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AMonFM
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Maybe Knickman and TimeTraveler can chime in on this, since they've been around here for quite awhile. not sure who's who among the rest here...
What was - in your opinion - the best era of radio in the Capital District? - say, post 1965 til today.
I think this area peaked out 'radio wise' right around 1984-87, and it's been a slow but certain downhill slide from then on.
Two good CHR's in WFLY and WGFM - each had it's own identity but the imaging and jocks on both were excellent.
Two good rockers in WQBK and WPYX - again good jocks on both, imaging on PYX i think was better.
A fantastic BEZ to AC transition for WROW-FM/WYJB. Not unlike other stations in that fold - WEZF and WRCH come to mind, but 95.5 was a great station for this size market. K-Lite 101 was no slouch either.
The country battle between WGNA and WPTR only stood to benefit the listener - both stations were on top on their game at that point and it showed.
WTRY transitioned to a fantastic oldies station during this time period. I credit them, along with Cliff Nash's 10 at 10 on PYX for getting me into 60's oldies music.
WEQX was new & fresh... playing the stuff the only WRPI would touch back then.
WHRL was a total throwback to the golden age of FM - complete with the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday afternoons.
1240 was hanging in there as 3WD, the talk station was always on 1300, CBS radio mystery theater on 590 at night, and of course the #1 station in the market WGY - as good a full service station as any you'd find in any major market, with an unforgettable line-up.
And the outlying markets also had a few gems on the dial as well: Joey Caruso's Wizard 105 in Johnstown - unique in every way (and not always a good way lol), WMVQ 97.7 Amsterdam, and up north we had Y96, WNIQ/I-107, a superb AC in a young WENU, and of course the mom&pop country station that was WSCG Corinth (93.5). The little 250 watt daytimer WMVI on 1170 that was about as unique a station as could be, with quite a loyal following no less. And last we forget Saratoga Springs actually had it's own radio stations in WKAJ and WASM. 900 was particularly good sounding in the 80's playing the hits of the day. A few still survive - 1340 WENT, and 860 WSBS come to mind.
Outside of a couple of standouts (The SHO-FM diplex for example), this area has dropped down the corporate radio mineshaft like so many other markets. Radio owners and managers blame everything and everybody but themselves for taking a great medium and more or less destroying it, leaving in it's wake a forgettable mash of lackluster 'entertainment' on the dial.
What was - in your opinion - the best era of radio in the Capital District? - say, post 1965 til today.
I think this area peaked out 'radio wise' right around 1984-87, and it's been a slow but certain downhill slide from then on.
Two good CHR's in WFLY and WGFM - each had it's own identity but the imaging and jocks on both were excellent.
Two good rockers in WQBK and WPYX - again good jocks on both, imaging on PYX i think was better.
A fantastic BEZ to AC transition for WROW-FM/WYJB. Not unlike other stations in that fold - WEZF and WRCH come to mind, but 95.5 was a great station for this size market. K-Lite 101 was no slouch either.
The country battle between WGNA and WPTR only stood to benefit the listener - both stations were on top on their game at that point and it showed.
WTRY transitioned to a fantastic oldies station during this time period. I credit them, along with Cliff Nash's 10 at 10 on PYX for getting me into 60's oldies music.
WEQX was new & fresh... playing the stuff the only WRPI would touch back then.
WHRL was a total throwback to the golden age of FM - complete with the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday afternoons.
1240 was hanging in there as 3WD, the talk station was always on 1300, CBS radio mystery theater on 590 at night, and of course the #1 station in the market WGY - as good a full service station as any you'd find in any major market, with an unforgettable line-up.
And the outlying markets also had a few gems on the dial as well: Joey Caruso's Wizard 105 in Johnstown - unique in every way (and not always a good way lol), WMVQ 97.7 Amsterdam, and up north we had Y96, WNIQ/I-107, a superb AC in a young WENU, and of course the mom&pop country station that was WSCG Corinth (93.5). The little 250 watt daytimer WMVI on 1170 that was about as unique a station as could be, with quite a loyal following no less. And last we forget Saratoga Springs actually had it's own radio stations in WKAJ and WASM. 900 was particularly good sounding in the 80's playing the hits of the day. A few still survive - 1340 WENT, and 860 WSBS come to mind.
Outside of a couple of standouts (The SHO-FM diplex for example), this area has dropped down the corporate radio mineshaft like so many other markets. Radio owners and managers blame everything and everybody but themselves for taking a great medium and more or less destroying it, leaving in it's wake a forgettable mash of lackluster 'entertainment' on the dial.