WKBE

For the station formerly known by this call sign, see WFFG-FM.

WKBE
City	Corinth, New York
Broadcast area	Saratoga Springs-Glens Falls area
Branding	107.1 The Point
Slogan	Hit Music Now
Frequency	107.1 MHz
First air date	1967 (as WXQL)
Format	Top 40/CHR
ERP	2,850 watts
HAAT	147 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	49176
Transmitter coordinates	43°14′40.00″N 73°46′16.00″W / 43.2444444°N 73.7711111°W / 43.2444444; -73.7711111
Callsign meaning	W Karamatt Broadcasting Enterprises (original owner of 100.3 MHz)
Former callsigns	WXQL (1967-1970) WBZA-FM (1970-1979) WNIQ (1979-1986) WAYI (1986- 1993) WMJR (1993-1996) WHTR (1996-2001) WFFG-FM (2001–2014)
Owner	Pamal Broadcasting (6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	WFFG-FM, WENU, WNYQ, WMML
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wkbethepoint.com

WKBE (107.1 FM, "The Point") is the callsign of a top 40/CHR radio station licensed to Corinth, New York and serving the Glens Falls-Lake George, New York area plus Saratoga County, the Capital Region, and western Vermont. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts on 107.1 MHz at 6 kilowatts ERP from a transmitter located outside Corinth.

History

The 107.1 frequency signed on in June 1967 as a beautiful music station with the call letters WXQL-FM. Its original owner was Harry Barker, who already owned WBZA-AM, a daytime station that broadcast on 1410 kHz. The station was originally licensed to Glens Falls, NY and was the local market's first FM station. Both stations were later sold to Soundcasters, Inc. Later, the calls were changed to WBZA-FM, in the early '70s, when it simulcasted Top 40 WBZA-AM 1410, but went back to Country during the evening hours after WBZA's sunset sign off in those days, since 1410 was originally a daytimer. Eventually WBZA-FM, completely separated its programming from WBZA-AM, and programmed Beautiful music full-time for a few years in the mid-1970s. Throughout the rest of the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, the station generally did a variation of what would now be considered Hot Adult Contemporary. After WBZA-FM, numerous call letters appeared on 107.1 including WNIQ from 1979 to 1986, WAYI from 1986 to 1993, and WMJR from 1993 to 1996. In 1996, it flipped to Top 40 as WHTR (Hot 107.1), licensed to Hudson Falls and owned by Bradmark Communications, owner of several other stations in the market. At its outset, the station had a locally run Top 40 going against several out-of-market stations. WHTR's most famous alumni of this period was a young Joe Rosati, now better known as "Joey Kidd" of WHTZ (with stops at WFLY, WKKF, and WQSX along the way, who made his debut at the station.

Though WHTR did fairly well in the ratings and was able to sell many ads in the summer months when tourism in the area is high, Bradmark wanted a station that was more compatible with other stations in their cluster. In October 1997, WHTR's format was flipped from Top 40 to oldies under the new moniker Wheels 107.1. Though all satellite-fed programming, the station got a small but steady listener base to the south of listeners who were tired of Capital District oldies station WTRY-FM, however its ratings were worse than that of Hot 107.1 and the revenues were only marginally better overall.

Former Froggy 107.1 logo, 2005–2013

In 2000, Bradmark Communications was sold to Vox Media. Unlike Bradmark, Vox was committed to locally based radio and planned to take the oldies format local until a construction permit was filed to move sister station WZZM-FM into the Albany market. At the start of 2001, the country format of WZZM-FM was moved to the 107.1 frequency, localized, and became WFFG with the "Froggy" branding popular in other markets throughout the Northeast. WHTR and its satellite-fed oldies format were moved to WZZM-FM's 93.5 MHz frequency and remained there until the station moved to the Albany market in April 2002 where it is today WYAI, an affiliate of the Air 1 network. With that move, WFFG's community of licence changed to Corinth to satisfy FCC community of license concerns.

The new format of the 107.1 frequency was a success of sorts from the outset. Ratings in both the Glens Falls area and in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy market where it resides increased with WFFG beating some in-market FM's in the latter and proving to be a threat to that market's powerhouse, WGNA-FM, outrating it in some key suburban towns in Saratoga County. This trend has held up through the several years the station has had a country format.

In 2004, Vox Media sold its Glens Falls cluster minus WNYQ (which itself would move into the Albany market in 2006) to Pamal Broadcasting. Pamal decided to celebrate the purchase, in some way, by giving WFFG an Albany market simulcast when that market's 104.9 WZMR began to simulcast WFFG in February 2005. Though Pamal had hoped that the simulcast would push WGNA down enough to make their WYJB #1 in the market, instead WFFG's Albany market numbers declined and in January 2006 WZMR flipped to active rock. WZMR would later revisit a country music format four years later, dumping its Edge format as 104.9 The Cat. In October 2013, the country format on WZMR moved to WKLI which was on both stations until December when WZMR began playing adult album alternative music as 104.9 The Peak.

