I don’t know when it started but as of when I turned on the radio just before7:00 AM this morning 98.9 is simulating WGNY-AM. They have a new liner Fox oldies 1220 & 98.9, instead of 1220, &1490. The TOH ID is a mouthful WGNY, WDLC, WGNY-FM, WGNY-FM-HD1, WJGK-HD-2. For now translator 95.7 is also relaying WGNY-AM, albeit about a minute behind, as before. I doubt that will last, that would be a total waste. I have said this before, but for this 58 YO WGNY’s oldies mix leans to much to the early days of late fifties, & sixties and is to mellow Of course I do enjoy some of it, they play songs I haven’t heard in years. However WVOS is a much better mix and their air personalities are far superior. I hope 95.7 goes back to simulating 95.9 WVOS.BTW I didn’t realize this before but according to their web site WJGK-HD3 plays country music.
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WGNY-FM Rosendale On The Air
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WGNY-FM "Fox Oldies" is indeed on the air... Van Ritchie hosting. Speculation that it would not be oldies, not true. HD sounds good, but is a couple seconds behind the analog; doesn't matter much once you're locked in to HD but with all the testing they did the last couple of weeks, you'd think they'd get that right by now. Anyway, I like True Oldies on WEOK a lot more (HD on WPDH-HD-2). There is no WGNY HD-2 as of now.... Scott Fybush reported there would be something called "The Drive". We'll have to wait and see, I guess.
Yes, WJGK HD-3 has been Fox Country for quite a while, but oddly this morning, it is silent. Tech troubles? Or is this somehow connected with the launch of WGNY-FM?
The R&R article referenced in one of the above posts is wrong about this being the first new station in the area in "over 20 years". Poughkeepsie's 96.1 (was it WNSX first??) came on the air around 1995, with several format changes before becoming today's KISS.
Yes, WJGK HD-3 has been Fox Country for quite a while, but oddly this morning, it is silent. Tech troubles? Or is this somehow connected with the launch of WGNY-FM?
The R&R article referenced in one of the above posts is wrong about this being the first new station in the area in "over 20 years". Poughkeepsie's 96.1 (was it WNSX first??) came on the air around 1995, with several format changes before becoming today's KISS.
dx1ng said:WGNY-FM "Fox Oldies" is indeed on the air... Van Ritchie hosting. Speculation that it would not be oldies, not true. HD sounds good, but is a couple seconds behind the analog; doesn't matter much once you're locked in to HD but with all the testing they did the last couple of weeks, you'd think they'd get that right by now. Anyway, I like True Oldies on WEOK a lot more (HD on WPDH-HD-2). There is no WGNY HD-2 as of now.... Scott Fybush reported there would be something called "The Drive". We'll have to wait and see, I guess.
Yes, WJGK HD-3 has been Fox Country for quite a while, but oddly this morning, it is silent. Tech troubles? Or is this somehow connected with the launch of WGNY-FM?
The R&R article referenced in one of the above posts is wrong about this being the first new station in the area in "over 20 years". Poughkeepsie's 96.1 (was it WNSX first??) came on the air around 1995, with several format changes before becoming today's KISS.
According to do their site teaser banner (foxradio.net) WGNYFM-HD2 will indeed be "Drive FX" which is Dial Global's syndicated DANCE/TRANCE Channel. Yes folks you will have slow mellow OLDIES on 1 and bass bumping dance one notch over....because that makes a ton of sense, that will REALLY bring the younger demo back in droves I tell you. Oh wait, subchannels on class A stations are pretty much meaningless once you can't see the tower so I suppose it doesn't matter. Sunrise is run on a shoestring anyway. They have become the new 'Godcaster" of the Hudson Valley. Take the same two (underwhelming) formats and stick them on as many frequencies as possible.
Maybe it won’t be a complete simulcast. Early this morning 1220 and 98.9 were the same .I just check again and now they are playing the same music. Doesn’t WGNY-AM have some business talk program in the morning? Perhaps that is what you heard. Perhaps WGNY figured that won’t work on FM. I wonder if the talk show is time brokered.dx1ng said:One additional note: This morning, although 98,.9 is announcing "Fox Oldies 1220 and Fox Oldies 98.9", WGNY AM 1220 has on TALK programming.... (and also translator 95.7). And the announcers on 98.9 don't sound very live.. are they voicetracking their debut?
dx1ng said:The R&R article referenced in one of the above posts is wrong about this being the first new station in the area in "over 20 years". Poughkeepsie's 96.1 (was it WNSX first??) came on the air around 1995, with several format changes before becoming today's KISS.
