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WYSL
WYSL (1040 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Avon, New York, and serving the Rochester metropolitan area. It broadcasts a talk radio format and is known as "WYSL NewsPower 1040, The Voice of Liberty." The station is owned by Robert C. Savage under the name "Radio Livingston."
By day, WYSL transmits with 27,000 watts, the second-most-powerful AM station in the Rochester area. 1040 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WHO in Des Moines, at night WYSL must reduce power to 500 watts to avoid interference. A directional antenna with a four-tower array is used. Programming is also heard on two FM translators: W221CL at 92.1 MHz in Rochester and W238DE at 95.5 MHz in Spencerport.
Weekdays begin with a wake-up talk and information program hosted by Pittsburgh radio personality Wendy Bell, who succeeded Jim Quinn in 2025. Several nationally syndicated conservative talk shows are also heard, Glenn Beck in late mornings, Jimmy Failla and Vince Coglianese in afternoons and Dana Loesch in the evening. Red Eye Radio from WBAP in Fort Worth is carried overnight.
Weekends are largely paid brokered programming, with shows on health, money, religion, guns and law. Retired state legislator Joseph Robach and former Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Larry Sharpe host weekly shows on the station. WYSL carries some local high school, college and minor league sports. Some newscasts from Channel 10 WHEC-TV, the NBC Network affiliate in Rochester, are simulcast on WYSL. Most hours begin with world and national news from Townhall News.
The WYSL call sign was taken from a radio station in Buffalo (the current WWWS). Management started the new WYSL in January 23, 1987, originally on 1030 kHz. But that frequency required the station to sign off at sunset. So the station moved to 1040 kHz, allowing it to broadcast around the clock.
The station began with an all-news radio format, combining local content with news programming from the Associated Press. The all-news format ended in 2006 for a number of reasons. First, the Associated Press discontinued its expanded radio services in July 2005. WYSL replaced the network with CNN Headline News, the only other national commercial all-news outlet available. After that, however, Headline News stopped broadcasting news in the evening, switching to talk and reality shows. This left a large hole in the schedule.
As a result, WYSL picked up conservative talk hosts Laura Ingraham and Bill O'Reilly, and added Rusty Humphries and Jerry Doyle from the Talk Radio Network in the evening, as it transitioned to a News/Talk outlet.
WYSL was affiliated with ABC News Radio and the Wall Street Journal Radio Network, but switched to the Salem Radio Network for newscasts in 2012. It now airs a different Salem news service, Townhall News.
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WYSL
WYSL (1040 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Avon, New York, and serving the Rochester metropolitan area. It broadcasts a talk radio format and is known as "WYSL NewsPower 1040, The Voice of Liberty." The station is owned by Robert C. Savage under the name "Radio Livingston."
By day, WYSL transmits with 27,000 watts, the second-most-powerful AM station in the Rochester area. 1040 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WHO in Des Moines, at night WYSL must reduce power to 500 watts to avoid interference. A directional antenna with a four-tower array is used. Programming is also heard on two FM translators: W221CL at 92.1 MHz in Rochester and W238DE at 95.5 MHz in Spencerport.
Weekdays begin with a wake-up talk and information program hosted by Pittsburgh radio personality Wendy Bell, who succeeded Jim Quinn in 2025. Several nationally syndicated conservative talk shows are also heard, Glenn Beck in late mornings, Jimmy Failla and Vince Coglianese in afternoons and Dana Loesch in the evening. Red Eye Radio from WBAP in Fort Worth is carried overnight.
Weekends are largely paid brokered programming, with shows on health, money, religion, guns and law. Retired state legislator Joseph Robach and former Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Larry Sharpe host weekly shows on the station. WYSL carries some local high school, college and minor league sports. Some newscasts from Channel 10 WHEC-TV, the NBC Network affiliate in Rochester, are simulcast on WYSL. Most hours begin with world and national news from Townhall News.
The WYSL call sign was taken from a radio station in Buffalo (the current WWWS). Management started the new WYSL in January 23, 1987, originally on 1030 kHz. But that frequency required the station to sign off at sunset. So the station moved to 1040 kHz, allowing it to broadcast around the clock.
The station began with an all-news radio format, combining local content with news programming from the Associated Press. The all-news format ended in 2006 for a number of reasons. First, the Associated Press discontinued its expanded radio services in July 2005. WYSL replaced the network with CNN Headline News, the only other national commercial all-news outlet available. After that, however, Headline News stopped broadcasting news in the evening, switching to talk and reality shows. This left a large hole in the schedule.
As a result, WYSL picked up conservative talk hosts Laura Ingraham and Bill O'Reilly, and added Rusty Humphries and Jerry Doyle from the Talk Radio Network in the evening, as it transitioned to a News/Talk outlet.
WYSL was affiliated with ABC News Radio and the Wall Street Journal Radio Network, but switched to the Salem Radio Network for newscasts in 2012. It now airs a different Salem news service, Townhall News.