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WTLB
WTLB (1310 kHz) is an American AM radio station in Utica, New York. WTLB also simulcasts in Rome, New York, on WRNY (1350 AM) and translator station W243DY (96.5 FM). All three stations are affiliated with ESPN Radio, and are owned by Galaxy Media Partners.
WTLB went on the air January 15, 1947, as WGAT, a daytime-only station affiliated with ABC and operating at 1100 kHz. The station was owned by Central Broadcasting Company, a partnership of H. Ross Perkins and J. Eric Williams; the two also owned WNOC in Norwich, Connecticut. After several months, the partnership was dissolved, with Williams becoming the sole owner of WGAT and Perkins taking full control of WNOC. WGAT moved to 1310 in 1949.
Central Broadcasting sold WGAT to Star Broadcasting, owner of WBBF in Rochester and WGVA in Geneva, for $85,000 in 1956. The station, which had gone independent, rejoined ABC under Star ownership. It also changed the call sign to WTLB on March 4, 1957, for then-general manager Thomas L. Brown.
Star Broadcasting sold WTLB and WGVA to R. Peter Straus's Straus Broadcasting Group, owner of WMCA in New York City and WALL in Middletown, for $500,000. Straus was at the time seeking to assemble a statewide group of radio stations. In 1971, Straus sold WTLB to the station's management, led by Paul A. Dunn, for $400,000, as part of a selloff of all of the company's stations except for WMCA.
After a $1.5 million sale to Vanguard Communications in 1987 fell through, WTLB and FM sister station WRCK were sold to Joel Hailstone and Barry Dickstein's H&D Broadcast Group for $1.75 million in 1988; by this point, WTLB was a talk and adult contemporary station. In November 1991, the station began simulcasting on WFRG (1450 AM) in Rome, renamed WZLB, under a local marketing agreement (LMA); the stations initially shared an adult standards format from Unistar, replacing oldies on WTLB, but by February 1992 they were carrying Satellite Music Network's Kool Gold oldies programming. The LMA ended on April 1, 1993, with WZLB returning to its previous WFRG identity.
H&D Media sold WTLB and WRCK to The Radio Corporation (forerunner of Galaxy Media Partners) for $1 million in 1994. In January 1995, the station began simulcasting an adult standards format with WTLA in North Syracuse. WTLB and WTLA, along with WSGO in Oswego, were affiliated the Music of Your Life network; the format would remain on WTLB until 2007.
WRNY signed on October 12, 1959. It was owned by Clear Channel Communications until September 2007, when ownership was transferred to Galaxy Communications as a result of Clear Channel's decision to "go private". The station had been acquired by Clear Channel from Dame Media in June 1999.
Before their transfer of ownership to Galaxy, WRNY and WIXT in Little Falls (which, from its sign-on in 1952 to 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
WTLB (1310 kHz) is an American AM radio station in Utica, New York. WTLB also simulcasts in Rome, New York, on WRNY (1350 AM) and translator station W243DY (96.5 FM). All three stations are affiliated with ESPN Radio, and are owned by Galaxy Media Partners.
WTLB went on the air January 15, 1947, as WGAT, a daytime-only station affiliated with ABC and operating at 1100 kHz. The station was owned by Central Broadcasting Company, a partnership of H. Ross Perkins and J. Eric Williams; the two also owned WNOC in Norwich, Connecticut. After several months, the partnership was dissolved, with Williams becoming the sole owner of WGAT and Perkins taking full control of WNOC. WGAT moved to 1310 in 1949.
Central Broadcasting sold WGAT to Star Broadcasting, owner of WBBF in Rochester and WGVA in Geneva, for $85,000 in 1956. The station, which had gone independent, rejoined ABC under Star ownership. It also changed the call sign to WTLB on March 4, 1957, for then-general manager Thomas L. Brown.
Star Broadcasting sold WTLB and WGVA to R. Peter Straus's Straus Broadcasting Group, owner of WMCA in New York City and WALL in Middletown, for $500,000. Straus was at the time seeking to assemble a statewide group of radio stations. In 1971, Straus sold WTLB to the station's management, led by Paul A. Dunn, for $400,000, as part of a selloff of all of the company's stations except for WMCA.
After a $1.5 million sale to Vanguard Communications in 1987 fell through, WTLB and FM sister station WRCK were sold to Joel Hailstone and Barry Dickstein's H&D Broadcast Group for $1.75 million in 1988; by this point, WTLB was a talk and adult contemporary station. In November 1991, the station began simulcasting on WFRG (1450 AM) in Rome, renamed WZLB, under a local marketing agreement (LMA); the stations initially shared an adult standards format from Unistar, replacing oldies on WTLB, but by February 1992 they were carrying Satellite Music Network's Kool Gold oldies programming. The LMA ended on April 1, 1993, with WZLB returning to its previous WFRG identity.
H&D Media sold WTLB and WRCK to The Radio Corporation (forerunner of Galaxy Media Partners) for $1 million in 1994. In January 1995, the station began simulcasting an adult standards format with WTLA in North Syracuse. WTLB and WTLA, along with WSGO in Oswego, were affiliated the Music of Your Life network; the format would remain on WTLB until 2007.
WRNY signed on October 12, 1959. It was owned by Clear Channel Communications until September 2007, when ownership was transferred to Galaxy Communications as a result of Clear Channel's decision to "go private". The station had been acquired by Clear Channel from Dame Media in June 1999.
Before their transfer of ownership to Galaxy, WRNY and WIXT in Little Falls (which, from its sign-on in 1952 to 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.