• Source: WYSS

WYSS (99.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Branded as "99.5 Yes FM," the station has had a Top 40 (CHR) format since 1986. The station's slogans are "Sault Sainte Marie's Hit Music Station" and "All the Hits for Sault Sainte Marie." WYSS is currently by owned Sovereign Communications, who acquired it and fellow Sault stations WKNW and WMKD from Northern Star Broadcasting in 2010.
Programming on WYSS includes The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, Liveline with Mason weeknights, American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest, Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and Open House Party on weekends. WYSS also carries Lake Superior State University Lakers hockey broadcasts, becoming the Lakers' official on-air home in 2009.




History


The station took to the air in July 1972 with 3,000 watts on 92.7 MHz as WSMM, owned by Lock City Broadcasting, becoming the first FM radio station in the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan market, and the second radio station total based in the city. The station initially programmed a format of MOR and country music. Lock City sold WSMM to Chippewa Broadcasting in 1974, and a few years later the station moved from 92.7 to 99.5 with a dramatic power increase to 26,500 watts. During the late 1970s, the station featured a soft rock format. As WLXX (1981–1986), the station continued with its AC format and eventually added nighttime Top-40 programming, competing with CKCY.
"Yes FM" was born on February 1, 1985, when Delbyco Broadcasting (Del Reynolds and Byron Bordt) purchased WLXX, changed the call letters to WYSS, and initiated a full-time Top-40/contemporary hit radio format in Sault Ste. Marie. In May 1986, Tim Martz Martz Communications Group (d/b/a Algoma Broadcasting) continued the success of "Yes FM", and also brought the talk radio format to the Twin Saults in 1990 with the sign-on of an AM sister station, WKNW, in 1990. Martz sold both WYSS & WKNW to Chicago-based Marathon Media in 1998, which it held for a short while before selling them to Northern Star Broadcasting in 2001. Under Northern Star's ownership, WYSS migrated to a Hot AC format for a time in the 2000s, but has since returned to its previous Adult CHR presentation.
After the February 9, 2010, sale to Sovereign Communications, 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, though both have since departed the station. Additionally, WYSS replaced their popular "Soo Morning Crew" morning drive program with the syndicated Kidd Kraddick Morning Show in March 2010, with many alumni of that program moving on to Paradise classic hits station WUPN in 2012. WYSS' only currently advertised live local DJ is Scott Cook, who is also a popular program host at sister rock station WSUE.
As of June 2020, the station is operating at reduced power of 1,300 watts from a 285-foot tower following a tower collapse in May 2018.




References






External links


Official website

Facility details for Facility ID 977 (WYSS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WYSS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Source: Wyss

Wyss (German pronunciation: [ˈʋiːs]) is an Alemannic form of the German surname Weiß used predominantly in Switzerland. It comes from Middle High German wīz (white, blonde) and Old High German wîs (wise, clever, experienced, knows).
Notable persons with the surname include:

Amanda Wyss (born 1960), American actress
Amy Wyss (born 1970/1971), Swiss-American billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist.
Andre Wyss (contemporary), American professor of paleontology
Arthur Wyss (Archivar) (1852–1900), German historian and archivist
Bernhard Wyss (1833–1890), Swiss writer
Bernhard Wyss (1905–1986), Swiss philologist
Brigit Wyss (born 1960), Swiss politician
Danilo Wyss (born 1985), Swiss road racing bicyclist
David von Wyss (1763–1839), Swiss politician
David Wyss, American economist
Denise Wyss (born 1965), first priestess of the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
Dieter Wyss (1923–1994), German anthropologist and professor in Würzburg
Dorothea Wyss (born around 1430/32, died after 1487) married Niklaus von Flüe, the patron saint of Switzerland
Esther Egger-Wyss (born 1952), Swiss politician (CVP)
Franz Anatol Wyss (born 1940), Swiss painter
Georg von Wyss (1816–1893), Swiss historian
Hansjörg Wyss (contemporary), Swiss billionaire
Johann David Wyss (1743–1818), Swiss author of The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann Emanuel Wyss (1782–1837), Swiss painter and draftsman
Johann Rudolf Wyss (1782–1830), Swiss author and folklorist; son of Johann David
Johann Rudolf Wyss (der Ältere) (1763–1845), Swiss country priest and poet
Laure Wyss (1913–2002), Swiss journalist and writer
Marcel Wyss (born 1986), Swiss road cyclist
Max Albert Wyss (1908–1977), Swiss journalist and photographer
Monika Wyss (born 1959), Swiss Swiss Roman Catholic "priestess" (not officially recognized)
Orville Wyss (1912–1993), American microbiologist
Paul Wyss (born 1928), Swiss politician and former ice hockey player
Paul Friedrich von Wyss (1844–1888), Swiss jurist and legal scholar
Ruedi Wyss (1932–2007), Swiss musician and composer
Sophie Wyss (1897–1983), Swiss soprano
Thomas Wyss (born 1966), Swiss professional football player
Ursula Wyss (born 1973), Swiss economist and politician
Verena Wyss (born 1945), Swiss writer
Vinzenz Wyss (born 1965), Swiss communication scientists

Patrician families:

Wyss (Patrizierfamilie, mit den Kolben)
Wyss (Patrizierfamilie, mit der Lilie)




See also


Escher Wyss (Zürich), quarter of Zürich, Switzerland
Escher Wyss & Cie., former engineering company in Switzerland
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, in the United States
Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, in Switzerland
Wyss Samen und Pflanzen, Swiss horticultural company
WYSS, a radio station in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan




Notes

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Amanda Wyss
• Deadly Impact
• Chelsea F.C.
• Petualangan (genre)
• Kreatina
• Better Off Dead
• Albert Einstein
• Mazmur Swiss
• Antrobotika
• Gunung Everest
• WYSS
• Wyss
• Amanda Wyss
• Hansjörg Wyss
• Johann Rudolf Wyss
• Amy Wyss
• Johann David Wyss
• Wyss Institute
• Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering
• Brigit Wyss