WNKI

WNKI

City of license	Corning, New York
Broadcast area	Elmira-Corning area
Branding	Wink 106
Slogan	The Number One Hit Music Station
Frequency	106.1 MHz
First air date	1947 (as WKNP-FM)
Format	Top 40/CHR
ERP	40,000 watts
HAAT	162 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	53611
Transmitter coordinates	42°12′0.00″N 76°51′30.00″W / 42.2000000°N 76.8583333°W / 42.2000000; -76.8583333
Former callsigns	WKNP (1947-1980) WCLI-FM (1980-1980) WZKZ (1980-1993)
Owner	Community Broadcasters, LLC
Sister stations	WNGZ, WPGI, WRCE, WWLZ
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wink106.com

WNKI (106.1 FM, "Wink 106") is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Corning, New York, USA, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area, and is the Arbitron #1 rated station in the market. The station is currently owned by Community Broadcasters, LLC.^[1]

History

The station went on the air as WKNP in 1947, under the ownership of the Corning Leader newspaper. Its original frequency was 95.1 FM. By 1950, it had moved to another frequency, the current 106.1 FM. A sister AM station, WCLI, signed on in 1947.

It had broadcast from a building at Erie Avenue (now Dennison Parkway) and Walnut Street in Corning. The Erie Railroad mainline passed nearby, and passing freight and passenger trains used to shake the building along with the recorded music on the turntables, according to Leader columnist Dick Peer.

Disc jockey Bob Shaddock, who became one of the market's iconic radio personalities, developed a skill of picking up the needle from the 78 RPM records and making announcements while trains passed, according to Peer.

The newspaper sold the stations in 1953.

On October 20, 1980, the station changed its call sign to WZKZ. Known as KZ-106, the station played a live-assist automated adult contemporary format. It was the top-rated station in the Elmira-Corning market for much of the decade.

In 1993, Pro Radio Inc. bought the stations. The FM call letters were switched on Oct. 8, 1993, to the current WNKI ^[2] The change was controversial in that several popular personalities were let go as Pro Radio launched a top 40 format under the name of Wink 106 with a staff of air personalities, who were popular on other stations in the market. The change made some unwanted headlines when a presumably irate listener entered the main office (then at 99 W. First St.) after hours and doused it with fox urine.

Pro Radio eventually sold to Backyard Broadcasting, the current owner, which moved the stations to Elmira Heights. In 1997, the AM and FM split, with Backyard selling WCLI to Eolin Broadcasting, which also owned WCBA, WCBA-FM, and WGMM.

On May 6, 2013, it was announced that Backyard Broadcasting was selling the Elmira/Corning and Olean, NY clusters, including WNKI/WPGI/WNGZ/WRCE/WWLZ, to Community Broadcasters, LLC in Watertown, New York. The sale was consummated on August 26, 2013 at a price of $3.6 million.

Programming

Mornings - Scott and Ally in the Mornings
Afternoons - Johnny Spezzano

Weekends

Ryan Seacrest
Romeo
Kane
DJ Grooves

References

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

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WNKI

Radio-Locator information on WNKI

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WNKI

Radio stations in the Elmira–Corning, New York market

Note: This market also includes areas around Sayre, Towanda, Mansfield, and Wellsboro in Pennsylvania.

By AM frequency	820 960 1000 1230 1310 1350 1380 1410 1450 1480 1490 (NY) 1490 (PA) 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 88.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 92.1 92.7 94.3 94.7 96.1 96.9 97.3 97.7 98.7 99.5 100.3 100.9 102.1 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 107.7

by callsign	W205BR WABH WAVR WCBA WCIH WCII-FM WCKR WECW WEHH WENI WENY WENY-FM WGMM WHGL WKPQ WLEA WLNL WLVY WMTQ WMTT WNBT WNBT-FM WNGZ WNKI WOKN WPGI WPHD WQNY WRCE WSKG-FM WSQX-FM WTZN WYXL WZKN

Defunct stations	WHHO/1320 WWHG/1320/95.3 (call letters now used by a completely different station, in Wisconsin)

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 Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in New York List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

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

By frequency	89.1 92.3 92.3 93.1 94.3 94.7 95.5 96.1 96.7 96.7 97.9 97.9 98.5 100.3¹ 101.5 104.1 104.7 105.5 105.7 106.1 106.1 106.7

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

By city	Chateaugay Chenango Bridge Copenhagen 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 = WHTZ is licensed to Newark, New Jersey but has its studios and its transmitter atop of the Empire State Building in New York City and serves the New York metropolitan area

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

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