WNDR-FM

WNDR-FM

City of license	Mexico, New York
Broadcast area	Syracuse area
Branding	The Dinosaur
Frequency	103.9 MHz
Translator(s)	95.3 W237AY (Dewitt), 98.1 W251AK (Nedrow/LaFayette)
First air date	1995-04-14 (as WUPN)
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	89 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	67058
Transmitter coordinates	43°28′36.00″N 76°16′44.00″W / 43.4766667°N 76.2788889°W / 43.4766667; -76.2788889
Former callsigns	WUPN (1995–1996) WNDR (1996–1998) WVOQ (1998–2001) WVOA (2001–2002) WVOA-FM (2002–2009) WVOU (2009) WVOA-FM (2009–2013)
Owner	Craig Fox (Renard Communications Corp.)
Sister stations	WSIV, WOLF-FM
Website	dinofm.com

WNDR-FM (103.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Mexico, New York, USA. the station serves the Syracuse area and is currently owned by Renard Communications Corporation, wholly owned by Craig Fox.^[1] WNDR-FM's Syracuse-area translators broadcast on 95.3 FM and 98.1 FM in and around the city of Syracuse.^[2]

History

The station went on the air as WUPN on April 14, 1995, before giving those calls to the current WPNY-LP, a television station (as its call sign indicated, a UPN affiliate) in Utica, in May 1996. Then, on May 6, 1996, the station changed its call sign to WNDR (picking up the calls previously heard on the current WSKO); it became WVOQ in late 1998 (reflecting its simulcast of the original WVOA on 105.1 FM), WVOA on April 25, 2001 (picking up the call sign and programming from 105.1 after its sale to Clear Channel Communications), WVOU on May 19, 2009 (during a period in which the WVOA-FM call letters were moved back to 105.1 after Craig Fox reacquired that station), and then back to WVOA-FM on September 8, 2009 (after 105.1 became WOLF-FM).^[3] The -FM suffix was added to the WVOA call sign on May 7, 2002; this was the result of an unrealized construction permit for an AM station in DeWitt with the WVOA call sign that was commonly owned with the station. Despite a similarity in call signs, there was no relation between WVOA-FM and the Voice of America service.

Most of WVOA's programming was religious in nature; however, some non-religious programming aired on the station, including "The Wax Museum with Ronnie Dark," a program dedicated to garage rock, progressive rock, British Invasion music, and deep cuts from the 1960s and 1970s,^[4] and "Hablando con Central New York" (Talking with Central New York), a Spanish language talk show hosted by Hugo Acosta.^[5]

On October 5, 2013, WVOA moved its intellectual property to an existing analog low-power television station on channel 6 in Syracuse; such stations broadcast their audio feeds on 87.7 MHz, a channel generally receivable on most FM radios. The station then changed back to WNDR-FM and began stunting with Christmas music. On December 26, 2013 WNDR began stunting with all-Beatles, branded as "WBTL".

On January 20, 2014 WNDR-FM ended stunting and launched a classic hits format, branded as "The Dinosaur".^[6]

Translators

Call sign	Frequency MHz	City of license	ERP W	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
W237AY	95.3	Dewitt, New York	250	D	43°00′25″N 76°05′38″W / 43.00694°N 76.09389°W / 43.00694; -76.09389 (W237AY)	FCC
W251AK	98.1	Nedrow/LaFayette, New York	3	D	42°52′50″N 76°12′00″W / 42.88056°N 76.20000°W / 42.88056; -76.20000 (W251AK)	FCC

References

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNDR
• Radio-Locator information on WNDR
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WNDR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W237AY
• Radio-Locator information on W237AY
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W251AK
• Radio-Locator information on W251AK

v t e Radio stations in the Syracuse, New York market By FM frequency 87.71 88.3 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.9 90.3 90.5 90.5 91.3 92.1 93.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.7 97.7 98.1 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.9 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.9 By AM frequency 570 620 1050 1200 1260 1300 1390 1440 1490 1540 1570 By callsign W237AY W243AB W249BC W251AK W252AC W256AC W267AL W278AH WAER WAQX-FM WBBS WBXL WCNY-FM WERW WFBL WFRG WHEN WIII WJPZ WKLL WKRH WKRL-FM WKVU WLZW WMCR-FM WMHR WNDR-FM WMVN WNTQ WNYO WOLF WOLF-FM WOSW WRVD WRVO WSEN WSGO WSIV WSKO WSYR-AM WSYR-FM WTKV WTKW WTLA WTMI WUMX WWHT-FM WWLF-FM WXTL WXXE WYYY WZUN New York radio markets Albany-Schenectady-Troy Binghamton Buffalo-Niagara Falls Elmira-Corning Hudson Valley Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica-Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown-Dunkirk North Country Saratoga See also List of radio stations in New York 1 Audio for TV channel 6 (WVOA-LP/Ind)

v t e Classic Hits radio stations in New York By frequency 1120 1330 1400 1490 92.1 92.9 93.3 95.9 97.1 98.7 101.1 101.7 102.1 103.1 103.9 104.1 105.1 105.9 106.3 106.7 By callsign WBPM WCBS-FM WCDW WCIZ-FM WCSS WDNY WGMM WGWE WHTT-FM WKAJ WKOL WMCR-FM WNDR-FM WNYQ WSEN-FM WSPQ WVOS-FM WZHD WZOZ WZUN By city Amsterdam Baldwinsville Buffalo Canaseraga Corning Dansville Hudson Falls Liberty Little Valley Mexico New York Oneida Oneonta Phoenix Plattsburgh Port Dickinson St. Johnsville Saugerties Springville/Buffalo Watertown See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York See also Oldies Classic Hits

v t e Broadcasting stations owned by Craig Fox All in New York state Cram Communications, LLC (80%; Samuel J. Furco 20%) East Syracuse WSIV Fulton WOSW Foxfur Communications, LLC (80%; Samuel J. Furco 20%) Camillus W252AC DeRuyter WOLF-FM Metro TV, Inc. (51%) Rochester WHSH-LP Syracuse WOBX-LP WNDR-LP WVOA-LP Renard Communications Corp. (100%) DeWitt WIXT-CD Mexico WNDR-FM Moravia WNNY-LP Syracuse WONO-CA WBLZ-LP WTVU-CD WHSU-CA Oneida WTKO-LP Squirrel Broadcasting, LLC (50%) Rochester WAWW-LP WOLF Radio, Inc. (51%) Auburn WMBO Oswego WWLF-FM Sylvan Beach WMVN Syracuse WOLF (AM)