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WKLI-FM
WKLI-FM (100.9 Hertz, MHz, "100.9/107.1 The Cat") is a commercial radio station, city of license, licensed to Albany, New York, and serving the Capital District, New York, Capital District, including Schenectady, New York, Schenectady and Troy, New York, Troy. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts a country music radio format. Its programming is simulcast on WKBE (107.1 FM) in Corinth, New York, Corinth. WKLI-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,000 watts. Its transmitter is off Kings Road near the New York State Thruway in Guilderland, New York, Guilderland near the boundary of Colonie (town), New York, Colonie and Schenectady, New York, Schenectady, adjacent to the station's former radio studios. WKLI-FM now has its studios and offices in the Pamal Broadcasting facility on Johnson Road in Latham, New York, Latham near Crossroads Plaza. History The 100.9 frequency signed on in 1972 as WWOM (Wonderful World of Music), an easy listening station going ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WROW
WROW (590 AM broadcasting, AM) – branded ''Magic 590-1410 AM and 96.5-100.5 FM'' – is a commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Albany, New York, and serving the Capital District, New York, Capital District, including Albany, Schenectady, New York, Schenectady and Troy, New York, Troy. WROW has a radio format featuring soft oldies with an occasional adult standards, adult standard. It is owned by Pamal Broadcasting, with radio studios and offices in Latham, New York, Latham. WROW serves as the local network affiliate, affiliate for CBS Radio News and is the Emergency Alert System (EAS) primary entry point for Northeastern New York state. By day, WROW transmits 5,000 watts, but to avoid interfering with other stations on 590 AM, it reduces power at night to 1,000 watts and uses a directional antenna. Its four-tower array is on Weisheit Road in Glenmont, New York, Glenmont, near the New York State Thruway. WROW is also heard on FM translator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKBE
WKBE (107.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Corinth, New York, and serving Glens Falls and Saratoga Springs. It is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts a country music radio format, simulcasting WKLI-FM (100.9) from Albany. WKBE has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 2,850 watts. The transmitter is in Lake Luzerne, New York. History In June 1967, the station signed on as a country music outlet WXQL-FM. Its original owner was Harry Barker, who already owned WBZA (1410 AM), a daytime-only station. The station was originally licensed to Glens Falls, NY and was the region's first FM station, although other FM stations were already on the air in the Capital District. Both stations were later sold to Soundcasters, Inc. In 1970, the call sign was changed to WBZA-FM. It simulcast the Top 40 programming of WBZA, but went back to country during the evening hours after WBZA's sunset sign off in those days, since 1410 was originally a daytimer. Eventually WBZA-FM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WINU
WINU (104.9 FM broadcasting, FM, "Big Country 104.9 & 97.9") is a commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Altamont, New York, Altamont and serving New York's Capital District, New York, Capital District. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and airs a classic country radio format. WINU has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 530 watts. The transmitter is on Pinnacle Road in the Helderberg Escarpment tower farm in New Scotland, New York, New Scotland, amid the radio masts and towers, towers for other Albany-area TV and FM stations. The programming is a simulcast of co-owned WMML 1230 AM in Glens Falls, New York, Glens Falls and on its FM translator on 97.9 MHz. Station history WIZR-FM Johnstown WINU is one of several signals to have moved into the Albany market in recent years. Prior to its relocation in March 1999, it was licensed to Johnstown (city), New York, Johnstown, New York, as the sister station to WIZR (930 AM). It first sign-on, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFLY
WFLY (92.3 FM, ''FLY 92.3'') is a contemporary hit radio station licensed to Troy, New York, and serving the Capital District. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and is considered the company's flagship station. The radio studios and offices are at 6 Johnson Road in Latham. WFLY has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 17,000 watts. The transmitter is located on the Helderberg Escarpment antenna farm on Pinnacle Road in New Scotland, New York. WFLY is the oldest FM radio call sign currently in the Capital District, in use since 1948. History Rural Radio Network On August 18, 1948, WFLY first signed on as the radio station of '' The Troy Times Record'' newspaper. Its publisher was Frank Laurence York, from whose initials the station gets its call letters The station was originally experimental and intended to use an FM signal to broadcast a radio-facsimile image of that day's paper to subscribers with the equipment to receive it. When that technology proved unsucce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYJB
WYJB (95.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Albany, New York, and serving the Capital District, including Schenectady and Troy. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. On weekday evenings, WYJB carries the nationally syndicated call-in and dedications show hosted by Delilah. The station's radio studios and offices are on Johnson Road in Latham. WYJB has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 12,000 watts. It transmits from the Helderberg Mountains antenna farm off Pinnacle Road in Voorheesville. History Beautiful music The 95.5 frequency was originally allocated to the unbuilt WXKW-FM in 1950. It signed on in 1966 as WROW-FM, sister station to Capital Cities Communications flagship outlet WROW (590 AM). Initially, it simulcast the AM's beautiful music programming. WROW-AM-FM played quarter hour sweeps of mostly instrumental cover ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamal Broadcasting
