KSYL (970 AM) is an American radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, the station is owned by Cenla Broadcasting.[3] Its studios and transmitter are located separately in Alexandria.
The station went on the air June 13, 1946, as KPDR on 1490 kHz; it affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting System on November 1.[4] It became KVOB on November 24, 1948, and moved to 970 the following year.[5] On May 31, 1952, it became KSYL[5] after being purchased for $58,000 by the owners of KSYL (1400 AM),[6] which surrendered its license.[7] That station was founded by the late Sylvan Robert Fox,[8] not the Sylvan Fox associated with Newsday, a newspaper on Long Island. The KSYL callsign was inspired by Fox's first name.
References
- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KSYL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ "FM Query Results -- Audio Division (FCC) USA". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ↑ "KSYL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "KPDR to Mutual". Broadcasting–Telecasting. October 26, 1946. p. 24.
- 1 2 "KSYL history cards" (PDF). Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ↑ "KSYL to buy KVOB". Broadcasting–Telecasting. December 3, 1951. p. 106.
- ↑ "FCC Actions". Broadcasting–Telecasting. July 7, 1952. p. 88.
- ↑ "Rosalyn Fay Rosenfield Fox (1929–2011)". tributes.com. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 9750 (KSYL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KSYL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database