WBNR

WBNR
City	Beacon, New York
Broadcast area	Hudson Valley
Branding	Real Country 1260/1420
Frequency	1260 kHz
First air date	December 17, 1959
Format	Classic Country
Power	1,000 watts daytime 400 watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	19629
Transmitter coordinates	41°29′31.164″N 73°58′38.5458″W / 41.49199000°N 73.977373833°W / 41.49199000; -73.977373833
Callsign meaning	W Beacon Newburgh Radio
Owner	Pamal Broadcasting (6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	WBPM, WGHQ, WHUD, WLNA, WSPK, WXPK
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Hudson Valley Radio Network

WBNR is the callsign of an AM radio station licensed to Beacon, New York and serving the Hudson Valley. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts on 1260 kHz at 1,000 watts daytime and 400 watts nighttime, both directional, from a two tower array at 475 South Avenue in the city of Beacon.^[1]

History

WBNR signed on in 1959 as a 1,000 watt directional antenna daytime only station owned and operated by Robert Gessner and brothers Si and Al Dressner^[2] The original studio location is in close proximity to Denning's Point, a location on the Hudson River that has an archaeological record going back 5,000 years.^[3] Many staffers and former staffers felt that this explained a usually high reported incidence of paranormal activity in the studio building.

It was not until 1987 that WBNR was licensed for 480 watts night time operation with a DA2 antenna pattern. For many years it was owned by brothers Robert and Al Lessnor of Candid Camera fame. The station served the community with Middle of the Road (MOR) music format, local news and sports. It was heavily involved with Beacon community events and was the flagship station for Army Football until 2003.

In 1970, Lance (later Beacon) Broadcasting, then owners of WBNR, acquired WSPK from Poughkeepsie, New York based Olympian broadcasting, owners of WKIP, along with the mountain top transmitter site located on North Mount Beacon.^[4]

The station began to suffer a long steady decline through the 1980s and 1990s as many AM radio stations did.

In 1994, WBNR, along with its sister station WSPK was sold to Enterprise Media of Binghamton, New York. Both stations were subsequently sold to Pamal Broadcasting in October 1997. The studios moved from their original 1959 location at 475 South Avenue, Beacon to the newly reconstructed "Broadcast Center" at 715 Fishkill Avenue (NY Rte 52), in Fishkill, New York, where Hudson Valley Talk Radio Network programming originates.

Programming

On Monday, March 24, 2014 WBNR and WLNA introduced the "Real Country" music format.

References

↑ "WBNR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "1970 Broadcasting Yearbook page C-145". Broadcasting Publications, Inc.
↑ "Denning's Point, A Hudson River History". Heron, Jim (2006) Black Dome Press Corp.
↑ "1971 Broadcasting Yearbook page C-145". Broadcasting Publications, Inc.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WBNR

Radio-Locator Information on WBNR

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WBNR

Radio stations in the Poughkeepsie, New York market
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Defunct	"WJDI"/1620
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Note: Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam Counties are included in both Hudson Valley and New York City markets. Orange County is only included in Hudson Valley.
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Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	93.5-1 93.5-2 93.5-3 101.5-1 101.5-2 101.5-3 103.1-1 103.1-2 103.9-1 105.5-1
By callsign	W209CJ W228CG W231BP W232AL W276BV WALL WANR WARY WBNR WDBY WWES WFAS WFME-FM WGHT WGNY WHUD WJGK HD2 WJZZ WKLV-FM WLJP WLNA WMFU WNBM WOSR WPDA WPDH HD2 HD3 WPUT WQXW WRCR WRKL WRPJ WRRV WRVP WRWD-FM WSPK WTBQ WVIP HD2 HD3 WVOX WWLE WXPK WZAD
Defunct	WPUT/1510
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Country radio stations in the state of New York
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¹ = Although WNSH is licensed to Newark, NJ, it also serves the New York City area, with it's studios in New York City.
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York

Pamal Broadcasting
AM Radio Stations:	WBNR WENU WGHQ WLNA WMML WROW WSYB
FM Radio Stations:	WAJZ WBPM WDVT WFFG-FM WFLY WHUD WINU WJEN WJJR WKBE WKLI-FM WNYQ WSPK WXPK WYJB WZRT

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