WYSL radio 92.1 FM and 1040 AM

WYSL started out as a 500-watt daytime-only station on 1030 kHz in January 1987, offering ABCs TalkRadio and big band music in morning drive primarily serving Rochesters southern suburbs and Livingston County. In October 1987 WYSL doubled its power to 1000 watts, still daytime-only on 1030, and in 1989, debuted the first all-news radio format in Rochester, utilizing then-new CNN Headline News, at the time the only 24-hour news product in national broadcasting. Ten years later, in late 1997, WYSL moved one channel up the dial from 1030 to 1040 kHz and started 24-hour broadcasts from a new $250,000 facility at its existing studio, office and transmitting complex on South Lima Road in the Town of Livonia, Livingston County. At the same time we increased power to 2500 watts days, 500 watts at night. In 1999 WYSL dropped CNN and affiliated with AP All-News Radio for political agenda-free national news. At this juncture professional and collegiate sports became a big part of WYSL ...