WFLY
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| City | Troy, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Capital District |
| Branding | FLY 92.3 |
| Slogan | Albany's Hit Music Station |
| Frequency | 92.3 MHz |
| First air date | August 18, 1948 |
| Format | Top 40/CHR |
| ERP | 17,000 watts |
| HAAT | 259 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 832 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°38′16.26″N 73°59′53.8332″W / 42.6378500°N 73.998287000°W |
| Callsign meaning | W Frank Loyd York (station founder) |
| Owner |
Pamal Broadcasting (6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WAJZ, WKLI-FM, WROW, WYJB, WINU |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.fly92.com |
WFLY (FLY 92.3) is a Top 40/CHR station licensed to Troy, New York and serving New York's Capital District as well as the surrounding areas, including the Adirondacks. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and is considered their flagship station. The studios are located at 6 Johnson Road in Latham, while their transmitter is located on the Helderberg Escarpment antenna farm in New Scotland. WFLY is the oldest FM radio call sign currently in use in the Albany market, as it has been in use since 1948.
WFLY signed on in 1948 as the radio station of the The Troy Times Record newspaper, then-published by Frank Loyd York. The Troy Record had initially wanted to use the FM signal to transmit facsimile copies of their newspaper to subscribers during overnight hours. The station was programmed with classical music, news and local interest programs. Upon sign on, it had an Effective Radiated Power of 5.4 KW. Beginning in 1949, it was a member of the Rural Radio Network, receiving network programming via an over the air relay of WVCV in Cherry Valley. The Rural Radio Network dropped most of its farm content and switched to mostly classical music, which was originated at WQXR in New York City. This was received via over air relay from WKIP-FM on Mount Beacon. This affiliation lasted until 1960, when the Rural Radio Network folded. The classical music continued as locally produced programming.
By the late 1960s, the FM audience was changing, and the Troy Record had a difficult time funding the station. In 1970, the station switched to a Top 40/Oldies format with live DJs. At that point, they were known as "The Big 92". DJs on "The Big 92" included Craig Stevens, Gary Mitchell, Rex Gregory, Dale Lane, Bob Harris, Bob Roberts, Johnny Lance and Chris Calvert. Though the station (the first commercial FM rock station in the Albany market) did very well with the new format, protests over the format flip among classical music listeners were intense and a partial victory was claimed in late 1971, when the Troy Record sold WFLY to Functional Broadcasting. The programming was changed to an easy listening/classical hybrid. The partial return of classical was not successful, given the sign-on of WMHT-FM as a full-time classical station. By this time, there were already two other easy listening outlets in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy market.
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