WRNY (1350 kHz ) is an American AM radio station in Rome, New York . The station was owned by Clear Channel Communications until September 2007, when ownership was transferred to Galaxy Utica as a result of Clear Channel's decision to "go private". The station had been acquired by Clear Channel from Dame Media in June 1999.
15-518: WRNY may refer to: WRNY (AM) , a radio station (1350 AM) licensed to Rome, New York, United States WRNY (New York City) , a radio/television station that operated in New York City from 1925 to 1934 WRNY, a defunct radio station (680 AM) that operated in Rochester, New York from 1957 to 1979 (see also WDCX (AM) ) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
30-501: A small upstate New York telephone company. In 1968, C&U was acquired by Continental Telephone , however FCC regulations prohibited control of broadcast licenses by large phone companies - so Continental was forced to divest WJIV. Televangelist Pat Robertson acquired the five-station network as a tax-deductible gift. Mr. Robertson was already operating Channel 27 WYAH-TV and FM station WXRI in Virginia Beach , and incorporated
45-705: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WRNY (AM) WRNY also simulcasts on WTLB (1310 AM) in Utica, New York , and translator station W243DY (96.5 FM ). All three stations are affiliated with ESPN Radio . WTLB has been granted an FCC construction permit to decrease day power to 2,600 watts and decrease night power to 38 watts. The antenna pattern will change from directional to nondirectional. Before their transfer of ownership to Galaxy, WRNY and WIXT in Little Falls (which, from its sign-on in 1952 to 2005,
60-627: The Good Morning America (Galaxy has long used a similar layout for their studio in Syracuse). WJIV WJIV (101.9 FM "Victory 101.9") is a commercial radio station licensed to Cherry Valley, New York , and serving the Mohawk Valley . The radio format is primarily Christian talk and teaching , along with some Southern gospel music. WJIV is a brokered time station, with national and local religious leaders paying for time on
75-484: The Rural Radio Network , a service that provided farming news and rural entertainment to areas that generally lacked this type of specialized programming. The network stretched across much of Upstate New York, in an era where few people owned FM receivers. A call sign change to WRRC was made in 1953 to reinforce the station's "Rural Radio" identity. The Rural Radio Network survived until 1960, dropping most of
90-588: The Christian Broadcasting System, owners of WJIV , moved the translator from Hotel Utica to the top of Smith Hill, and boosted its power. The new signal began simulcasting WRNY's programs on September 13, 2012. On September 8, 2016, W256AJ broke from its WRNY simulcast to become variety hits -formatted "Tony FM", which also simulcasts on the HD2 subchannel of sister station WKLL . WIXT followed suit on March 23, 2018. On November 15, 2018, WRNY's programming
105-503: The farm related programming in favor of an over-the-air simulcast of classical music station 96.3 WQXR-FM New York City , along with live weather reports for each of the stations in the network every hour. On February 1, 1960, the network was purchased by the Ivy Broadcasting Company, a corporation headed by Woody Erdman . In April 1966, Ivy sold WJIV and the other four FM stations to Chenango and Unadilla Communications,
120-511: The five upstate New York stations into his Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) on January 1, 1969. CBN programmed mostly Christian Contemporary music with some religious instructional shows also heard. Floyd Dykeman purchased WJIV from CBN on March 30, 1981, and kept the religious format. Dykeman increased the station's power to its current level in 1984, then sold the station to Detroit-based religious broadcaster Midwest Broadcasting in 2000. The call sign WJIV had previously been assigned to
135-584: The network was rearranged. WADR and WUTQ, the two weakest stations in the network, were sold to Ken Roser and became full service outlets, while Galaxy Communications acquired WRNY and WIXT, which retained their sports format. Galaxy then paired the stations with WTLB, which ended its adult standards format to simulcast WRNY/WIXT. The stations retained their Fox Sports Radio affiliation, but changed their identification from "Sports Stars" to "1310 The Game." In 2010, Galaxy reached an affiliation deal with ESPN Radio , in which their Utica and Syracuse AM stations would join
150-452: The network. The deal took effect on March 5, and WTLB/WIXT/WRNY promptly dropped Fox Sports to join ESPN. WTLA and WSGO also ended their Music of Your Life affiliation at that time to join ESPN. Since WTLB and WRNY have to lower power at night to avoid interference with other stations, Galaxy sought an FM translator to serve the city at night. In 2012, they acquired translator W256AJ at 99.1 FM from
165-458: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with the same/similar call signs or branding. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WRNY&oldid=1045568537 " Category : Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1733085777673180-425: The station, which allows them to seek donations to their ministries. WJIV has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 11,500 watts . The transmitter is about 3 miles (5 km) east of Cherry Valley village. The signal gives secondary coverage to Capital District , including Albany and Schenectady , as well as Oneonta and Utica / Rome . On June 6, 1948, the station first signed on as WVCV , as part of
195-497: Was known by the call sign WLFH) operated as part of a four station network of sports talk radio stations identified as "The Sports Stars", along with WADR in Remsen and WUTQ in Utica. The stations carried a variety of local and syndicated sports talk programming, along with live coverage of local sporting events. The Sports Stars network also carried an affiliation with Fox Sports Radio , as
210-484: Was restored to the FM dial when Galaxy signed on translator W243DY at 96.5. In 2016 Galaxy moved their Utica studios (WKLL, WOUR, WUMX, WTLB, WRNY and WIXT) from Washington Mills to Downtown Utica inside the new Landmarc Building (the old HSBC Location) and renamed it Galaxy Media. Inside their new location the walls on the side of the street for each studio are made entirely of glass, allowing people to see DJ's at work similar to
225-631: Was the standard for Clear Channel sports radio stations. WTLB, at the time, was under Galaxy Communications' ownership; WTLB was mostly a simulcast of WTLA in Syracuse (the call sign WTLB stands for the station's first GM, Thomas L. Brown) and WSGO in Oswego; all three stations ran an adult standards format supplied by the Music of Your Life network. Upon Clear Channel's exit from the Utica market in September 2007,
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