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Media in New York's Capital District

March 05, 2023

The media in New York's Capital District is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy media market, which is the 59th largest in the United States,[1] includes all of the 11 counties of the Capital District, along with Hamilton County, New York, as well as Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and Bennington County, Vermont. In total, there are 16 AM/MW stations, 30 full-power FM stations, 14 low-power FM translators, 8 full power analog TV stations, 5 low-power TV translators, and 8 full power digital TV (DTV) stations licensed to communities within 30 miles (48 km) of downtown Albany. In terms of broadcast media, Albany is part of Arbitron market #63 (radio), and Nielsen DMA #57 (television), and is a broadcast market with historical relevance. The pioneering influence of General Electric in Schenectady directly contributed to the area emerging as the birthplace of station-based television (WRGB) and one of the earliest FM broadcast stations (today's WRVE), in addition to the first federally licensed radio station in upstate New York, WGY.

Print

Newspaper

The Albany Times Union is area's primary daily newspaper; its headquarters moved to suburban Colonie from Albany in the 1970s, after a dispute with then-Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd over land needed for expansion.[citation needed] More localized are the Amsterdam Recorder for Montgomery and Fulton County;[citation needed] The Daily Gazette, which focuses primarily on Schenectady; The Daily Mail in Greene County;[citation needed] the Gloversville Leader-Herald for Fulton County;[citation needed] The Post-Star, which focuses on Washington, Warren, and northern Saratoga counties; the Troy Record, which focuses on Troy; the Register-Star for Columbia County;[citation needed] and The Saratogian, which focuses on Saratoga County.

Weekly

  • Adirondack Moneysaver - Saratoga County free shopper's guide, with local merchant specials, classifieds, free non-profits

The Business Review - a business weekly published each Friday[citation needed]

  • Legislative Gazette - covers New York State politics; based in Albany
  • Metroland - a free alternative / lifestyle newsweekly printed in Albany; publishes on Thursday
  • Saratoga TODAY Newspaper - free news weekly printed by Saratoga Publishing, published every Friday for Saratoga Springs and surrounding communities[citation needed]
  • Spotlight Newspapers - local news, events and classifieds printed in several different editions for select suburban towns in the Capital region
  • Tuesday Edition - family-oriented events in and around the Capital District[citation needed]

Other

Campus publications

Radio

In 1947, this region was also home to the first independently owned and operated stand-alone FM radio station in the United States, W47A. In the early 2000s, the greater Albany market had the distinction of having the highest concentration of FM broadcast stations east of the Mississippi River. The Capital District has three local News/Talk radio stations, WGY, WROW, and WGDJ on the AM (MW) band. All feature a mixture of locally oriented and nationally syndicated programming. There are two Sports formatted stations: WOFX, local affiliate for Fox Sports Radio; and WTMM, local affiliate for ESPN Radio. Both stations provide local sports and sports-talk programming as well as national content. The FM dial is primarily made up of commercial music-formatted stations similar to those in other cities around North America, the largest of which include Pop music station WFLY 'FLY-92', Adult Contemporary WYJB 'B-95.5', Hot AC WRVE '99.5 The River', Rock station WQBK-FM 'Q-103', Classic Rock WPYX 'PYX-106', and Country music WGNA-FM 'Country 107.7'. Public radio broadcasting is available from two organisations: Northeast Public Radio serves the Capital Region via their flagship station WAMC-FM, and is the primary local affiliate for NPR network programming, and WMHT-FM is another local outlet that clears select NPR and PRI programming. WAMC focuses on News & Talk programming during the day, various music programs and BBC World Service programming in the evening, while WMHT-FM mainly provides Classical Music programming for most of their broadcast schedule. There are no radio stations in the Albany area that provide programming in languages other than English on a full-time basis. A few individual programs in languages including Spanish, Italian and Arabic are scheduled, primarily on college owned and operated stations.

