WOLY (AM)

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Coordinates: 42°04′39″N 78°28′32″W / 42.07750°N 78.47556°W / 42.07750; -78.47556
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For the defunct Michigan station most recently known as WOLY, see WOLY (Michigan).
WOLY
  • FCC
Facility ID2863
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
42°04′39″N 78°28′32″W / 42.07750°N 78.47556°W / 42.07750; -78.47556
Translator(s)105.5 W288EK (Olean)
107.1 W296DB (Olean)
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WebcastListen Live
Websitebigolyradio.com

WOLY (1450

AM radio station licensed to Olean, New York. The station is owned by Seven Mountains Media. It currently runs a 1970s to 1990s classic hits format branded as "Big Oly 107.1 and 105.5," branding itself after its two FM translators
.

The station was issued an initial

ABC since its days as the Blue Network through the early 2010s. Former congressman James F. Hastings managed WHDL from 1952 to 1966. The station was historically an oldies outlet known as "14 Karat Gold" since at least the 1980s, a format that was dropped in 2013 in favor of a 24-hour ESPN Radio feed, branded as "The Huddle" (a backronym
of the station's long-established call sign).

On August 8, 2016, WHDL changed its format from ESPN sports to top 40/CHR, branded as "Hot 107.1" (simulcast on FM translator W296DB in Olean). The format change took advantage of FCC regulations allowing an AM station to be broadcast on FM translators far removed from their city of license (the translator was relocated from Elmira).[5]

On July 26, 2019, the station changed its call sign to WOLY, taking on a new call sign for the first time in its 90-year history. On July 29, 2019, WOLY changed its format from top 40/CHR to classic hits, branded as "Big Oly 107.1", returning the station to a format of older music. (The concept is loosely based on that of another Seven Mountains station,

Seneca Nation of Indians) withdrew its support for the station; in May 2022, Seven Mountains set up a translator for WOLY in Salamanca on 105.5, a short distance down the dial from WGWE's former frequency of 105.9. The 105.5 translator broadcasts from the tower of sister station WQRS
.

Programming

WOLY shares much of its programming with sister stations

WPHD-FM, WLUI, WKYL and WOGA, including morning host Lee Richey, midday host Nancy Plum, and afternoon host Chris Randolph. Compass Media Networks
' The Night Shift with Craig Allen airs in evenings.

Translators

WOLY simulcasts on these two FM translators:

Broadcast translators
for WOLY
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
W288EK 105.5 FM Salamanca, New York 139275 250 D LMS
W296DB 107.1 FM Olean, New York 49419 250 D LMS

References

  1. ^ a b The Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers – Buffalo Broadcasting Timeline
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WOLY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, December 31, 1928, page 3.
  4. ^ "List of Broadcasting Stations: Changes to List", Radio Service Bulletin, December 15, 1934, page 45.
  5. ^ WHDL Gets Hot For Olean Radioinsight - August 8, 2016
  6. ^ Seven Mountains Serves Up a Big Oly in Olean Radioinsight - July 29, 2019
  7. ^ "Nielsen Audio Ratings".

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