WOKR (AM)
City of license | Brockport, New York |
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Branding | The Team |
Frequency | 1590 kHz |
First air date | 1970 (as WADD at 1560) |
Format | Sports (WRSB simulcast) |
Power |
1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 15767 |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°11′44.00″N 77°57′5.00″W / 43.1955556°N 77.9513889°W |
Former callsigns |
WADD (1970-1976) WWBK (1976-1980) WJBT (1980-1984) WASB (1984-2015) |
Former frequencies | 1560 kHz (1970-1979) |
Affiliations | CBS Sports Radio |
Owner |
Brian McGlynn (Genesee Media Corporation) |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | theteam.fm |
WOKR (1590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format to the Brockport, New York, USA area. The station is currently owned by Brian McGlynn, through licensee Genesee Media Corporation.[1]
History
The station went on the air in 1970 as WADD and was owned by a group of local businessmen. The station broadcast on 1560 kHz with a power of 1 thousand watts, utilizing a three tower in-line directional antenna array - daytime only. In 1976 the station was purchased by Canal Communications, inc. and the call letters changed to WWBK. Format was community oriented pop. In 1979 WWBK obtained a construction permit allowing the change to 1,000 watts full-time operation on 1590 kHz. The facility was sold in 1979 and the call letters changed to WJBT on 1980-04-14. On 1984-05-24, the station changed its call sign to WASB. On 2015-01-22, the station changed its call sign to the current WOKR.[2]
The station was purchased by Genesee Media Corporation on July 8, 2013 at a price of $450,000, which included WRSB AM, Canandaigua, NY.
References
- ↑ "WOKR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WOKR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WOKR
- Radio-Locator Information on WOKR
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WOKR
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