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WIBX
WIBX (950 AM) is a commercial radio station in Utica, New York. It is one of Central New York's oldest radio stations, dating back to 1925. The station airs a news/talk radio format and is owned by Townsquare Media as part of a cluster with adult contemporary 98.7 WLZW, country music 104.3 WFRG-FM, classic hits 96.1 WODZ, and classic rock 96.9 WOUR. The studios and offices are on River Road in Marcy, New York.
WIBX broadcasts at 5,000 watts around the clock. It uses a directional antenna system with a four-tower array to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 950. The transmitter site is off Clark Mills Road in Whitesboro, New York. WIBX is also heard on FM translator W295DI at 92.3 FM.
Weekday mornings begin with a local news and talk program hosted by longtime Central New York media personality Bill Keeler. The rest of the day, WIBX primarily broadcasts nationally syndicated conservative talk programs from Premiere Networks, Westwood One and Fox News Radio: The Brian Kilmeade Show, Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla, The Sean Hannity Show, The Guy Benson Show, The Michael Berry Show and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.
On weekends the station features shows about money, health, home repair, the law, and technology. Weekend syndicated programs include The Chris Plante Show, America at Night with Rick Valdés, The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show, The Kim Komando Show, The Weekend with Michael Brown, Handel on the Law with Bill Handel, The Townhall Week in Review and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell, as well as repeats of weekday shows. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
The station conducts a radiothon for the American Heart Association every March. It was first held in 1971 in memory of Ralph Allinger, a WIBX staffer who died of a heart attack. In subsequent years, the American Heart Association has also held additional fundraisers in the Mohawk Valley, including a run and walk, to supplement the radiothon.
WIBX was first licensed on July 29, 1925, to a local radio dealer, Grid-Leak (Inc.) at 236 Genesee Street in Utica. It began broadcasting on December 5, 1925. Its call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs. The company put the station on the air to provide programming for customers who bought radios. WIBX's facilities were housed at the store. The following April, Grid Leak transferred the station to a subsidiary, WIBX, Inc., and a month later new studios were opened at the Hotel Utica. Initially operating at 1460 kilocycles, WIBX moved to 1280 kHz in late 1926, and then to 1260 kHz in April 1927. Among Central New York radio stations, only WSYR is older, going on the air in 1922.
The Boston Store acquired the station in early 1928, a move intended to keep WIBX in Utica. That April, the station was taken over by John C. Drummond. The Federal Radio Commission moved WIBX to 1200 kHz on November 11. On December 1, the station moved its studios to the First National Bank Building. The Buffalo Broadcasting Corporation, which operated several stations in Buffalo, New York, including WGR, WKBW, and WMAK, acquired WIBX in August 1929. In March 1931, the station was sold to a partnership of Percy B. Brown and Scott Howe Bowen. Bowen soon acquired Brown's stake; his family would maintain ownership for nearly five decades.
On October 14, 1934, WIBX became a network affiliate of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). Through the Golden Age of Radio, the station carried the CBS network's line up of dramas, comedies, soap operas, game shows, sports and big band remotes, as well as newscasts.
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WIBX
WIBX (950 AM) is a commercial radio station in Utica, New York. It is one of Central New York's oldest radio stations, dating back to 1925. The station airs a news/talk radio format and is owned by Townsquare Media as part of a cluster with adult contemporary 98.7 WLZW, country music 104.3 WFRG-FM, classic hits 96.1 WODZ, and classic rock 96.9 WOUR. The studios and offices are on River Road in Marcy, New York.
WIBX broadcasts at 5,000 watts around the clock. It uses a directional antenna system with a four-tower array to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 950. The transmitter site is off Clark Mills Road in Whitesboro, New York. WIBX is also heard on FM translator W295DI at 92.3 FM.
Weekday mornings begin with a local news and talk program hosted by longtime Central New York media personality Bill Keeler. The rest of the day, WIBX primarily broadcasts nationally syndicated conservative talk programs from Premiere Networks, Westwood One and Fox News Radio: The Brian Kilmeade Show, Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla, The Sean Hannity Show, The Guy Benson Show, The Michael Berry Show and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.
On weekends the station features shows about money, health, home repair, the law, and technology. Weekend syndicated programs include The Chris Plante Show, America at Night with Rick Valdés, The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show, The Kim Komando Show, The Weekend with Michael Brown, Handel on the Law with Bill Handel, The Townhall Week in Review and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell, as well as repeats of weekday shows. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
The station conducts a radiothon for the American Heart Association every March. It was first held in 1971 in memory of Ralph Allinger, a WIBX staffer who died of a heart attack. In subsequent years, the American Heart Association has also held additional fundraisers in the Mohawk Valley, including a run and walk, to supplement the radiothon.
WIBX was first licensed on July 29, 1925, to a local radio dealer, Grid-Leak (Inc.) at 236 Genesee Street in Utica. It began broadcasting on December 5, 1925. Its call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs. The company put the station on the air to provide programming for customers who bought radios. WIBX's facilities were housed at the store. The following April, Grid Leak transferred the station to a subsidiary, WIBX, Inc., and a month later new studios were opened at the Hotel Utica. Initially operating at 1460 kilocycles, WIBX moved to 1280 kHz in late 1926, and then to 1260 kHz in April 1927. Among Central New York radio stations, only WSYR is older, going on the air in 1922.
The Boston Store acquired the station in early 1928, a move intended to keep WIBX in Utica. That April, the station was taken over by John C. Drummond. The Federal Radio Commission moved WIBX to 1200 kHz on November 11. On December 1, the station moved its studios to the First National Bank Building. The Buffalo Broadcasting Corporation, which operated several stations in Buffalo, New York, including WGR, WKBW, and WMAK, acquired WIBX in August 1929. In March 1931, the station was sold to a partnership of Percy B. Brown and Scott Howe Bowen. Bowen soon acquired Brown's stake; his family would maintain ownership for nearly five decades.
On October 14, 1934, WIBX became a network affiliate of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). Through the Golden Age of Radio, the station carried the CBS network's line up of dramas, comedies, soap operas, game shows, sports and big band remotes, as well as newscasts.