WPTR (AM)
kHz | |
Branding | WPTR 1240 AM |
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Programming | |
Format | Full service classic rock and classic hits |
Ownership | |
Owner | Area Independent Radio, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | 1942 (as WSNY) |
Former call signs | WSNY (1942–1975) WWWD (1976–1988) WVKZ (1988–2012) |
Call sign meaning | PaTRoon Broadcasting Company (original owners of WDCD) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 8726 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°48′37″N 73°59′4″W / 42.81028°N 73.98444°W |
Translator(s) | 97.1 W246DS (Ballston Spa, New York) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
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History
WPTR began as long running middle-of-the-road station WSNY in 1942. In 1968, WSNY flipped to Top 40, going into direct competition with more powerful and established stations WPTR (now WDCD) and WTRY (now WOFX). The format was initially a success. However, by the early 1970s, FM Top 40 began to take hold in the Albany market as well; by 1973, in addition to WPTR and WTRY, WSNY had to contend with WABY (now WAMC), WGFM (now WRVE), and WHSH (now WPYX). In 1974, WSNY left the air. In 1976, the station returned to the air as WWWD, with kind of a top 40/oldies hybrid format. WWWD began to add vast amounts of off-track betting racing to their schedule during the 1980s. In early 1988, the station became WVKZ and partially simulcasted WVKZ-FM (now WMHH), with their rock based top 40 format. WVKZ drifted through various formats during the 1990s, including classic country and talk, before flipping to oldies in 2004. In February 2009, WVKZ started broadcasting Scott Shannon's True Oldies network after broadcasting as "Real Oldies" since 2004.
On December 31, 2019 WPTR was sold to Area Independent Radio, Inc., a group led by two retired professors from
History of call letters
The call letters WPTR were previously assigned to an AM station (later known as WDCD) in Albany, New York.[8]
References
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WPTR
- The Business Review. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ "Media Bureau Call Sign Actions" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ CBS Sports Radio Comes To Albany NY Radioinsight - June 7, 2013
- ^ Albany Trio Switches to Business Radioinsight - June 29, 2016
- ^ Trio of Albany AMs Go Silent Radioinsight - May 17, 2018
- ^ Nelson, Paul (January 31, 2020). Old radio station, WPTR, back on the air, with a new mission. Times Union (Albany, NY). Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ "WPTR, Owned by Theatre Chain, Starts in Albany" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 9, 1948. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
External links
- FCC History Cards for WPTR
- WPTR in the FCC AM station database
- WPTR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W246DS in the FCC FM station database
- W246DS at FCCdata.org