AM stations

Frequency Callsign Format City Owner Notes
590 kHz WROW Oldies Albany Pamal Broadcasting CBS News affiliate
810 kHz WGY-AM News/Talk Schenectady iHeartMedia Fox News Channel; Rush Limbaugh
Syracuse University sports, HD Radio.
900 kHz WABY Standards Watervliet Empire Broadcasting Corporation Standards
980 kHz WOFX Sports Troy iHeartMedia FOX Sports affiliate, UAlbany football & basketball
Boston Red Sox baseball, NY Jets football. HD Radio.
1160 kHz WSSV Classic hits Mechanicville Empire Broadcasting Corporation  
1240 kHz WPTR Sports Schenectady Empire Broadcasting Corporation CBS Sports Radio affiliate 
1300 kHz WGDJ Talk radio Rensselaer Capital Broadcasting, Inc. ABC News, Siena College men's basketball
1330 kHz WHAZ Christian Troy Capital Media Group  
1400 kHz WAMC NPR Albany Northeast Public Radio Simulcast of WAMC-FM
1460 kHz WOPG Catholic Albany Pax et Bonum, Inc. EWTN Radio affiliate; Simulcast of WOPG-FM

FM stations

Frequency Callsign Format City Owner Notes
88.3 MHz WVCR-FM College/Variety hits Loudonville Siena College  
89.1 MHz WMHT-FM NPR/Classical Schenectady WMHT Educational Telecommunications  
89.7 MHz WRUC College Schenectady Union College  
90.3 MHz WAMC-FM NPR Albany Northeast Public Radio 2 services in HD Radio
90.7 MHz WGXC-FM Community radio Acra Wave Farm
90.9 MHz WCDB College Albany University at Albany, SUNY  
91.5 MHz WRPI College Troy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  
92.3 MHz WFLY Contemporary Hit Radio Troy Pamal Broadcasting  
93.7 MHz WYAI Christian CHR Scotia Educational Media Foundation Air 1 affiliate
94.5 MHz WYKV Christian Contemporary Ravena Educational Media Foundation K-LOVE affiliate
95.5 MHz WYJB Adult Contemporary Albany Pamal Broadcasting  
96.3 MHz WAJZ Rhythmic Contemporary Voorheesville Pamal Broadcasting  
96.7 MHz WMHH Christian talk Clifton Park Mars Hill Broadcasting  
98.3 MHz WTRY-FM Oldies Rotterdam iHeartMedia 2 services via HD Radio
99.5 MHz WRVE Hot Adult Contemporary Schenectady iHeartMedia 2 services via HD Radio
100.9 MHz WKLI-FM Country Albany Pamal Broadcasting  
102.3 MHz WKKF Contemporary Hit Radio Ballston Spa iHeartMedia 2 services via HD Radio
103.1 MHz WGY-FM News/Talk Schenectady iHeartMedia Fox News Channel; Rush Limbaugh
Syracuse University sports
103.9 MHz WPBZ-FM Soft adult contemporary Rensselaer Townsquare Media Buffalo Bills football
104.5 MHz WTMM-FM ESPN Sports Mechanicville Townsquare Media Big Board Sports with Rodger Wyland; Levack; Sunday Sports Buzz with Charlie Voelker; Sittin' Sportside Sunday; New York Jets football; NY Yankees baseball
104.9 MHz WINU Sports Radio Altamont Pamal Broadcasting CBS Sports Radio affiliate
NY Mets baseball
105.7 MHz WQBK-FM Classic rock Malta Townsquare Media HD Radio
106.5 MHz WPYX Classic rock Albany iHeartMedia NY Giants football
2 services via HD Radio
107.7 MHz WGNA-FM Country Albany Townsquare Media HD Radio

Fringe FM signals which can be received in the Albany market include:

