KSYL

For the military facility in San Miguel, California, assigned the ICAO code KSYL, see Roberts Army Heliport.

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.

KSYL

Alexandria, Louisiana United States
Broadcast area	Alexandria-Pineville
Frequency	970 kHz
Branding	Talkradio 970 AM
Programming
Languages	English
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	CBS News Radio Bloomberg Radio Compass Media Networks Genesis Communications Network Premiere Networks Radio America USA Radio Network Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Cenla Broadcasting (Cenla Broadcasting Licensing Company, LLC)
Sister stations	KDBS KKST KQID-FM KRRV-FM KZMZ
History
First air date	June 13, 1946 (79 years ago) (1946-06-13)
Former call signs	KPDR (1946–1948) KVOB (1948–1952)
Former frequencies	1490 kHz (1946–1949)
Call sign meaning	from first name of founder Sylvan Fox
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9750
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts day 120 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	31°19′35.9″N 92°29′22.6″W
Translator(s)	104.9 K285HF (Alexandria)[2]
Repeater(s)	100.3 KRRV-FM HD3 (Alexandria)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	ksyl.com

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.

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