Albany Radio Dial, May 2001

[danikayser84]

Let's go back ten years today, and look at the radio dial (105.7 hadn't moved in yet, neither had 93.5/Corinth (relocated to 93.7 upon move-in))

88.3 WVCR - College (Top 40 then? I know they were Urban at one point)
89.1 WMHT - Public Radio/Classical
90.3 WAMC - Public Radio
91.5 WRPI - College
92.3 WFLY - Mainstream Top 40
94.5 WKLI - Soft AC (this was a few months before Galaxy bought in the market and changed 94.5 to rock)
95.5 WYJB - Mainstream AC
96.3 WAJZ - Urban (Jamz 96.3 before it went in the Rhythmic direction)
96.7 WDCD-FM - Christian (split from AM 1540 simulcast circa 2000)
97.7 WBKK - commercial Classical
98.3 WTRY - Oldies (980 was sports by this time)
99.5 WRVE - Hot AC
100.3 WKBE - Adult Top 40
100.9 WCPT - (simulcast of WKBE; split off and went Soft AC/Standards upon sale to Pamal)
101.3 WQAR - Adult Contemporary
101.9 WJIV - Christian
102.3 WKKF - Mainstream Top 40 (did it lean Rhythmic back then? I don't remember)
103.1 WHRL - Alternative Rock
103.5 WQBJ - (simulcast of WQBK)
103.9 WQBK - Active Rock
104.5 WABT - All 80s (flipped from Rhythmic AC a few months prior, I believe)
104.9 WZMR - Smooth Jazz
105.7 WNYQ - Adult Top 40
106.5 WPYX - Classic Rock
107.7 WGNA - Country

590 WROW - news/talk
810 WGY - news/talk
980 WOFX - Fox Sports Radio (dumped oldies several months prior)
1160 WMVI - adult standards (acquired by Anastos around this time)
1240 WVKZ - talk? classic country? don't remember which...
1300 WTMM - ESPN Radio
1330 WHAZ - Christian
1400 WABY - all-news/AC (just before Galaxy bought this and 94.5)
1460 WGNA - country (shortly after, sold to Radio Disney)
1540 WPTR - adult standards/nostalgia

 

[DToTheJ]

Another possible footnote: Weren't 103.5/103.9 running Stern mornings around this time?

 

[danikayser84]

Another possible footnote: Weren't 103.5/103.9 running Stern mornings around this time?

Yes, I believe they ran Howard Stern until the end of his terrestrial radio run (2005) when the station rebranded as "Q103" and put Free Beer and Hot Wings on

 

[disney fanatic]

Yes, I believe they ran Howard Stern until the end of his terrestrial radio run (2005) when the station rebranded as "Q103" and put Free Beer and Hot Wings on

Not the same "Q103" that we know of when it was WQQQ before it becomes a station for NPR know as WSHU Public Radio.

 

[Time Traveler]

Yes, I believe they ran Howard Stern until the end of his terrestrial radio run (2005) when the station rebranded as "Q103" and put Free Beer and Hot Wings on

Not the same "Q103" that we know of when it was WQQQ before it becomes a station for NPR know as WSHU Public Radio.

He is referring to WQBK 103.9 and WQBJ 103.5 in the Albany market...And yes...they did rebrand from 1035/1039-The Edge to Q103 at the end of 2005 when Howard Stern left terrestrial radio. WQBK was actually Stern's first client at the time that his show became syndicated in 1992. At that time WQBK was a Classic Rock station branded as Q-104 and only broadcast on 103.9....