WYSS
Encyclopedia
WYSS is a radio station
broadcasting at 99.5 FM in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
. Branded as "99.5 Yes FM," the station has had a Top 40 (CHR)
format since 1985. Programming on Yes FM includes American Top 40
with Ryan Seacrest
, Rick Dees
' Weekly Top 40, Romeo's Playhouse and Open House Party. WYSS also carries Lake Superior State University Lakers
hockey broadcasts, becoming the Lakers' official on-air home in 2009.
WYSS is currently owned Sovereign Communications, who acquired it and fellow Sault stations WKNW
and WMKD from Northern Star Broadcasting in 2010. After the February 9, 2010 sale announcement and management change, some positions at the stations were eliminated as part of Sovereign's consolidation of its new and old Sault radio operations (see Infobox); morning host/program director Tim Ellis and John "Johnny G" Gilbert (an original 1985 "Yes FM" staffer) were among those retained by Sovereign and remaining on Yes FM. Additionally, the station added the syndicated Kidd Kraddick in the Morning
show to its morning drive-time slot in March 2010.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting at 99.5 FM in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie is a city in and the county seat of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the north-eastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canadian border, separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River...
. Branded as "99.5 Yes FM," the station has had a Top 40 (CHR)
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
format since 1985. Programming on Yes FM includes American Top 40
American Top 40
American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. Originally a production of Watermark Inc...
with Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest
Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show that airs on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and throughout the United States and Canada on Premiere Radio Networks,...
, Rick Dees
Rick Dees
Rigdon Osmond "Rick" Dees III is an American comedic performer, entertainer, and radio personality, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the novelty song "Disco Duck." He is a People's Choice Award recipient, a Grammy-nominated...
' Weekly Top 40, Romeo's Playhouse and Open House Party. WYSS also carries Lake Superior State University Lakers
Lake Superior State University
Lake Superior State University is a small public university in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It is Michigan's smallest public university with an enrollment around 3,000 students. Due to its proximity to the border, notably the twin city of Sault Ste...
hockey broadcasts, becoming the Lakers' official on-air home in 2009.
WYSS is currently owned Sovereign Communications, who acquired it and fellow Sault stations WKNW
WKNW
WKNW is a news/talk radio station broadcasting at 1400 kHz on the AM dial serving Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. According to past editions of the Broadcasting Yearbook, the station went on the air as WKNW in August of 1990, and has had a talk radio format...
and WMKD from Northern Star Broadcasting in 2010. After the February 9, 2010 sale announcement and management change, some positions at the stations were eliminated as part of Sovereign's consolidation of its new and old Sault radio operations (see Infobox); morning host/program director Tim Ellis and John "Johnny G" Gilbert (an original 1985 "Yes FM" staffer) were among those retained by Sovereign and remaining on Yes FM. Additionally, the station added the syndicated Kidd Kraddick in the Morning
Kidd Kraddick in the Morning
Kidd Kraddick in the Morning is an American morning radio show hosted by Kidd Kraddick on Cumulus Media Networks...
show to its morning drive-time slot in March 2010.