WHAZ-FM
| City of license | Hoosick Falls, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Eastern New York and Southwestern Vermont |
| Slogan | Alive Radio |
| Frequency | 97.5 MHz |
| First air date | July 4, 1991 (as WNGN) |
| Format | Religious |
| ERP | 4,200 watts |
| HAAT | 361 meters (1,184 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 6765 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°51′49.00″N 73°13′59.00″W / 42.86361°N 73.23306°W |
| Callsign meaning | see WHAZ |
| Former callsigns | WNGN (1991-1998) WZEC (1998-2005) |
| Owner | Capital Media Corporation |
| Sister stations | WHAZ |
| Website | whaz.com |
WHAZ-FM (97.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious format.[1] Licensed to Hoosick Falls, New York, USA, the station serves the easternmost portion of the Capital District, Bennington, Vermont, and North Adams, Massachusetts as a satellite of WHAZ. The station is currently owned by Capital Media Corporation.[2]
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[edit] History
The station signed on July 4, 1991 as WNGN, a gospel station owned by Northeast Gospel Broadcasting.[3] The station was sold to Aritaur Communications in 1998[4], who renamed the station WZEC with the intention of implementing a simulcast of Pittsfield top 40 station WBEC-FM (then at 105.5, now WWEI; now on 95.9).[5] WNGN's programming was then merged into WNGX (91.9), which took the WNGN call letters.[4][5] However, WNGN continued to run WZEC well into 1999, as the sale did not close until June 30; the next day, Aritaur sold WZEC, along with WBEC and WBEC-FM, to Tele-Media Broadcasting[6], who finally implemented the WBEC-FM simulcast by that September.[7] By the following May, the station had again changed format, this time to a modern adult contemporary format, "The Point", modeled on sister stations WCPT (100.9; now WKLI-FM) and WKBE (100.3).[8][9] The station was sold to Vox Media in 2002[10], and shifted to soft adult contemporary in 2004.[11]
Vox sold WZEC to Capitol Media in 2005,[12] who changed the call letters to the current WHAZ-FM and implemented a classic gospel format on November 7,[13][14] before switching to the simulcast of WHAZ by April 2007.[15]
[edit] Translators
WHAZ-FM also broadcasts on two translators:
| Call sign | MHz | City of license | Power (W) |
Class |
Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W228AU | 93.5 | North Bennington, Vermont | 5 | D | FCC |
| W288AN | 105.5 | Brattleboro, Vermont | 95 | D | FCC |
[edit] References
- ^ "WHAZ-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WHAZ-FM.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www.arbitron.com.
- ^ Pinckney, Barbara (January 24, 1997). "Willis changes local station to African-American gospel". The Business Review (American City Business Journals). http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/1997/01/27/story4.html. Retrieved February 12, 2010. "'When we signed on with WNGN, on July 4, 1991, we were the first 24-hour gospel station in the region.'"
- ^ a b Pinckney, Barbara (April 13, 1998). "Gospel station shifts position as broadcaster buys frequency". The Business Review (American City Business Journals). http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/1998/04/13/story7.html. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ a b Fybush, Scott (July 30, 1998). "Sorrentino Out at WPRO". North East RadioWatch. http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980730.html. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ Pinckney, Barbara (July 12, 1999). "Former Hoosick Falls radio station WNGN FM to be sold a second time". The Business Review (American City Business Journals). http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/1999/07/12/story3.html?q=WNGN%2097.5. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (September 17, 1999). "Hello, Floyd!". North East RadioWatch. http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-990917.html. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (May 26, 2000). "WMOU Goes Silent, and, Can a Kiss Hurt a Fly?". North East RadioWatch. http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-000526.html. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (May 26, 2000). "CRTC Picks Three in Toronto". North East RadioWatch. http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-000623.html. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (July 29, 2002). "Vox buys WBEC (Really!)". North East RadioWatch. http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-020729.html. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (September 27, 2004). "Rhode Islanders Fight WRNI Sale". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2004/040927/nerw.html. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (April 18, 2005). "Boston's Star Flips to "Mike"". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050418/nerw.html. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (September 5, 2005). "Hall Buys Big in Burlington". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050905/nerw.html. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (November 14, 2005). "Newton Poised to Approve New Towers". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/051114/nerw.html. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (April 2, 2007). "Hornell's WKPQ Changes Hands - Maybe". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/070402/nerw.html. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WHAZ
- Radio-Locator information on WHAZ
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WHAZ
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