KYCS
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 KYCS's studios in Green River | |
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| Broadcast area | Sweetwater County |
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| Frequency | 95.1 MHz |
| Branding | Kicks 95.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Wagonwheel Communications Corporation |
| KUGR, KZWB, KFRZ, KFZE | |
| History | |
First air date | 1986 |
Call sign meaning | "Kicks" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 20482 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 11,500 watts |
| HAAT | 355 meters (1,165 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°29′50″N 109°20′36″W / 41.49722°N 109.34333°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | theradionetwork |
KYCS (95.1 FM) is a hot adult contemporary station broadcasting from Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States. The station signed on in 1986, as the first sister station of KUGR, which had been broadcasting for ten years at the time. Like its sister stations, the station is currently owned by Wagonwheel Communications Corporation.[2]
Music on KYCS is primarily satellite fed. The network, known as Today's Best Hits from Westwood One, hosts numerous DJs throughout the day, including a morning show. KYCS celebrated its twenty first year of broadcasting in 2007. The station often broadcasts local events, such as an annual blood drive between Green River High School, and Rock Springs High School.[3][4]
KYCS is one of several local stations that broadcast school closures as well.[5]
KYCS first came to air in 1986, as the second station in the Radio Network group. It was and continues to be owned by Alan Harris through Wagonwheel Communications.[6][7][8]
KYCS was part of a study to add a new radio station to Meeker, Colorado, which was requesting an opportunity to move to Craig, Colorado. The station had to consider adjacent frequencies, of which KYCS was one.[9] That station became KAYW on 98.1.
In July 2023, The Radio Network, the parent company of KYCS, expanded its media footprint by acquiring the digital publisher SweetwaterNOW, forming the largest multi-media company in southwest Wyoming and allowing for greater integration between radio and digital local news coverage.[10]
