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WJIV

How Ironic, back in 1973, when WGNA went on the air, (They will celebrate 40 years in Dec.) it was owned by a Baptist organization with WHAZ, and originally planned to be religious not country, and as I understand it the change was because WJIV became religion during the lengthy FCC licensing process that WGNA was going through. In fact GNA was supposed to stand for "Good News Albany". Now nearly 40 years later, it has religious broadcasts albeit with the new technology HD.
 
WOW!

WJIV was sold to Pat Robertson in 68 or 69. He told me that back then they did a lot of Christian Rock.

Things settled down in the late 70's to Christian Teaching then, he sold it in 80 or so.
 
jry said:
WOW!

WJIV was sold to Pat Robertson in 68 or 69. He told me that back then they did a lot of Christian Rock.

Things settled down in the late 70's to Christian Teaching then, he sold it in 80 or so.
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WJIV/101.9 was originally part of CBN's "Sunshine Radio" link of mountain top transmitters throughout Upstate New York (WJIV, WMIV, WOIV et.al.). Eventually, all would be sold separately.
 
Prior to CBN, WJIV and the other 4 stations were part of the old IV Broadcasting Network with headquarters in Ithaca. I believe it was owned by the same company that owned Agway. Back then, this outfit was the hub for what was known as "weather roundup" where IV along with other stations across the state participated in reports from correspondents on the the weather in their respective areas. I can distinctly remember WGY participating during the old "Chanticlear" program at 6:25 AM, during the days of Charles John Stephenson and later Don Tuttle. I can remember reports in sucession starting in Jamestown(WJTN), then Rochester, Fulton(WOSC), Schenectady(WGY), Elmira, and on to Ithaca where a statewide forcast was given.Some tells me it featured Classical music and probably farm news. Anyone old enough to remember this? In fact I think there is some of this material in an air checks website.
 
Petawha2 said:
Just checked WGNA-FM, no HD sub-channels broadcasting here as of today.
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They were having a few gremlins on the link. We've been on and off a bit.

We're installing our HD monitor, locally, to keep a better eye (or ear) on the channel.
 
THE_KNICKMAN said:
Prior to CBN, WJIV and the other 4 stations were part of the old IV Broadcasting Network with headquarters in Ithaca. I believe it was owned by the same company that owned Agway. Back then, this outfit was the hub for what was known as "weather roundup" where IV along with other stations across the state participated in reports from correspondents on the the weather in their respective areas. I can distinctly remember WGY participating during the old "Chanticlear" program at 6:25 AM, during the days of Charles John Stephenson and later Don Tuttle. I can remember reports in sucession starting in Jamestown(WJTN), then Rochester, Fulton(WOSC), Schenectady(WGY), Elmira, and on to Ithaca where a statewide forcast was given.Some tells me it featured Classical music and probably farm news. Anyone old enough to remember this? In fact I think there is some of this material in an air checks website.
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I knew that. I was in the business back when Pat sold these to non Christian broadcasters. I remember the Christian community screaming bloody murder about it. The only one that stayed "in format" was WJIV. Pat sold that one for 10 grand because the guy was going to keep it Christian.
 
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