Albany Radio (was FCC applications...)

Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com
Tue Feb 16 13:11:20 EST 2010


WGNA-FM is licensed to Albany.

When I was in Colchester, I often heard their Am sister, WGNA-AM.. that, 980
and 1540 were regulars.



On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>wrote:

> When WGNA was WOKO, it always (AFAIK) IDed as Albany. When (and why) did
> the CoL change to Voorheesville? The FM may be licensed to Voorheesville (I
> don't know that it is; I'm simply speculating), but even if the AM and FM
> were simulcasting, that should not have resulted in the insertion of
> Voorheesville into the AM legal.
>
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> To: "Rick Kelly" <rickkelly@gmail.com>; "Dan.Strassberg" <
> dan.strassberg@att.net>; <dave@skywaves.net>
> Cc: "boston Radio Interest" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
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> Subject: Re: Albany Radio (was FCC applications...)
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>> "Dave Doherty" <dave@skywaves.net> wrote:
>>
>>> About that time, WPTR was a rock station, shouting about serving the
>>>> "Quad Cities" and making much mystery about the fourth city -
>>>> Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and... (Moline? Bettendorf? Oh, yeah,
>>>> Saratoga.)
>>>>
>>>
>> WGNA had (probably still has, haven't listened to them in many years) an
>> ID
>> of "WGNA Voorheesville/Albany/Schenectady/Troy," creating another "Quad
>> Cities" combination. But that was to satisfy the FCC, right? WPTR wasn't
>> somehow obligated to add Saratoga back then, was it?
>>
>> Howard
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