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WRNY (AM)

WRNY
City WRNY: Rome, New York
WTLB: Utica, New York
WIXT: Little Falls, New York
Broadcast area Utica-Rome area
Branding ESPN Radio 1310 AM
Frequency WRNY: 1350 kHz
WTLB: 1310 kHz
WIXT: 1230 kHz
First air date WRNY: 1959
WTLB: 1946
WIXT: 1952 (as WLFH)
Format Sports
Power WRNY: 500 watts day
57 watts night
WTLB: 5,000 watts day
500 watts night
WIXT: 1,000 watts unlimited
Class WRNY: D
WTLB: B
WIXT: C
Facility ID WRNY: 53657
WTLB: 54548
WIXT: 57701
Transmitter coordinates WRNY43°12′18″N 75°29′8″W / 43.20500°N 75.48556°W / 43.20500; -75.48556
WTLB43°3′24″N 75°16′42″W / 43.05667°N 75.27833°W / 43.05667; -75.27833
WIXT43°2′33″N 74°51′31″W / 43.04250°N 74.85861°W / 43.04250; -74.85861
Callsign meaning WRNY: Rome, New York
WIXT: parked former call sign of WSYR-TV, channel 9 in Syracuse. "IX" = 9, and Television.
WTLB: play on WTLA, with B to indicate the second.
Former callsigns WIXT: WLFH (1952-2005)
Affiliations ESPN Radio
Westwood One
New York Yankees Radio Network
New York Giants Radio Network
Owner Galaxy Communications
(Galaxy Utica Licensee LLC)
Sister stations WKLL, WOUR, WUMX
Webcast Listen Live
Website ESPNCNY.com

WRNY (1350 AM) is an American radio station broadcasting at 1350 kHz. The station was owned by Clear Channel Communications until September 2007, when ownership was transferred to Galaxy Utica 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.

WRNY is part of a three station simulcast that includes WTLB AM 1310 in Utica, New York and WIXT AM 1230 in Little Falls, New York. The three stations are affiliated with ESPN Radio.

WTLB has been granted an FCC construction permit to decrease day power to 2,600 watts and decrease night power to 38 watts. The antenna pattern will change from directional to nondirectional.

Before their transfer of ownership to Galaxy, WRNY and WIXT (which, until 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, at the time, was under Galaxy Communications ownership; WTLB was mostly a simulcast of WTLA in Syracuse (hence the call sign) and WSGO in Oswego; all three stations ran the Music of Your Life adult standards format.


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