WRNY (AM)

For the 1925-1934 New York City radio station, see WRNY (defunct).

WRNY
City	WRNY: Rome, New York WTLB: Utica, New York WIXT: Little Falls, New York W256AJ: Utica, New York
Broadcast area	Utica-Rome area
Branding	ESPN Radio 1310 AM
Frequency	WRNY: 1350 kHz WTLB: 1310 kHz WIXT: 1230 kHz W256AJ: 99.1 MHz
Format	Sports/Talk
Power	WRNY: 500 watts day 57 watts night WTLB: 5,000 watts day 500 watts night WIXT: 1,000 watts unlimited
ERP	W256AJ: 250 watts
HAAT	W256AJ: 237.1 meters (778 ft)
Class	WRNY: D WTLB: B WIXT: C W256AJ: D
Facility ID	WRNY: 53657 WTLB: 54548 WIXT: 57701 W256AJ: 22187
Transmitter coordinates	WRNY43°12′18″N 75°29′8″W / 43.20500°N 75.48556°W / 43.20500; -75.48556 WTLB43°3′24″N 75°16′42″W / 43.05667°N 75.27833°W / 43.05667; -75.27833 WIXT43°2′33″N 74°51′31″W / 43.04250°N 74.85861°W / 43.04250; -74.85861 W256AJ43°8′46″N 75°10′40″W / 43.14611°N 75.17778°W / 43.14611; -75.17778
Callsign meaning	WRNY: Rome, New York WIXT: parked former call sign of WSYR-TV, channel 9 in Syracuse. "IX" = 9, and Television. WTLB: play on WTLA, with B to indicate the second.
Former callsigns	WIXT: WLFH
Affiliations	ESPN Radio Westwood One New York Yankees Radio Network New York Giants Radio Network
Owner	Galaxy Communications (Galaxy Utica Licensee LLC)
Sister stations	WKLL, WOUR, WUMX
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	ESPNCNY.com

WRNY (1350 AM) is an American radio station broadcasting at 1350 kHz. 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".^[1] The station had been acquired by Clear Channel from Dame Media in June, 1999.

WRNY is part of a four station simulcast that includes WTLB AM 1310 in Utica, New York, WIXT AM 1230 in Little Falls, New York and translator station W256AJ FM 99.1.^[2] The four 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.^[3]

History

Before their transfer of ownership to Galaxy, WRNY and WIXT (which, until 2005, 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 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 (hence the call sign) and WSGO in Oswego; all three stations ran the Music of Your Life adult standards format.

Upon Clear Channel's exit from the Utica market in September 2007, 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 the network. The deal took effect on March 5, and WTLB/WIXT/WRNY promptly dropped Fox Sports to join ESPN. Galaxy's Syracuse stations, 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 a FM translator to serve the city at night. In 2012, they acquired translator W256AJ at 99.1 FM from the Christian Broadcasting System, owners of WJIV,^[4] 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.^[5]

References

↑ Tampone, Kevin, "Nine Clear Channel Utica stations fetch $3.1 million", CNY Business Journal, August 3, 2007
↑ http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=22187
↑ "FCC Construction Permit". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://www.cnyradio.com/2012/03/03/espn-radio-utica-expanding-to-fm-dial/
↑ http://www.cnyradio.com/2012/09/13/espn-utica-rome-begins-99-1fm-simulcast/

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WRNY

Radio-Locator Information on WRNY

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WRNY

Query the FCC's AM station database for WTLB

Radio-Locator Information on WTLB

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WTLB

Query the FCC's AM station database for WIXT

Radio-Locator Information on WIXT

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WIXT

Query the FCC's FM station database for W256AJ

Radio-Locator information on W256AJ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for W256AJ

Radio stations in the Utica–Rome, New York market

By AM frequency	570 950 1230 1310 1350 1420 1450 1480 1550

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.7 93.5 94.9 95.5 96.1 96.9 97.3 97.9 98.7 99.7 100.3 100.7 101.9 102.5 103.5 104.3 105.5 107.3

By callsign	W201BS W238CA WARW WBGK WFRG-FM WHCL-FM WHIH-LP WIBX WIXT WJIV WKAL WKLL WKVU WLZW WMVN WNRS WODZ-FM WOPG-FM WOUR WPNR-FM WQBJ WRCK WRNY WRUN WRVN WSKS WSKU WSYR WTLB WUMX WUNY WUSP WUTQ-FM WVHC WXLB WXUR

Defunct stations	1150 WUTI

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Sports Radio Stations in the state of New York

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ESPN Radio stations in the state of New York

Full-time affiliates	Binghamton WYOS Buffalo WWKB Herkimer WNRS Lake Placid WIRD Mechanicville WTMM New York WEPN-FM Newburgh WGNY Ogdensburg WSLB Olean WHDL Rochester WROC Syracuse WTLA Trumansburg WPIE Watertown WNER

Part-time affiliates	Buffalo WGR Little Falls WIXT Newark WACK Ogdensburg WSLB Oswego WKRH Poughkeepsie WRBB Remsen WRCK Rochester WHAM Springville WSPQ Utica WKLL Utica WUSP

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