Frequency Callsign Format City Owner Notes
89.9 MHz WOPG-FM Catholic Esperance Pax et Bonum, Inc. EWTN Radio affiliate
90.7 MHz WPGL Christian Pattersonville Sound of Life Radio Simulcast on 94.9 Albany
91.1 MHz WHVP Christian Hudson Sound of Life Radio  
91.1 MHz WSPN College Saratoga Springs Skidmore College  
92.9 MHz WBPM Classic Hits Saugerties Pamal Broadcasting  
93.5 MHz WZCR Oldies Hudson iHeartMedia  
94.7 MHz WBAR-FM Christian Lake Luzerne Capital Media Group Simulcast of WHAZ-AM
95.9 MHz WCQL Hot Adult Contemporary Queensbury Regional Radio Group  
97.3 MHz WMYY Christian Schoharie Capital Media Group Simulcast of WHAZ-AM
97.5 MHz WHAZ-FM Christian Hoosick Falls Capital Media Group Simulcast of WHAZ-AM
97.7 MHz WEXT Adult Album Alternative Amsterdam WMHT Educational Telecommunications  
97.9 MHz WRIP Adult Contemporary Windham Rip Radio, LLC  
98.5 MHz WCTW Hot Adult Contemporary Catskill iHeartMedia  
98.5 MHz WCKM-FM Classic Hits Lake George Regional Radio Group  
100.3 MHz WFFG-FM Country Warrensburg Pamal Broadcasting  
101.3 MHz WJKE Adult Contemporary Stillwater Empire Broadcasting Corporation  
101.7 MHz WNYQ Classic Hits Hudson Falls Pamal Broadcasting  
101.9 MHz WJIV Christian Cherry Valley Christian Broadcasting System  
102.7 MHz WEQX Modern Rock Manchester, VT Northshire Broadcasting  
103.5 MHz WQSH Alternative rock Cobleskill Townsquare Media  
107.1 MHz WKBE Adult Album Alternative Corinth Pamal Broadcasting  

Television

WRGB has the distinction of being the very first affiliated station of the NBC Television Network. The Albany TV DMA is served by the following stations, providing programming from many of the English-language American broadcast television networks: WRGB (CBS), WTEN (ABC), WNYT (NBC), WXXA (Fox), WMHT (PBS), WCWN (CW), WNYA (MyNetworkTV), and WYPX (ION). There are currently no local affiliates for any of the Spanish-language domestic broadcast television networks, however the national service of Univision is provided via cable TV. Local cable TV operator Charter Communications provides a 24-hour cable news television channel, Spectrum News Capital Region (formerly Capital News 9, YNN Capital Region, and Time Warner Cable News Capital Region; now covering Albany and Glens Falls). Christian television networks TBN and 3ABN are available via low-power translator service to the immediate metro area. Unlike many television markets around the country, TV stations from neighboring markets cannot normally be received in the greater Albany area due to distance and terrain.

PSIP Channel (Cable) Callsign Affiliation City of license Owner Notes
6 (6) WRGB CBS Schenectady, NY Sinclair Broadcast Group DTV Ch. 6 (1806)
10 (10) WTEN ABC Albany, NY Nexstar Media Group DTV Ch. 26 (1810)
13 (13) WNYT NBC Albany, NY Hubbard Broadcasting DTV Ch. 12 (1813)
15 (None) WEPT-CD AMGTV Kinderhook, NY Venture Technologies Group Analog low-power station
17 (11) WMHT PBS Schenectady, NY WMHT Educational Telecommunications DTV Ch. 34 (1811)
14 (14) WYBN Independent Windham, NY Cable Ad Net New York, Inc. DTV Ch. 14.1 thru 14.8
23 (8) WXXA-TV FOX Albany, NY Mission Broadcasting (operated by WTEN/Nexstar Media Group) DTV Ch. 7 (1808)
45 (15) WCWN CW Schenectady, NY Sinclair Broadcast Group DTV Ch. 43 (1815)
51 (4) WNYA MyTV Pittsfield, MA Hubbard Broadcasting DTV Ch. 13 (1804)
58 (None) W58CX 3ABN Saratoga Springs, NY 3ABN Inc. Satellite fed low-power translator
Transmitter located in New Scotland NY
55 (20) WYPX ION Amsterdam, NY Inyo Broadcast Holdings DTV Ch. 50 (1820)

Charter Communications also provides a local 24-hour rolling news service to its subscribers, Spectrum News Capital Region (formerly Capital News 9) on cable channel 9.

