WCGR

WCGR

City	Canandaigua, New York
Frequency	1550 kHz
Translator(s)	104.5 W283BF (Canandaigua)
First air date	June 15, 1997
Format	Country (WFLK simulcast)
Power	250 watts day
ERP	200 watts (W283BF translator)
Class	D
Facility ID	8504
Transmitter coordinates	42°52′52.00″N 77°15′2.00″W / 42.8811111°N 77.2505556°W / 42.8811111; -77.2505556
Former callsigns	WLKA
Affiliations	ABC Radio Dial Global New York Giants Radio Network
Owner	Canandaigua Broadcasting, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	k1017.com

WCGR (1550 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format, simulcasting WFLK 101.7 FM Geneva, New York.

Licensed to Canandaigua, New York, USA, the station is currently owned by Canandaigua Broadcasting, Inc. and features programming from ABC Radio and Dial Global.^[1]

History

The station first went on the air as WCGR in 1960, as a full service middle-of-the-road daytime station with community news. Legendary Miami radio personality Neil Rogers, who was born and grew up in nearby Rochester, is said to have been one of its early announcing staffers. It changed calls to WLKA on June 15, 1997 while moving its WCGR callsign and programming to a full-time, 1000-watt companion facility on 1310 kHZ. The 1310 facility was sold the following year to a local religious broadcaster as a companion station to WASB in Brockport, and on October 5, 1998, the 1550 kHz station changed its call sign back to WCGR.^[2]

In 2008, WCGR added a simulcast on FM translator W283BF (104.5 MHz), allowing it to broadcast 24 hours a day on the FM band with a signal that covers the local Canandaigua, Victor and Farmington areas with a footprint comparable to the AM signal.

On July 23, 2008, WCGR changed the format of both AM 1550 and 104.5 FM from news/talk, as part of co-owned Finger Lakes News Radio, to oldies music. WCGR management cites clearance issues involving the talk shows that were carried on WCGR via its affiliation with Finger Lakes News Radio, and says competitor WHAM in Rochester would no longer allow WCGR to carry the affected programs as a 24-hour station.

On both AM and FM, the WCGR programming continues to include local news and sports programming from Finger Lakes News Radio.

On the week of August 1, 2011 both 104.5 FM and 1550 AM changed formats from oldies to country, a simulcast from WFLK (Geneva, NY) K 101.7 (hot new country).

References

↑ "WCGR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WCGR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WCGR

Radio-Locator Information on WCGR

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WCGR

Radio stations in the Rochester, New York region and western Finger Lakes

By AM frequency	850 950 990 1040 1140 1180 1280 1310 1370 1460 1490 1550 1590

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.3 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 91.5 92.5 93.3 94.1 95.1 95.7 96.5 97.1 97.9 98.3 98.9 99.7 100.5 100.9 101.3 102.3 102.7 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.9 105.5 105.7 105.9 106.7 107.3 107.7

By callsign	W265BX W282BQ W288BZ WAIO WAYO-LP WBEE-FM WBER WBSU WBTA WBZA WCGR WCJW WCMF-FM WDCX WDKX WDVI WEOS WEPL-LP WFKL WGMC WGSU WHAM WHIC WHTK WHWS-LP WITR WKDL-FM WKEL WJZR WKGS WLGZ-FM WLKK WMHN WNBL WOKR WPXY-FM WRMM-FM WROC WRSB WRUR-FM WUUF WVOR WXXI WXXI-FM WYLF WYSL WZNE WZNY WZXV

Defunct	WDRE (1330 AM)

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Country radio stations in the state of New York

Stations	WBBI – Endwell WBBS Fulton WBEE-FM – Rochester WBGK – Newport Village WBKT – Norwich WBKX – Fredonia WBNR – Beacon WBRV-FM – Boonville WBUG – Fort Plain WCGR – Canandaigua WCJW – Warsaw WCKR – Hornell WDBY – Patterson WDLA-FM – Walton WDLC – Port Jervis WDNB – Jeffersonville WDOS – Oneonta WELJ - Montauk WFLK – Geneva WFRG – Utica WFRY – Watertown WGNA-FM – Albany WHUG – Jamestown WHWK – Binghamton WINR – Binghamton WJVC – Center Moriches WKBE – Warrensburg WKLI-FM – Albany WKPQ – Hornell WKXP – Kingston WLFK – Gouverneur WLLG – Lowville WLNA – Peekskill WLSV – Wellsville WNBL – South Bristol Township WNCQ-FM – Canton WNSH – Newark/New York¹ WOKN – Southport WOLF-FM - Baldwinsville WPDM – Potsdam WPGI – Horseheads WPIG – Olean WQNY – Ithaca WRCE – Watkins Glen WRWB-FM – Ellenville WRWD-FM – Highland WUUF – Sodus WVNV – Malone WVTT – Portville WXRL – Lancaster WYRK – Buffalo WZKZ – Alfred

¹ = Although WNSH is licensed to Newark, NJ, it also serves the New York City area, with both it's studios and it's transmitter atop the Empire State Building in New York City.

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York

Daytime-Only radio stations in New York

Stations	WBBF - Buffalo WCGR - Canandaigua WCJW - Warsaw WDCD - Albany WHLI - Hempstead WJIP - Ellenville WLNL - Horseheads WNYG - Medford WRCK - Remsen WSCP - Sandy Creek-Pulaski WSFW - Seneca Falls WTBQ - Warwick WTHE - Mineola WTOR - Youngstown WTWK - Plattsburgh WUFO - Amherst WWLE - Cornwall

Defunct	WPUT - Brewster WXKW - Watervliet

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