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WKNY (1490 kHz; "Radio Kingston") is an AM radio station in Kingston, New York, serving Ulster County. It broadcasts at a power of 1,000 watts from a single tower located off Albany Avenue. The studios and offices are on Broadway in Kingston. WKNY is owned and operated by not-for-profit charitable licensee Radio Kingston Corp.
On March 26, 2019, a 250–watt FM translator was added, 107.9 MHz W300DU. Listeners can choose either AM or FM to hear WKNY.
WKNY airs a non-commercial full service radio format, featuring adult contemporary music, news and information in AM and PM drive times, with talk and specialty music shows the rest of the day, including oldies, jazz and other genres. Programs aimed at the Irish, Italian, German and Polish communities are heard Sundays.
Warren Lawrence hosts the weekday morning show along with the Saturday afternoon oldies show and Sunday afternoon Garage Sale program. Hank Gross provides local news. Jimmy Buff is the late afternoon DJ, while Frank Auringer hosts early evenings. Adam Alberts helms Saturday mornings, in addition to production for live sporting events on the station. Antonio Flores-Lobos and Mariel Fiori are the late morning hosts of the Spanish-English show, "La Voz."
Dan Reinhard provides sports reports for WKNY, with sports updates on the weekday morning drive show, as well as hosting Monday Night SportTalk, and play-by-play broadcasts of Kingston High School football and basketball. Most hours begin with world and national news from CBS News Radio.
On December 16, 1939, WKNY first signed on. The inaugural program was broadcast at 8:15 PM from the auditorium of Kingston High School before an audience of approximately 100 people. Major C.J. Heiselman was unable to attend WKNY's opening ceremonies but a recorded message from him was broadcast over the air. The musical program was rendered by Roger Baer's Orchestra, the Vocal Rhythm Boys of Saugerties and vocal solos by Miss Lynne Clark.
Following the musical program in the High School, the program continued with musical selections from the new WKNY studios in the Governor Clinton Hotel. The following morning the services in the Fair Street Reformed Church were broadcast on the air and the station was expected to have a formal dedication in January 1940.
The FCC first licensed WKNY to begin full operations on January 17, 1940. At first, WKNY broadcast at 1500 kilocycles, at a power of 100 watts. In March 1940, the station received permission to increase power to 250 watts.
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WKNY
WKNY (1490 kHz; "Radio Kingston") is an AM radio station in Kingston, New York, serving Ulster County. It broadcasts at a power of 1,000 watts from a single tower located off Albany Avenue. The studios and offices are on Broadway in Kingston. WKNY is owned and operated by not-for-profit charitable licensee Radio Kingston Corp.
On March 26, 2019, a 250–watt FM translator was added, 107.9 MHz W300DU. Listeners can choose either AM or FM to hear WKNY.
WKNY airs a non-commercial full service radio format, featuring adult contemporary music, news and information in AM and PM drive times, with talk and specialty music shows the rest of the day, including oldies, jazz and other genres. Programs aimed at the Irish, Italian, German and Polish communities are heard Sundays.
Warren Lawrence hosts the weekday morning show along with the Saturday afternoon oldies show and Sunday afternoon Garage Sale program. Hank Gross provides local news. Jimmy Buff is the late afternoon DJ, while Frank Auringer hosts early evenings. Adam Alberts helms Saturday mornings, in addition to production for live sporting events on the station. Antonio Flores-Lobos and Mariel Fiori are the late morning hosts of the Spanish-English show, "La Voz."
Dan Reinhard provides sports reports for WKNY, with sports updates on the weekday morning drive show, as well as hosting Monday Night SportTalk, and play-by-play broadcasts of Kingston High School football and basketball. Most hours begin with world and national news from CBS News Radio.
On December 16, 1939, WKNY first signed on. The inaugural program was broadcast at 8:15 PM from the auditorium of Kingston High School before an audience of approximately 100 people. Major C.J. Heiselman was unable to attend WKNY's opening ceremonies but a recorded message from him was broadcast over the air. The musical program was rendered by Roger Baer's Orchestra, the Vocal Rhythm Boys of Saugerties and vocal solos by Miss Lynne Clark.
Following the musical program in the High School, the program continued with musical selections from the new WKNY studios in the Governor Clinton Hotel. The following morning the services in the Fair Street Reformed Church were broadcast on the air and the station was expected to have a formal dedication in January 1940.
The FCC first licensed WKNY to begin full operations on January 17, 1940. At first, WKNY broadcast at 1500 kilocycles, at a power of 100 watts. In March 1940, the station received permission to increase power to 250 watts.
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