WSNN (99.3
FM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting an
1980's hits format. It is licensed to
Potsdam, New York
Potsdam is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The town population was 14,901 at the 2020 census. When the State University of New York at Potsdam and Clarkson University are in sess ...
, United States. The station is owned by Timothy D. Martz, through licensee
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 a ...
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
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 ...
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 "B99.3" name have been in place since 2012.
References
External links
WSNN official Facebook page*
1980s-themed radio stations
SNN
Radio stations established in 1968
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