References

  1. ^ "Nielsen DMA Rankings 2019". Retrieved 2019-07-28.

External links

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The media in New York s Capital District is part of the Albany Schenectady Troy media market which is the 59th largest in the United States 1 includes all of the 11 counties of the Capital District along with Hamilton County New York as well as Berkshire County Massachusetts and Bennington County Vermont In total there are 16 AM MW stations 30 full power FM stations 14 low power FM translators 8 full power analog TV stations 5 low power TV translators and 8 full power digital TV DTV stations licensed to communities within 30 miles 48 km of downtown Albany In terms of broadcast media Albany is part of Arbitron market 63 radio and Nielsen DMA 57 television and is a broadcast market with historical relevance The pioneering influence of General Electric in Schenectady directly contributed to the area emerging as the birthplace of station based television WRGB and one of the earliest FM broadcast stations today s WRVE in addition to the first federally licensed radio station in upstate New York WGY Contents 1 Print 1 1 Newspaper 1 2 Weekly 1 3 Other 2 Radio 2 1 AM stations 2 2 FM stations 3 Television 4 References 5 External linksPrint EditNewspaper Edit The Albany Times Union is area s primary daily newspaper its headquarters moved to suburban Colonie from Albany in the 1970s after a dispute with then Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd over land needed for expansion citation needed More localized are the Amsterdam Recorder for Montgomery and Fulton County citation needed The Daily Gazette which focuses primarily on Schenectady The Daily Mail in Greene County citation needed the Gloversville Leader Herald for Fulton County citation needed The Post Star which focuses on Washington Warren and northern Saratoga counties the Troy Record which focuses on Troy the Register Star for Columbia County citation needed and The Saratogian which focuses on Saratoga County Weekly Edit Adirondack Moneysaver Saratoga County free shopper s guide with local merchant specials classifieds free non profitsThe Business Review a business weekly published each Friday citation needed Legislative Gazette covers New York State politics based in Albany Metroland a free alternative lifestyle newsweekly printed in Albany publishes on Thursday Saratoga TODAY Newspaper free news weekly printed by Saratoga Publishing published every Friday for Saratoga Springs and surrounding communities citation needed Spotlight Newspapers local news events and classifieds printed in several different editions for select suburban towns in the Capital region Tuesday Edition family oriented events in and around the Capital District citation needed Other Edit Campus publicationsAlbany Student Press published by the students of the University at Albany SUNY The Chronicle published by students at The College of Saint Rose printed by The Daily Gazette published every Tuesday during the school yearRadio EditIn 1947 this region was also home to the first independently owned and operated stand alone FM radio station in the United States W47A In the early 2000s the greater Albany market had the distinction of having the highest concentration of FM broadcast stations east of the Mississippi River The Capital District has three local News Talk radio stations WGY WROW and WGDJ on the AM MW band All feature a mixture of locally oriented and nationally syndicated programming There are two Sports formatted stations WOFX local affiliate for Fox Sports Radio and WTMM local affiliate for ESPN Radio Both stations provide local sports and sports talk programming as well as national content The FM dial is primarily made up of commercial music formatted stations similar to those in other cities around North America the largest of which include Pop music station WFLY FLY 92 