Which Are Oldest AM & Oldest FM Radio Stations in the Hudson Valley & Albany ?

[xmradiopro]

Which Are Oldest AM & Oldest FM Radio Stations in the Hudson Valley & Albany ?

Don't know if its been mentioned before but was wondering which are the Oldest AM & FM radio stations in the Hudson Valley & Albany area ? I thought I remember hearing that WGHQ or WGNY were one of the oldest stations but wasn't sure..not sure about Albany through.

 

[ChrisConfalone]

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I think WGNY-AM came on the air back in 1933. I know that because I remember listening to WGNY-AM and WGNY-FM in 2003 and it being mentioned on both stations that it was WGNY-AM's 70th year of being on the air.

 

[xmradiopro]

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Ok thanks...I think I remember hearing either WSPK or WKIP-FM might be the oldest FM radio station in the Hudson Valley.

I think WGNY-AM came on the air back in 1933. I know that because I remember listening to WGNY-AM and WGNY-FM in 2003 and it being mentioned on both stations that it was WGNY-AM's 70th year of being on the air.

 

[AlexBrowne]

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In the Albany area, we're talking about the GE stations on both AM and FM.

WGY/Schenectady dates back to 1922 on 833 kc; moved to 790 kc in 1923, and then to 810 in 1942.

On FM, what is today WRVE/Schenectady started out in 1941 on the old FM band at 45.7 mhz with the call letters W57A; in 1943, moved to 48.5 mhz with the new call letters W85A; took the call letters WGFM in 1944; then moved to 100.7 mhz on the new FM band in 1946; and then finally to 99.5 mhz in 1948. From 1944-1988, they had the call letters WGFM, then WGY-FM from 1988-1994, and WRVE since then.

 

[disney fanatic]

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I remember the original WBPM at 94.3 when it was B94.

 

[xmradiopro]

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I thought WBPM was a super Rock automaticed radio station in 1976-1977...They sounded as good as WPLJ then minus DJ's of course. They had great jingles then too.
I think they shared the newscast with WGHQ then as well.

I remember the original WBPM at 94.3 when it was B94.

 

[MHVRadiofan]

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WKIP -AM 1450, Poughkeepsie is one of the Hudson Valley's oldest stations debuting June 5, 1940 .

 

[disney fanatic]

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I thought WBPM was a super Rock automaticed radio station in 1976-1977...They sounded as good as WPLJ then minus DJ's of course. They had great jingles then too.
I think they shared the newscast with WGHQ then as well.

Yep! This station originally known as WGHQ-FM back in the mid-1960's playing easy listening/beautiful music, just like WPAT's original "Easy 93", WRFM and WTFM in New York City.

 

[mart]

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WGY-AM 1922
WFAS-AM 1932
WGNY-AM 1933
WABY-AM (now WAMC-AM) 1934
WKNY-AM 1939
WKIP-AM 1940
WTRY-AM (now WOFX-AM) 1940
WGY-FM (now WRVE-FM) 1940

 

[xmradiopro]

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I would guess the following stations signed on in that time period as well...

WHPN now WHVW
WEOK
WPDH
WBNR
WSPK
WROW
Kingston Station on 1550 AM Think it was WKER

WGY-AM 1922
WFAS-AM 1932
WGNY-AM 1933
WABY-AM (now WAMC-AM) 1934
WKNY-AM 1939
WKIP-AM 1940
WTRY-AM (now WOFX-AM) 1940
WGY-FM (now WRVE-FM) 1940

 

[mart]

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WHVW 1963
WEOK 1949
WPDH

 

[mart]

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WPDH 1962
WBNR 1959
WSPK 1947
WROW 1947

1550 AM in kingston was originally WBAZ, don't have info on that since that is now dark

 

[xmradiopro]

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Oh yes WBAZ that's right...I remember driving to Kingston, New York with my father in 1974 only 16 then with a learners permit. I can recall finding 1550 on the dial...they had super DJs there then!

WPDH 1962
WBNR 1959
WSPK 1947
WROW 1947

1550 AM in kingston was originally WBAZ, don't have info on that since that is now dark

 

[Time Traveler]

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Oh yes WBAZ that's right...I remember driving to Kingston, New York with my father in 1974 only 16 then with a learners permit. I can recall finding 1550 on the dial...they had super DJs there then!

WPDH 1962
WBNR 1959
WSPK 1947
WROW 1947

1550 AM in kingston was originally WBAZ, don't have info on that since that is now dark

I remember going to New York City in 1966, and as 1540-WPTR was starting to fade as we went further south of Albany,
1550-WBAZ which was also Top 40 at the time, came blasting in. WBAZ was a 500 watt daytimer, I believe....

 

[bilvihur]

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I moved to the Kingston area in 1973. WBAZ was no longer operating by then.

 

[xmradiopro]

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I'm not sure about that...as I mentioned before I know it was in the Summer of 1974 I heard a radio station on 1550 AM (not sure of the call letter though) in Kingston, New York...I know this for sure...

I moved to the Kingston area in 1973. WBAZ was no longer operating by then.

 

[MHVRadiofan]

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I'm not sure about that...as I mentioned before I know it was in the Summer of 1974 I heard a radio station on 1550 AM (not sure of the call letter though) in Kingston, New York...I know this for sure...

I moved to the Kingston area in 1973. WBAZ was no longer operating by then.

I dug through some old posts from a previous version of this boardthat I had saved . It seems 1550 WBAZ started in 1959 with a 500 watt daytime only signal .It must have been a poor signal as I never heard of it in Poughkeepsie . The station went through several owners ending up as WKOT, before going dark in 1974 when the IRS seized their assets. I quote from maineengineer :
“As I recall, WKOT went dark around the time we took WGHQ-FM to top 40, as WBPM, in 1974. The only tape I have of WBAZ is that of a single weather break from my "hat-trick" day on those three Kingston stations, in an era when radio was still fun. “

 

[xmradiopro]

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OK that was the station I was thinking about WKOT 1550..I had said WKET by mistake...
Could you post the WBAZ mp3s here ? Do you have any WKOT as well ? Thanks.

I'm not sure about that...as I mentioned before I know it was in the Summer of 1974 I heard a radio station on 1550 AM (not sure of the call letter though) in Kingston, New York...I know this for sure...

I moved to the Kingston area in 1973. WBAZ was no longer operating by then.

I dug through some old posts from a previous version of this boardthat I had saved . It seems 1550 WBAZ started in 1959 with a 500 watt daytime only signal .It must have been a poor signal as I never heard of it in Poughkeepsie . The station went through several owners ending up as WKOT, before going dark in 1974 when the IRS seized their assets. I quote from maineengineer :
“As I recall, WKOT went dark around the time we took WGHQ-FM to top 40, as WBPM, in 1974. The only tape I have of WBAZ is that of a single weather break from my "hat-trick" day on those three Kingston stations, in an era when radio was still fun. “

 

[MHVRadiofan]

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Sorry for the confusion. The comment about having a tape was part of a quote I copied from maineengineer telling about the station a few years ago. Unfortunately I have no air checks or tapes from 1550, WBAZ or WKOT, in fact I never heard of them until read about them on the Hudson Valley Radio Board.

 

[xmradiopro]

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oh ok..no problem...

Sorry for the confusion. The comment about having a tape was part of a quote I copied from maineengineer telling about the station a few years ago. Unfortunately I have no air checks or tapes from 1550, WBAZ or WKOT, in fact I never heard of them until read about them on the Hudson Valley Radio Board.