Big, new, innovative, and locally-owned and fiercely independent in an era of predictable, reactionary corporate radio: WYSL NEWS POWER 1040! WYSL celebrates its 25th anniversary, with a long, long list of firsts: the first all-news format, first comprehensive partnership with a local TV news product, first with a long list of fabled national talk radio hosts, first commercial station to stream 24-7 on the worldwide web, first AM station to crank up a new high-power signal in Upstate New York in over 50 years, and on, and on and on! WYSL NewsPower 1040