First air date 1951 Facility ID 52187 City of license Williamsport Area Williamsport | Class D Frequency 1050 kHz Format Sports radio Branding ESPN Radio Williamsport | |
Broadcast area Williamsport, Pennsylvania Translator(s) 92.7 W224AI (Loyalsock)
104.1 W281AR (Williamsport) Power 1,000 watts day
30 watts night Owner Colonial Radio Group of Williamsport, LLC Slogan The Susquehanna Valley Sports Leader | ||
WLYC (1050 AM) is a sports radio station in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States, branded as Fox Sports Radio 1050. WLYC's first air date was June 26, 1951. The station was purchased in late 2013 by longtime General Manager Todd Bartley from Daniel Klingerman and Larry Allison, Jr., who co-owned the station with Colonial Radio Group until September 2010, when Colonial focused its efforts on FM stations in the Olean, New York, market and sold its remaining shares in WLYC to Klingerman and Allison.
WLYC also simulcasts its programming on 104.1 FM, via FM translator W281AR Williamsport.
History
WLYC has been Williamsport's all-sports radio station since January 1, 2005, and carries local sports talk (The Locker Room from 4pm-5pm) and Jed Donahue from 5pm-7pm. The remainder of WLYC's schedule comes from ESPN Radio's satellite feed.
WLYC is the flagship station for athletic programs at Lycoming College and the Pennsylvania College of Technology, as well as Williamsport Crosscutters Baseball and in-game reports from the Little League World Series. WLYC also serves as an affiliate of the Mansfield University Mountaineer Sports Network. Previously, WLYC served as the flagship station and network coordinator for Lock Haven University athletics.
WLYC is also the flagship (online) station for athletic programs at Wilkes University and Misericordia University.
WLYC has seen a variety of formats through the years; it has been an Adult Contemporary/Adult Standards station (2002–2004); a talk station (1999–2002) during which the nationally syndicated Travel World Radio Show was its highest-rated program; Classic Country (1997–1999); Music of Your Life station (1972–1997); and Top 40, along with various other formats prior to that.
Mike Yoder was the morning show host for 13 years. Other disc jockeys have included Lou Kolb, Vanessa Hunter, Kelly Watts (3 different times) Dr. Jay Richards and Dee Clark.
On March 1, 2017 WLYC switched affiliations from ESPN Radio to Fox Sports Radio.