WKIP
kHz | |
| Branding | "NewsRadio 1450/1370 WKIP" |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WJIP, WRNQ, WPKF, WRWD-FM, WHUC, WBWZ, WZCR, WCTW, WRWB-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | June 6, 1940 |
Call sign meaning | Poughkeepsie [sic] |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73163 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Translator(s) | 98.5 W253BV (Poughkeepsie) |
| Repeater(s) | 1370 WJIP (Ellenville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1450wkip.iheart.com |
WKIP (1450
It uses a .Weekdays begin with a local morning show, "Hudson Valley Focus Live with Tom Sipos." The rest of the day features
Translator
To supplement coverage, WKIP programming is also heard on an
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W253BV | 98.5 FM | Poughkeepsie, New York | 138571 | 200 | D | LMS |
History
Early years
Originally owned by Poughkeepsie Newspaper Incorporated, WKIP
With the shift of network programming from AM to TV, WKIP evolved into a
Top 40 era
WKIP maintained its original format and ownership until late 1967 when the station was sold to Star Broadcasting, which changed the format the next year to Top 40. Around the same time, the ABC Radio Network switched to four sub-networks. WKIP signed up with the Top 40-leaning American Contemporary Network feed. The station was not successful with its new format against competitor 950 WHVW and that October returned to its prior MOR format.
In 1970, WKIP was sold again, this time to Olympian Broadcasting (to whom Star had sold WKIP-FM to two years earlier and who would resell that station to
Switch to talk
When Richard Novick purchased WKIP from Olympian in 1987, assorted changes started to take place starting with Novick allowing veteran morning host Van Risthie to leave for WHVW. This move plus the imminent decline of full-service AM formats led WKIP to go through a short-lived Fun and Games (hybrid oldies/talk) format with the station going to a talk radio format in 1989. At that time, Novick launched FM station 92.1 WRNQ, which had the spirit of WKIP's former format, as well as Van Ritshie.[citation needed] WRNQ was an automated station. Ritshie also served as a voiceover artist for imaging for WRNQ.
The talk radio format would last for the entire 1990s, surviving a simulcast attempt with the Novick-controlled 96.9 MHz which also sported the WKIP-FM calls. After Straus Media purchased Novick's stations in November 1996, elements of WKIP's programming began to be heard on sister stations in Ellenville, Hudson, and Catskill.
Adult standards
WKIP and all of Straus's stations were sold to
Return to talk
The "Nostalgia Network" was dismantled in 2004 with WKIP keeping the standards format for three more years. Then in October 2007, the station returned to talk radio programming, carrying mostly shows from iHeart's
On June 10, 2008, WKIP dropped Quinn and Rose and began running the syndicated Don Imus morning show until October 1, 2012, when he was replaced by Hudson Valley Focus Live with Tom Sipos.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKIP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WKIP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1941 page 60
External links
- WKIP Website
- WKIP in the FCC AM station database
- WKIP in Nielsen Audio's AM station database