City of license | Syracuse, New York |
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Broadcast area | Syracuse, New York |
Branding | Radio Disney AM 1490 |
Slogan | Your Music, Your Way |
Frequency | 1490 kHz |
First air date | 1940-05-09[1] |
Format | Children's music |
Power | 1000 watts |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 73380 |
Transmitter coordinates | (center of 2 towers)[2] |
Callsign meaning | Wolf |
Former callsigns | WNNR (April – October 1989)[2] WNYR (October 1988 – April 1989)[2] ? (1980s) WOLF (1940 – 1981?)[3] |
Affiliations | Radio Disney |
Owner | Craig Fox (51%)[4] (WOLF Radio Inc.) |
Sister stations | WWLF (AM) (below); WAMF, WOLF-FM/WWLF-FM |
Website | [1] |
City of license | Auburn, New York |
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Broadcast area | Finger Lakes/Ithaca, New York |
Branding | Radio Disney AM 1340 |
Slogan | Your Music, Your Way |
Frequency | 1340 kHz |
First air date | 1927-03-23[5] |
Format | Children's music |
Power | 1000 watts |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 25001 |
Transmitter coordinates | (single tower)[6] |
Former callsigns | WKGJ (1998–2000) WMBO (1927–1998) |
Affiliations | Radio Disney |
Owner | Craig Fox (51%)[4] (WOLF Radio Inc.) |
Sister stations | WOLF (AM) (above); WAMF, WOLF-FM/WWLF-FM |
Website | [2] |
WOLF and WWLF are the Radio Disney simulcasts for Syracuse, New York and the nearby Finger Lakes area. The outlet broadcasts at 1 kilowatt on 1490 kHz (WOLF) and 1340 kHz (WWLF). The stations are 51% owned by Craig Fox, who also owns several other radio and low-power TV stations in New York state.[4]
WOLF first signed on in Syracuse shortly before World War II. Like all local-channel AMs, it was initially limited to only 250 watts of power. During the early 1960s it was permitted to raise daytime power to 1,000 watts, and increased night power to 1,000 watts a decade later along with nearly all other local-channel (class C) AM stations in the United States. It long programmed a personality popular music format, and for many years was highly competitive within its signal area with stronger regional (class B) signals from similarly formatted stations including WNDR and WFBL, although it was unable to achieve full metropolitan coverage especially after sunset.
Past radio personalities at WOLF include:
In the mid-2000s, the stations were simulcast with sister stations WOLF-FM and WWLF-FM, making them two of the few Radio Disney affiliates on the FM dial. In December 2006, the FM stations split off and flipped to the MOViN format. The AMs remain affiliated with Radio Disney.
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