Radio WSYB-AM (We're Your Source)

WSYB (1380 AM) is a radio station in Rutland, Vermont.

The station signed on December 10, 1930 and has the oldest call sign in continual use in the state. WSYB was launched by Henry Seward and Philip Weiss, owners of a music store on 33 Center Street in Rutland. The station originally broadcasted at AM 1490 before moving to its current location in the mid 1940's. Waterbury's WDEV signed on after WSYB. WVMT Burlington and WRSA St. Albans have been on the air longer though they no longer go under their original call signs, as WVMT was the original WCAX and WRSA signed on as WQDM. The WSYB call sign stands for, "We Serve You Best". Since the demise of WHWB in the early 1990s, WSYB remains the only AM radio station serving the local Rutland area. WSYB is home to the long based charity, "The WSYB Christmas Fund", which has been serving needy families in the Rutland community since the early 1970s.

WSYB broadcasts with a 5 kW omnidirectional signal with one tower from local sunrise to local sunset. At night, WSYB utilizes two towers with 1 kW and a pattern that is aimed mainly northeast of the transmitter site. While the daytime signal provides ample coverage for Rutland county, the nighttime signal does miss most of the county south and west of the transmitter site. On the other hand, with the night time signal aimed to the northeast, there have been numerous reception reports from very enthusiastic listeners in the Canadian Maritimes, England, and even Finland over the years.

Some of the owners for WSYB over the years have included Vermont Radio Inc, All Communications Inc., H & D Media, Excalibur Media, and Clear Channel Communications. WSYB, it's FM sister WZRT, and several other Clear Channel properties were swapped out to Pamal Broadcasting in exchange for WRNX in Northampton, MA. This swap gave Pamal / Albany ownership of 5 out the 6 commercial radio signals in the local Rutland area.