On December 27, 2013, WFFG's sister station WKBE and its Modern AC/AAA format moved to the WFFG frequency becoming "107.1 The Point, Today's Modern Mix" with a similar sound to WZMR, and WKBE switched to a country music format as Froggy 100.3, swapping call letters in the process.

On January 6, 2016 WKBE changed their format to top 40/CHR, still branded as "107.1 The Point", but under the slogan "Hit Music Now".

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WKBE

Radio-Locator information on WKBE

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKBE

Radio stations in the Saratoga Springs / Glens Falls market

by FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7/90.7 89.9 90.3 91.1 91.5 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.5 93.7 94.1 94.7 95.1 95.5 95.9 96.7 97.1 97.3 97.5 98.1 98.3 98.5 99.5 100.3 100.9 101.3 101.7 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.9 103.9 104.3 104.5 104.9 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.5 107.1 107.7

by AM frequency	590 810 900 980 1160 1230 1300 1330 1340 1400 1410 1450 1460 1540

By callsign	WABY WAIX WAMC WANC WBAR-FM WBLN-LP WCKM-FM WCQL WDCD WDCD-FM WENU WEQX WFFG-FM WFLY WGDJ WGFR WGNA-FM WGY WGY-FM WHAZ WHAZ-FM WINU WJEN WJJR WJKE WKBE WKKF WKLI-FM WMHT-FM WMML WNGN WNYQ WNYV WOFX WOPG WPYX WQBJ WQBK-FM WQSH WROW WRPI WRVE WSLU WSPN WLJH/WSSK WTMM-FM WTRY-FM WVCR-FM WVTQ WWSC WXLG WYAI WYJB

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga See also List of radio stations in New York

Radio stations in the Albany / Schenectady / Troy market

by FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7 89.9 90.3 90.7 90.7 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.5 92.3 92.9 93.1 93.5 93.7 94.5 94.7 94.9 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.3 97.5 97.7 97.9 98.3 98.5 98.5 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.9 101.3 101.7 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.5 104.7 104.9 105.7 106.1 106.5 107.1 107.7

by AM frequency	560 590 810¹ 900 930 980 1160 1190 1230 1240 1300 1330 1340 1400 1440 1460 1490 1540 1570

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

Digital radio	810 980 89.1-1 89.1-2 90.3-1 90.3-2 98.3-1 98.3-2 99.5-1 99.5-2 102.3-1 102.3-2 103.1-1 103.1-2 105.7-1 105.7-2 106.5-1 106.5-2 107.7-1 107.7-2

by callsign	W226AC W235AY W256BU W260CH W284BZ W291BY WABY WAIX WAJZ WAMC WAMC-FM WBAR-FM WBPM WCDB WCKL WCKM-FM WCQL WCSS WCTW WDCD WDCD-FM WENT WEQX WEXT WFFG-FM WFLY WFNY WGDJ WGNA-FM WGXC WGY¹ WGY-FM WHAZ WHAZ-FM WHUC WHVP WINU WIZR WJIV WJKE WKBE WKKF WKLI-FM WLJH WMHT-FM WMYY WNYQ WOFX WOPG WOPG-FM WPGL WPTR WPYX WQBJ WQBK-FM WQSH WRIP WROW WRPI WRUC WRVE WSDE WTMM-FM WTRY-FM WVCR-FM WVTL WXL34 WYAI WYJB WYKV WZCR

Defunct stations	WGFM WHRL WRSA WROW-FM WTRI WXKW

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga See also List of radio stations in New York Albany television Saratoga radio ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of New York

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By callsign	WBDR WBLI WBMP WBNW-FM WFIZ WFLY WHTZ¹ WJPZ WKBE WKSE WLVY WMXO WNKI WNTQ WPKF WPXY WSKS WSKU WSPK WWYL WXZO WYSX WYUL

By city	Chateaugay Chenango Bridge Copenhagen Corinth Corning Elmira Endicott Little Falls Morristown Newark¹ New York Niagara Falls Odessa Olean Patchogue Poughkeepsie (WPKF) Poughkeepsie (WSPK) Rochester Syracuse (WJPZ) Syracuse (WNTQ) Troy Whitesboro Willsboro

¹ = Although WHTZ 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 See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Pamal Broadcasting

AM Radio Stations:	WBNR WENU WGHQ WLNA WMML WROW WSYB

FM Radio Stations:	WAJZ WBPM WDVT WFFG-FM WFLY WHUD WINU WJEN WJJR WKBE WKLI-FM WNYQ WSPK WXPK WYJB WZRT

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