Adult Contemporary WYJB B 95 5 Hot AC WRVE 99 5 The River Rock station WQBK FM Q 103 Classic Rock WPYX PYX 106 and Country music WGNA FM Country 107 7 Public radio broadcasting is available from two organisations Northeast Public Radio serves the Capital Region via their flagship station WAMC FM and is the primary local affiliate for NPR network programming and WMHT FM is another local outlet that clears select NPR and PRI programming WAMC focuses on News amp Talk programming during the day various music programs and BBC World Service programming in the evening while WMHT FM mainly provides Classical Music programming for most of their broadcast schedule There are no radio stations in the Albany area that provide programming in languages other than English on a full time basis A few individual programs in languages including Spanish Italian and Arabic are scheduled primarily on college owned and operated stations AM stations Edit Frequency Callsign Format City Owner Notes590 kHz WROW Oldies Albany Pamal Broadcasting CBS News affiliate810 kHz WGY AM News Talk Schenectady iHeartMedia Fox News Channel Rush LimbaughSyracuse University sports HD Radio 900 kHz WABY Standards Watervliet Empire Broadcasting Corporation Standards980 kHz WOFX Sports Troy iHeartMedia FOX Sports affiliate UAlbany football amp basketballBoston Red Sox baseball NY Jets football HD Radio 1160 kHz WSSV Classic hits Mechanicville Empire Broadcasting Corporation 1240 kHz WPTR Sports Schenectady Empire Broadcasting Corporation CBS Sports Radio affiliate 1300 kHz WGDJ Talk radio Rensselaer Capital Broadcasting Inc ABC News Siena College men s basketball1330 kHz WHAZ Christian Troy Capital Media Group 1400 kHz WAMC NPR Albany Northeast Public Radio Simulcast of WAMC FM1460 kHz WOPG Catholic Albany Pax et Bonum Inc EWTN Radio affiliate Simulcast of WOPG FMFM stations Edit Frequency Callsign Format City Owner Notes88 3 MHz WVCR FM College Variety hits Loudonville Siena College 89 1 MHz WMHT FM NPR Classical Schenectady WMHT Educational Telecommunications 89 7 MHz WRUC College Schenectady Union College 90 3 MHz WAMC FM NPR Albany Northeast Public Radio 2 services in HD Radio90 7 MHz WGXC FM Community radio Acra Wave Farm90 9 MHz WCDB College Albany University at Albany SUNY 91 5 MHz WRPI College Troy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 92 3 MHz WFLY Contemporary Hit Radio Troy Pamal Broadcasting 93 7 MHz WYAI Christian CHR Scotia Educational Media Foundation Air 1 affiliate94 5 MHz WYKV Christian Contemporary Ravena Educational Media Foundation K LOVE affiliate95 5 MHz WYJB Adult Contemporary Albany Pamal Broadcasting 96 3 MHz WAJZ Rhythmic Contemporary Voorheesville Pamal Broadcasting 96 7 MHz WMHH Christian talk Clifton Park Mars Hill Broadcasting 98 3 MHz WTRY FM Oldies Rotterdam iHeartMedia 2 services via HD Radio99 5 MHz WRVE Hot Adult Contemporary Schenectady iHeartMedia 2 services via HD Radio100 9 MHz WKLI FM Country Albany Pamal Broadcasting 102 3 MHz WKKF Contemporary Hit Radio Ballston Spa iHeartMedia 2 services via HD Radio103 1 MHz WGY FM News Talk Schenectady iHeartMedia Fox News Channel Rush LimbaughSyracuse University sports103 9 MHz WPBZ FM Soft adult contemporary Rensselaer Townsquare Media Buffalo Bills football104 5 MHz WTMM FM ESPN Sports Mechanicville Townsquare Media Big Board Sports with Rodger Wyland Levack Sunday Sports Buzz with Charlie Voelker Sittin Sportside Sunday New York Jets football NY Yankees baseball104 9 MHz WINU Sports Radio Altamont Pamal Broadcasting CBS Sports Radio affiliateNY Mets baseball105 7 MHz WQBK FM Classic rock Malta Townsquare Media HD Radio106 5 MHz WPYX Classic rock Albany iHeartMedia NY Giants football2 services via HD Radio107 7 MHz WGNA FM Country Albany Townsquare Media HD RadioFringe FM signals which can be received in the Albany market include Frequency Callsign Format City Owner Notes89 9 MHz WOPG FM Catholic