WMCR (AM)

For the FM radio station in Oneida, New York, United States, see WMCR-FM.
WMCR
City of license Oneida, New York
Slogan CNY Talk Radio
Frequency 1600 kHz
First air date September 26, 1956
Format News/talk
Power 1,000 watts day
20 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 70890
Transmitter coordinates 43°5′4.00″N 75°41′35.00″W / 43.0844444°N 75.6930556°W
Callsign meaning Madison County Radio
Former callsigns WONG (1956-c. 1961)
Affiliations ABC News Radio
Talk Radio Network
Westwood One
Owner Leatherstocking Media Group, Inc.
Sister stations WFBL, WMCR-FM, WSEN, WSEN-FM
Website cnytalkradio.com

WMCR (1600 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format, simulcasting WFBL. Licensed to Oneida, New York, USA. The station is currently owned by Leatherstocking Media Group, Inc.[1]

History

The station signed on September 26, 1956[2] as WONG, owned by John J. Geiger;[3] it was transferred by 1959 to Madison County Broadcasting Corporation,[4] which changed the call letters to WMCR in the early 1960s.[5] The station was sold to Chenor Communications in 1965,[6] and to Warren Broadcasting Company in 1969.[7]

At one time, the station simulcast with sister station WMCR-FM (106.3 FM), which Warren signed on in 1972.[2] After co-owner Bill Warren died in 2005, his wife Vivian Warren maintained full ownership of the stations, but ultimately decided to sell in 2009 after receiving an offer from Leatherstocking Media Group.[8] Leatherstocking immediately announced plans to split the simulcast,[8][9] and did so on February 11, 2010, when the WFBL simulcast was implemented.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "WMCR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Broadcasting Yearbook 1981 (PDF). 1981. p. C-161. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1957 (PDF). 1957. p. 188. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1959 (PDF). 1959. p. B-197. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1961-62 (PDF). 1961. p. B-111. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  6. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1967 (PDF). 1967. p. B-111. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  7. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1971 (PDF). 1971. p. B-143. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fybush, Scott (March 23, 2009). "ABC's Weber Murdered in Brooklyn". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  9. ↑ Migdail-Smith, Liam (July 3, 2009). "WMCR radio changing as it stays the same". The Oneida Daily Dispatch. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Local Radio Listeners Now Have a New Option". Madison County Courier. February 11, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2010.

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