WSNN (99.3
FM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting an
80s hits format
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. It is licensed to
Potsdam, New York
Potsdam ( moh, Tsi tewate’nehtararénies) is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The town population was 14,901 at the 2020 census. The ZIP Code is 13676. When SUNY Potsdam and Clarkson University are in session, the popu ...
, United States. The station is owned by
Martz Communications Group Martz Communications Group is an American radio broadcasting company, which operates three radio stations in the St. Lawrence River area of New York and one in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company, which also operates under the names Radio Power ...
, through licensee Waters Communications Inc.
History
The station originally signed on in early December 1968 as WPDM-FM, with a simulcast during the daytime hours of sister station
WPDM (AM) 1470. During the evenings, the station would break away from the simulcast with its own
Top 40
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format and broadcast local sporting events. On May 24, 1976, the FM side dropped the simulcast and began broadcasting in stereo with its own independent
easy-listening format. To go along with the new improved sound, the station started calling itself "Stereo 99," and changed call letters to WSNN to match. The station has kept those calls since. By the late 1980s, the station flipped to Top 40 as "99 Hits," then a brief period with country music, back to Top 40 (and the "99 Hits" name) under the previous owner St. Lawrence Radio Inc.
[ ] The current format and "B-99.3" name have been in place since 2012.
References
External links
WSNN official Facebook page*
SNN
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