WGY-FM
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| City | Albany, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Primary: Capital District, Upper Hudson Valley Secondary: Mid-Hudson Region, Lower Adirondack Region, Berkshires |
| Branding | News Talk 810/103.1 WGY |
| Frequency | 103.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) 103.1-2 MHz Simulcast of WOFX (HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1966 (as WHRL) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| ERP | 5,600 watts |
| HAAT | 103 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 55490 |
| Callsign meaning | WGY-FM (FM simulcast of WGY 810) |
| Former callsigns | WHRL (1966–2010) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (CC Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WGY, WRVE, WPYX, WTRY-FM, WKKF, WOFX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wgy.com |
WGY-FM is a news-talk radio station licensed to Albany, New York that broadcasts at 103.1 FM; the station broadcasts 24 hours a day at 5,600 watts ERP from a non-directional antenna in North Greenbush, New York located near U.S. Route 4. The station, owned by iHeartMedia, serves the New York's Capital District and surrounding areas, including the upper Hudson Valley.
WGY-FM's signal can be heard as far away as Hudson and Catskill to the south, Pittsfield and North Adams to the east, Warrensburg and Glens Falls to the north, and Amsterdam and Cobleskill to the west.
WGY-FM first signed on in 1966 with an easy listening format under the moniker Whirl and the call letters WHRL. The easy listening format lasted in some form or another for much of the next two decades, evolving to a Soft Adult Contemporary approach in 1987. In 1988, the station flipped to a New Age/Jazz format, and became known as "Easy 103.1" and "The Breeze". By 1993, the station had morphed into a more mainstream "Smooth Jazz" format, that had become common at that time.
After Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) purchased Dame Media in 1999, WHRL's future became cloudy and rumors of a format change circulated. The smooth jazz format eventually gave way to the modern rock-formatted Channel 103.1, on October 2, 1999 two weeks after former sister station WQBK-FM (now owned by Townsquare Media) flipped from modern rock to active rock; the first song played by Channel 103-1 was "Driven to Tears" by The Police. Slogans used by the station included "Albany's New Music Alternative", "Albany's New Rock Alternative", and eventually "Where You Rock" during its active rock format.
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