Esperance Pax et Bonum Inc EWTN Radio affiliate90 7 MHz WPGL Christian Pattersonville Sound of Life Radio Simulcast on 94 9 Albany91 1 MHz WHVP Christian Hudson Sound of Life Radio 91 1 MHz WSPN College Saratoga Springs Skidmore College 92 9 MHz WBPM Classic Hits Saugerties Pamal Broadcasting 93 5 MHz WZCR Oldies Hudson iHeartMedia 94 7 MHz WBAR FM Christian Lake Luzerne Capital Media Group Simulcast of WHAZ AM95 9 MHz WCQL Hot Adult Contemporary Queensbury Regional Radio Group 97 3 MHz WMYY Christian Schoharie Capital Media Group Simulcast of WHAZ AM97 5 MHz WHAZ FM Christian Hoosick Falls Capital Media Group Simulcast of WHAZ AM97 7 MHz WEXT Adult Album Alternative Amsterdam WMHT Educational Telecommunications 97 9 MHz WRIP Adult Contemporary Windham Rip Radio LLC 98 5 MHz WCTW Hot Adult Contemporary Catskill iHeartMedia 98 5 MHz WCKM FM Classic Hits Lake George Regional Radio Group 100 3 MHz WFFG FM Country Warrensburg Pamal Broadcasting 101 3 MHz WJKE Adult Contemporary Stillwater Empire Broadcasting Corporation 101 7 MHz WNYQ Classic Hits Hudson Falls Pamal Broadcasting 101 9 MHz WJIV Christian Cherry Valley Christian Broadcasting System 102 7 MHz WEQX Modern Rock Manchester VT Northshire Broadcasting 103 5 MHz WQSH Alternative rock Cobleskill Townsquare Media 107 1 MHz WKBE Adult Album Alternative Corinth Pamal Broadcasting Television EditWRGB has the distinction of being the very first affiliated station of the NBC Television Network The Albany TV DMA is served by the following stations providing programming from many of the English language American broadcast television networks WRGB CBS WTEN ABC WNYT NBC WXXA Fox WMHT PBS WCWN CW WNYA MyNetworkTV and WYPX ION There are currently no local affiliates for any of the Spanish language domestic broadcast television networks however the national service of Univision is provided via cable TV Local cable TV operator Charter Communications provides a 24 hour cable news television channel Spectrum News Capital Region formerly Capital News 9 YNN Capital Region and Time Warner Cable News Capital Region now covering Albany and Glens Falls Christian television networks TBN and 3ABN are available via low power translator service to the immediate metro area Unlike many television markets around the country TV stations from neighboring markets cannot normally be received in the greater Albany area due to distance and terrain PSIP Channel Cable Callsign Affiliation City of license Owner Notes6 6 WRGB CBS Schenectady NY Sinclair Broadcast Group DTV Ch 6 1806 10 10 WTEN ABC Albany NY Nexstar Media Group DTV Ch 26 1810 13 13 WNYT NBC Albany NY Hubbard Broadcasting DTV Ch 12 1813 15 None WEPT CD AMGTV Kinderhook NY Venture Technologies Group Analog low power station17 11 WMHT PBS Schenectady NY WMHT Educational Telecommunications DTV Ch 34 1811 14 14 WYBN Independent Windham NY Cable Ad Net New York Inc DTV Ch 14 1 thru 14 823 8 WXXA TV FOX Albany NY Mission Broadcasting operated by WTEN Nexstar Media Group DTV Ch 7 1808 45 15 WCWN CW Schenectady NY Sinclair Broadcast Group DTV Ch 43 1815 51 4 WNYA MyTV Pittsfield MA Hubbard Broadcasting DTV Ch 13 1804 58 None W58CX 3ABN Saratoga Springs NY 3ABN Inc Satellite fed low power translatorTransmitter located in New Scotland NY55 20 WYPX ION Amsterdam NY Inyo Broadcast Holdings DTV Ch 50 1820 Charter Communications also provides a local 24 hour rolling news service to its subscribers Spectrum News Capital Region formerly Capital News 9 on cable channel 9 References Edit Nielsen DMA Rankings 2019 Retrieved 2019 07 28 External links EditSaint Rose Internet Radio Internet based radio station for The College of Saint Rose Albany NY on American Radio Map Radiomap us Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Media in New York 27s Capital District amp oldid 1077877541, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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