Pamal Broadcasting, Ltd. is a family-owned radio group with twenty-three stations in medium-to-small markets in the Northeast. Based in the Albany suburb of Latham, New York, Pamal Broadcasting was founded in 1987 as Albany Broadcasting Company, when business man James J. Morrell entered broadcast ownership with the purchase of WFLY and WPTR from Five States Tower Company, a Poughkeepsie, New York–based broadcasting company that also owned radio stations WPDH and WEOK in the mid-Hudson valley. The Pamal name, a portmanteau of the names of Morrell's children, was adopted in 1996 though each cluster uses a unique name (such as Albany Broadcasting for the Albany cluster; the Pamal name is rarely used on-air, except in the Hudson Valley). In 2005, Pamal Broadcasting was the 27th-largest owner of radio stations in the United States. By mid-2011, the company has divested itself of 40% of its radio station licenses from its 2005 high-water mark. Pamal completed its exit from Florid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAJZ
WAJZ (96.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Voorheesville, New York, and serving the Capital District, including Albany, Schenectady and Troy. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts a rhythmic contemporary radio format that leans toward urban contemporary. In morning drive time, WAJZ carries the nationally syndicated " Jubal Show" from KBKS-FM in Seattle. WAJZ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 470 watts. The transmitter is on Pinnacle Road in Helderberg Escarpment tower farm in New Scotland, amid the towers for other Albany-area TV and FM stations. Programming Since the launch of ''Jamz 96.3'' on December 23, 1998, it has become one of the most popular radio stations in the Albany market, initially as an urban contemporary radio station, and evolving to rhythmic contemporary by September 2005. As of 2011, the station tends to lean more urban rather than dance (similar to WQHT in New York City) to avoid competing with co-owned m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York State Thruway
The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially "the Thruway") is a system of controlled-access toll roads spanning within the U.S. state of New York. It is operated by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA), a New York State public-benefit corporation. The mainline is a freeway that extends from the New York City line at Yonkers to the Pennsylvania state line at Ripley by way of I-87 and I-90 through Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the Thruway is the fifth-busiest toll road in the United States. The toll road is also a major route for long distance travelers linking the cities of Toronto, Buffalo, and Montreal with Boston and New York City. A tolled highway connecting the major cities of New York was first proposed in 1949. The first section of the Thruway, between Lowell, New York (south of Rome) and Rochester, opened on June 24, 1954. The remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilderland, New York
Guilderland is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Albany County, New York, United States. In the 2020 census, the town had a population of 36,848. The town is named for the Gelderland province in the Netherlands. The town of Guilderland is on the central-northwest border of the county. It is just west of Albany, New York, Albany, the capital of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. History Guilderland was originally a part of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck that Patroon Kiliaen van Rensselaer (Dutch merchant), Kiliaen van Rensselaer began in 1629 as part of the New Netherland colony. By the end of the 17th century, Dutch people, Dutch settlers from Albany and Schenectady, New York, Schenectady began to establish farms in the area, beginning first along the banks of the Normans Kill. In 1712, a group of emigrants from the Rhine Valley in present-day Germany passed through the town on their way to Schoharie County, New York, Schoharie. They were the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonie (town), New York
Colonie is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. It is the most-populous suburb of Albany, and is the third-largest town in area in Albany County, occupying approximately 11% of the county. Several hamlets exist within the town. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 85,590. The name is derived from the Dutch ''Colonye'' or "Colonie", derived from the Colonie of Rensselaerswyck. All the land outside the Village of Beverwyck (now Albany) was referred to as the "Colonie". The town of Colonie is north of Albany and is at the northern border of the county. Within the town of Colonie are two villages, one also known as Colonie and the other known as Menands. History This area was once part of the Rensselaerwyck manor. The town of Colonie was formed in 1895 after the rural residents of the town of Watervliet opposed the state's proposal to transform the entire town into the city of Watervliet. The town and village of Green Island was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latham, New York
Latham is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place in Albany County, New York, Albany County, New York (state), New York, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 9 in New York, U.S. Route 9 in the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of Colonie, New York, Colonie, a dense suburb north of Albany, New York, Albany. In addition, Interstate 87 (New York), Interstate 87 and NY Route 7 also run through the town itself. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,680. Latham was a census-designated place in the 1970, 1980, and 1990 US Censuses, but ceased to be in the 2000 Census, then became a CDP again in 2020. History The area was known at different times in its history as Yearsley's (c. 1829), Van Vranken's (c. 1851), Town House Corners (c. 1860) and Latham's Corners, named after hotel owner William G. Latham. The "corner" referred to is now the intersection of Troy-Schenectady Road (New York State Route 2, NY Route 2) and Old Loudon Road. Before E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Listening
Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to the 1970s. It is related to middle of the road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, non- rock vocals and instrumental covers of selected popular rock songs. It mostly concentrates on music that pre-dates the rock and roll era, characteristically on music from the 1940s and 1950s. It was differentiated from the mostly instrumental beautiful music format by its variety of styles, including a percentage of vocals, arrangements and tempos to fit various parts of the broadcast day. Easy listening music is often confused with lounge music, but while it was popular in some of the same venues it was meant to be listened to for enjoyment rather than as background sound. History The style has been synonymous with the tag "with strings". String instruments had been used in sweet bands in the 1930s and was the dominant s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
