WYPC | |
City: | Wellston, Ohio |
Branding: | Fox Sports 1330 |
Airdate: | 1953 |
Format: | Sports |
Power: | 500 watts (day) 50 watts (night) |
Class: | D |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
Facility Id: | 29689 |
Coordinates: | 39.1061°N -82.5789°W |
Former Callsigns: | WKOV (1952 - 91) WJTD (1998) |
Affiliations: | Fox Sports Radio |
Owner: | Jackson County Broadcasting, Inc. |
Sister Stations: | WKOV-FM, WCJO |
WYPC (1330 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Wellston, Ohio, United States. The station serves the Wellston/Jackson area, is currently owned by Jackson County Broadcasting, Inc., the owner of the station since 1970, and features programming from Fox Sports Radio and Westwood One.[1] [2]
The station went on the air in 1953, as WKOV at 1570 kilohertz. The station moved to 1330 kHz by 1958. An FM station, WKOV-FM, was added in 1971. WKOV-AM featured a full-service adult contemporary/MOR format until 1991, when the call letters changed to WYPC-AM, and the station switched to country music, with the AC format moving to WKOV-FM (which had programmed beautiful music). WYPC-AM adopted an adult standards music format in the mid-1990s. WYPC-AM changed its format from Adult Standards to Sports Talk in August 2012.[3]