The Game" radio format along with its sister stations WICK located in
Scranton, WPSN located in Honesdale, , and WFBS in Berwick [http://www.lackawannacounty.org/viewEventDetails.aspx?EventID=614 Departments/Agencies ] ] . "The Game" simulcast network is also the flagship for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees AAA Minor League Baseball radio play-by-play coverage.

History

The station first signed-on the AM dial in 1924 as WBRE, owned by the Louis G. Baltimore and the Baltimore Radio Exchange company in Wilkes-Barre [http://members.aol.com/jeff99500/1949am.html U. S. Network-Affiliated AM Radio Stations, 1949 ] ] . WBRE initially broadcast at a frequency of 1300 kHz [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff560/1925am.html U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1925 ] ] 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 [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff99500/1927am.html U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1927 ] ] . This arrangement lasted unitl 1930 when WBRE changed frequency to 1310 kHz [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff99500/1930am.html U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1930 ] ] where it stayed unitl the great nationwide frequency reassignment year of 1941 when the station finally landed on its present day broadcast frequency of 1340 kHz [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff560/1942am.html U. S. AM Stations as of 1942 ] ] . As WBRE, it was an NBC radio affiliate.

The station continued as WBRE until the 1970's when it became WKRZ (AM)http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.broadcasting/msg/8d3f9237ba6c318e?dmode=source&hl=en] . 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 by 1989 [http://www.fcc.gov Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Home Page ] ] . As WBCR (AM), the station had a Christian radio format. In 1991, another call sign change to WTSW and then finally in 1992 the station's call sign were changed to the present WYCK.

References

External links

* [http://www.thegame-radio.com/ WYCK Official Website]
*AMQ|WYCK
*AML|WYCK
*AMARB|WYCK
* [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WYCK&service=AM&status=L&hours=U WYCK Signal Coverage Map According to Radio-Locator.com]
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