KCYK (1400
AM, "Outlaw Country 1400") is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
classic country
Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades.
Repertoire
The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...
music format. Licensed to serve the
community
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of
Yuma, Arizona
Yuma ( coc, Yuum) is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The city's population was 93,064 at the 2010 census, up from the 2000 census population of 77,515.
Yuma is the principal city of the Yuma, Arizona, M ...
, United States, the station is currently owned by MonsterMedia, LLC in Yuma.
Programming
KCYK's programming includes
local news and weather with Jennifer Blackwell, classic country programming, and live games of the
Arizona Diamondbacks.
AP News coverage is provided at the top of each hour.
History
On December 14, 1950, radio station KYMA began broadcasting at 1400 kHz AM with 250 watts of power as a
Mutual/
Don Lee network affiliate.
It was later a
NBC Radio
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affiliate for the
Imperial Valley until the early 1970s. The station changed its call sign to KVOY in January 1957, then to KIVY in 1972, then to KEZC in May 1984, to KJOK in January 1997, and to KCYK in November 2009.
Current owner Keith Lewis acquired KEZC and
KJOK-FM in 1997.
KJOK became KLJZ in 1997.
The
KYMA call letters were revived in Yuma as a television station in 1987.
References
External links
FCC History Cards for KCYK
{{Country Radio Stations in Arizona
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Classic country radio stations in the United States