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WSYA (1490 AM, "Sunny 104.3") is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock music format. Licensed to Anniston, Alabama, USA, the station serves the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Area. The station is currently owned by Jacobs Broadcast Group, Inc.

In June 1987, Cary L. Graham reached an agreement to transfer control of Anniston Radio Company, the licensee of this station, to Joe A. Burney and Ann H. Burney. The deal was approved by the FCC on August 4, 1987.

In June 2000, Anniston Radio Company reached an agreemen... See more

Anniston AM|1490
115 W. 33RD STREET, Anniston, AL36201
WSYA (1490 AM, "Sunny 104.3") is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock music format. Licensed to Anniston, Alabama, USA, the station serves the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Area. The station is currently owned by Jacobs Broadcast Group, Inc.

In June 1987, Cary L. Graham reached an agreement to transfer control of Anniston Radio Company, the licensee of this station, to Joe A. Burney and Ann H. Burney. The deal was approved by the FCC on August 4, 1987.

In June 2000, Anniston Radio Company reached an agreement to sell this station to Dewey D. Lankford for a reported sale price of $175,000. At the time of the sale, WANA broadcast a Southern Gospel music format. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 10, 2000, and the transaction was consummated on July 17, 2000.

In January 2006, Jacobs Broadcast Group Inc. reached an agreement to purchase WANA from Dewey D. Lankford. The station sold for a reported $330,000. At the time of the sale, WANA broadcast a mixed Urban Christian Contemporary/Gospel music format. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 3, 2006, and the transaction was consummated on May 1, 2006.

WANA logoUnder the new ownership, until May 2008 the station had been sports radio formatted WANA, known on-air as "Sports Radio 1490 The Ticket."

In May 2008, the station announced it would change its call letters to WSYA and that by the end of May it would be broadcasting a Soft Adult Contemporary music format, simulcast on an FM translator in Anniston. The station was assigned the WSYA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 23, 2008. WSYA began broadcasting on 104.3 FM (Anniston, AL) and on 99.1 FM (Oxford, AL) on April 20, 2009. The station features the syndicated The Bob and Sheri Show in the morning as well as Deliliah in the evening.

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