96.1 had a history of format changes. First, it came on the air as WNSX which was known as "96X" or "The X 96.1" when it was a modern rock station. That started back in 1996 and it lasted for a year until 1997 when it was simulcasting "Thunder Country" from 99.3. That lasted for about 2 years, and then in 1999, it became another simulcast of "The Cat" from 98.5 under WCTJ and lasted for another 2 years until 2001 when it is now "Kiss-FM" in 2001.
92.9 first signed on the air back in 1999 as WRKW when it was a classic rock station known as "Quality Rock" until 2002 when it became "92.9 Rock" as a active rock station for two years and then went to oldies in 2004 as "Cool 92.9" under the call letters WBPM when it moved from 94.3 back in 2002. "Cool 92.9" lasted for 4 years until February 1st, 2007 when Pamal took over from CC and went to a classic hits format which we know today as "92.9 WBPM" and it remains as a classic rock leaning station under Randy Turner, but it does sound the same just like the old WRKW did when it first signed on back in 1999.
Hudson Valley never had an oldies station in 4 years after WBPM pulled the plug back in 2007. I missed Rick McCaffery so much, he sounded a lot better than Don K Reed of CBS-FM. He used to play the doo-wop music on Friday nights as part of the "Solid Gold Jukebox" called the "Doo-Wop Cruise".
I do listen to the new station known as "Fox Oldies 1220/98.9" and it sounds great, just like the way it sounded on CBS-FM back in the day during the Joe McCoy era. CBS-FM in New York City did really well in the PPM playing a mix of 60's through 80's songs as well as throwing in a few 50's songs. Let hope if "Fox Oldies" succeeds. "Fox Oldies" did play a mix of 50's through 70's songs with no 80's on there. Look at WCZX, WRNQ and WHUD. They played the right mix of 70's and 80's songs like the way it did on CBS-FM.
Good luck with the new station, I can hear it now!
MHVRadiofan said:Maybe it won’t be a complete simulcast. Early this morning 1220 and 98.9 were the same .I just check again and now they are playing the same music. Doesn’t WGNY-AM have some business talk program in the morning? Perhaps that is what you heard. Perhaps WGNY figured that won’t work on FM. I wonder if the talk show is time brokered.dx1ng said:One additional note: This morning, although 98,.9 is announcing "Fox Oldies 1220 and Fox Oldies 98.9", WGNY AM 1220 has on TALK programming.... (and also translator 95.7). And the announcers on 98.9 don't sound very live.. are they voicetracking their debut?
I believe Michael Mazzariello's 'Closing Arguments' still runs 9-10am on 1220
disney fanatic said:92.9 first signed on the air back in 1999 as WRKW when it was a classic rock station known as "Quality Rock" !
Wow... I had forgotten that WBPM (WRKW) was as recent as 1999. Actually, these days I tend to listen more to WBPM than any other local FM station.
IMHO--- oldies indeed back in the HV. true oldies on WEOK; and wgny-fm sounding great,and a great mix of music, but as much as I hate to say it--some of it goes back too far and borders on Pop stds, think they had a tune by ethel merman on...ouch....I can't see how sunshine is on a shoestring if they are making all the moves they are--seems he wants the oldies market in a big way and is going after it. Hope it pans out; the 98.9 is good as the 1220 and 1390 power down at sunset. See what happens...
discussion??
oldies4ever ;D
discussion??
oldies4ever ;D
oldies4ever said:IMHO--- oldies indeed back in the HV. true oldies on WEOK; and wgny-fm sounding great,and a great mix of music, but as much as I hate to say it--some of it goes back too far and borders on Pop stds, think they had a tune by ethel merman on...ouch....I can't see how sunshine is on a shoestring if they are making all the moves they are--seems he wants the oldies market in a big way and is going after it. Hope it pans out; the 98.9 is good as the 1220 and 1390 power down at sunset. See what happens...
discussion??
WEOK's signal is still weak which I live in Kingston depending where you are, especially at night that you can't get "True Oldies" on 1390 due to IBOC. I hope 98.9 is doing really well which this new station. I hope we should applaud CBS-FM for bringing up the rear, but it did very well in the ratings since the station returned back in 2007 and it is going to compete with WLTW's "Lite-FM" which is still on top. WGNY-FM is going to compete with WEOK/WALL's "True Oldies Channel". Both of these stations are oldies on AM and FM.
