WIZR

WIZR (930 AM) is a radio station that broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format.[1] Licensed to Johnstown, New York, United States, the station serves the Mohawk Valley area. The station is owned by the Cranesville Radio Network and features hit songs from the 1990s until today.

For the station which held the WIZR call sign from 1980 to 1984, see WKSE.
WIZR

Broadcast areaMohawk Valley
Frequency930 kHz
Branding102.9 and 930 AM WIZR
Programming
FormatHot adult contemporary
AffiliationsWestwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • John Tesiero, Jr.
  • (Cranesville Block Company, Inc.)
WKAJ, WCSS, WYVS
History
First air date
1964
Former call signs
WMYL (1981–1984)
WIZR (1964–1981)
Technical information
Facility ID27553
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
28 watts nights
Transmitter coordinates
42°59′54″N 74°21′31″W
Translator(s)102.9 W275BS (Johnstown)
104.3 W282CU (Northville)
Links
Websitewizr930.com/

By day, WIZR transmits with 1,000 watts, but to avoid interference with other stations on 930 AM, at night it reduces power to only 28 watts. Programming is also heard on two FM translators, at 102.9 MHz in Johnstown and 104.3 MHz in Northville.

History

WIZR signed on in 1964, airing a middle of the road format. Four years later, sister station WIZR-FM 104.9 (now WINU in Altamont, New York) signed on, simulcasting the AM station's programming. In 1973, the stations flipped to a top 40 simulcast, with the FM side flipping to oldies in 1980.

With the decline of top 40 formats on AM, WIZR switched to the syndicated "Music of Your Life" format under the call sign WMYL in 1981. (The call letters stood for Music of Your Life.) WIZR-FM signed off in 1982 and returned after a one-year absence, simulcasting the AM's adult standards format. In 1984, Joe Caruso acquired the stations and reinstated the WIZR call sign on the AM side, while the FM took on a new format and the WSRD call letters.

In early 1998, Joe Caruso sought to move FM 104.9 closer to the Albany market by securing a construction permit to relocate WSRD to Altamont, New York. Later that year, Pamal Broadcasting acquired both stations for $2.2 million. Upon the closure of the sale, former sister station WSRD moved to its new transmitter site and is now WINU, while WIZR began to carry ABC's now-defunct Timeless radio network.

Former logo of the radio station used from early 2010 through June 1, 2011

In December 2008, WIZR went silent as Pamal Broadcasting prepared for the sale of the radio station. Eventually, Dr. Thomas J. Kuettel purchased the station in early 2010. He installed a classic country format under Dial Global's True Country satellite service on March 15, 2010. On June 1, 2011, the station changed to Dial Global's oldies network. In March 2013, WIZR changed FM translator frequencies to 102.9, also adopting a new slogan, "Your Home For Classic Hits," as Dial Global had changed and updated the format.

In April 2014, the sale of WIZR began, with the Cranesville Radio Network of Amsterdam, NY, purchasing it. The station was flipped to an AC format, with a minor hot AC change coming in July 2014. The license transfer for WIZR (AM) and W243CV (FM) Translator was consummated on October 31, 2014, at a price of $150,000.

WIZR becomes the 4th station in the Cranesville Amsterdam cluster, including WCSS AM 1490, WKAJ AM 1120, and WYVS 96.5 FM.

References
  1. "WIZR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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