WCSY (940 AM) was a

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that broadcast in

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. It formerly simulcasted sister station WCSY-FM (103.7 FM). Until 2005, the station's format was Adult Standards fed via satellite from

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; it later switched to an oldies format called " Oldies Plus", from

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. The station had filed a

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to move its community of license to

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. This move was never completed. On January 19, 2009, the WCSY call sign was returned to 940 AM to match the WCSY-FM simulcast. The

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call sign was then returned to a Mid-West Broadcast Group station in

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formerly "WTUX". In March 2011, the station's website reported that WCSY would be switching to a

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format on March 31, 2011 featuring Fox Sports Radio and Detroit Tigers baseball. The format change happened on April 8, 2011. Mid-West Family Broadcasting took WCSY AM 940 South Haven off the air permanently, electing to cease operations as of 10:40 a.m. on Monday, January 2, 2012. The station's two tower array was taken down about a month later.

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