Yesterday, I posted an aircheck of the first day of WGNY-FM as "Fox Oldies" which is on 98.9 right now. I listened to the new station and it is good, so I decided to post an aircheck of the first day on that station. It has Van Ritsche, Bob O and Buffalo Bob on there. I recorded 13 hours of WGNY-FM's first day on the air, but I ended up posting it. I'll give you a link to it to hear the first day of "Fox Oldies" at 98.9. Here it is.
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=185967.0
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=185967.0
oldies4ever said:You guys are way off base....Ch-ch-ch-changes in the works. I'm sworn to secrecy. ;D
oldies4ever
So what was the big secret you heard oldies4ever?
I listened here and there over the weekend and a little this morning. Nothing special, nothing to make me go "WOW".
FYI- Went downstate Saturday. The signal came in pretty well across 84 in Dutchess, also in Northern Westchester along the Taconic. Almost to the Ossining exit.
FYI- Went downstate Saturday. The signal came in pretty well across 84 in Dutchess, also in Northern Westchester along the Taconic. Almost to the Ossining exit.
Beavis said:oldies4ever said:You guys are way off base....Ch-ch-ch-changes in the works. I'm sworn to secrecy. ;D
oldies4ever
So what was the big secret you heard oldies4ever?
Well the nice part is Joe Manglass is back, that certainly is a nice touch.
hate to say it but Joe manglass has to go...awful....the rest of the jocks are upbeat and tight, this guy's the opposite....My opinion....discussion???
oldies4ever
oldies4ever
When I'm in the mood for oldies I'll tune in to WHVW. That said, I think Joe needs time to adjust. From what I read, he left the industry because of health problems. Now he's back - he has to be the oldest jock in the Valley - and he's used to doing it live, not voice tracked.
Jocks aren't bad. Formatically its not bad. But it is still nothing special, although I understand it is the first inning.
The music is very dated and I just don't see the audience out there for it.
The music is very dated and I just don't see the audience out there for it.
Listening for the first time online now. Music is pretty good. Not a huge fan of 'Fox Radio's' presentation, but not a big deal.
How do you think it will stand against WVOS?
How do you think it will stand against WVOS?
Kevin said:Listening for the first time online now. Music is pretty good. Not a huge fan of 'Fox Radio's' presentation, but not a big deal.
How do you think it will stand against WVOS?
On FM there isn’t a lot of overlap. A decent FM station with the same format will always beat an AM. Personally I wish I could still listen to WVOS-FM here in Hyde Park. It used to be able on Poughkeepsie translator 95.7, but was replaced a few months ago by WGNY-AM Fox Oldies. It continues to simulcast WGNY despite the debut of WGNY-FM. I was told by the owner of 95.7 that WVOS will not be returning to 95.7. In any overlap areas WVOS is a much better station, both in a better, somewhat newer music mix, and far superior on air personalities, and overall presentation. I don’t really care for WGNY- Fox Oldies. It is really almost a standards leaning station, with to much late 50’s and early 60’ music. That is too old for this 58 YO. Although it may appeal to some older listeners, this is not what sponsors are looking for.
MHVRadiofan said:On FM there isn’t a lot of overlap. A decent FM station with the same format will always beat an AM. Personally I wish I could still listen to WVOS-FM here in Hyde Park. It used to be able on Poughkeepsie translator 95.7, but was replaced a few months ago by WGNY-AM Fox Oldies. It continues to simulcast WGNY despite the debut of WGNY-FM. I was told by the owner of 95.7 that WVOS will not be returning to 95.7. In any overlap areas WVOS is a much better station, both in a better, somewhat newer music mix, and far superior on air personalities, and overall presentation. I don’t really care for WGNY- Fox Oldies. It is really almost a standards leaning station, with to much late 50’s and early 60’ music. That is too old for this 58 YO. Although it may appeal to some older listeners, this is not what sponsors are looking for.
Here in NW New Jersey I listen to WVOS on 105.7 FM while driving around town. It's a very good station, but what I like about Fox is the fact that they do play older music. Most oldies station play a lot of 70s and 80s now days which is perfectly fine, but I do enjoy hearing music on Fox that you don't typically hear on the radio these days. Not overly familiar with all the personalities on Fox Oldies, but I've always liked Bob O. Not a huge fan of his morning show on 103.1 but he hosted a good morning drive-time show on Fox 96.7 when Clear Channel owned it.
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