WNRS (AM)
| City | Herkimer, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Utica, New York |
| Branding | 1420 The Fox |
| Slogan | Good Time Oldies |
| Frequency | 1420 kHz |
| First air date | 1956 (as WALY) |
| Format | Oldies |
| Power |
1,000 watts day 64 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 2760 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°3′40.00″N 75°1′44.00″W / 43.0611111°N 75.0288889°W |
| Callsign meaning | WiNneRS (previous format) |
| Former callsigns |
WALY (1956-1987) WYUT (1987-1994) |
| Owner | Arjuna Broadcasting Corp. |
| Sister stations | WXUR |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1420amthefox.com |
WNRS (1420 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Herkimer, New York, USA, the station serves the Utica area. The station is currently owned by Arjuna Broadcasting Corp. and features programming from Westwood One.[1]
History
The station went on the air as WALY in 1956,[2] often programming a full service music format. However on occasion, it would program other formats like top 40.[3] Eventually, the station settled for beautiful music programming.[4] On March 2, 1987, the station changed its call sign to WYUT to match its FM sister WYUT-FM, but signed off in 1991. On July 20, 1994, both WYUT and WYUT-FM returned to the air as WNRS and WXUR, respectively.[5] On June 26, 2009, Arjuna Broadcasting Corp. moved the Imus in the Morning show to WNRS from WXUR, which had just flipped to an active rock format.
On March 5, 2010, WNRS lost its ESPN Radio affiliation to Galaxy Communications station WTLB. Adopting the brand "The Fox," WNRS retained Imus, brought in Premiere Sports, added syndicated programs, The Dan Patrick Show and The Jim Rome Show, for middays, and simulcast WBBR (Bloomberg) in afternoon drive until sunset. (WNRS is believed to be the only AM station to use the "The Fox" branding.)
On March 4, 2013, WNRS dropped its Premiere and Bloomberg affiliations and affiliated with The True Oldies Channel. Imus in the Morning was once again retained. When the True Oldies Channel ended in June 2014, WNRS retained its oldies format and changed its affiliation to Good Time Oldies, which had recently been launched by Westwood One.
References
- ↑ "WNRS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ http://nrcdxas.org/ERC_Veries/NY/WALY-Herkimer-NY.pdf
- ↑ http://blog.backspinradio.net/2014/01/music-survey-waly-herkimer-ny-top-twenty-january-7-14-1964/
- ↑ "200 Years Of Herkimer County" book, published 1991 by the Herkimer County Historical Society
- ↑ "WNRS Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WNRS
- Radio-Locator Information on WNRS
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WNRS