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WNYY
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 Progressive Talk 1470 Central New York's Progressive Talk | |
| WNYY-AM | |
| First Air Date: | 19?? |
|---|---|
| City of License: | Ithaca |
| Arbitron Market: | Ithaca-Cortland |
| Frequency: | AM: 1470 kHz |
| Class: | B |
| ERP: | 5,000 watts ND day 1,000 watts dir night |
| HAAT: | |
| Owner: | Cayuga Radio Group |
| Callsign Meaning: | |
| Website: | 1470wnyy.com |
| Request Line: | |
| Business Office: | (607) 257-6400 |
| Mailing Address: | 1751 Hanshaw Road Ithaca, NY 14850 |
History
WNYY, most commonly known as Progressive Talk 1470, is a full market radio station transmitting from Ithaca, NY, with studios located near the Ithaca-Tompkins Regional Airport. It is owned by Saga Communications, operated locally under the name Cayuga Radio Group. Cayuga Radio Group owns four other full-market signals (see below) as well as three analog translators, two of which rebroadcast HD subchannel stations (see WYXL's page for more information).
WNYY was owned by a local company as part of an AM/FM combo with WQNY 103.7 FM, then under the call letters of WTKO and featuring an oldies format. The AM/FM combo was one of two in the Ithaca market - the other being what is now co-owned WYXL 97.3 FM and WHCU 870 AM. The two combos were combined under the Eagle Broadcasting Company, before Saga bought out the company and its four stations in 2005.
Progressive Talk 1470 features some of the most listened to progressive talk show hosts in the nation. It also provides CNN radio news coverage at the top and bottom of the hour. The WNYY call letters were put in place after Saga's purchase in 2005, and it was initially launched as a sports station. WNYY also carried programming from the now-defunct Air America network, which filed for bankruptcy in January 2010.
In March 2010, WNYY returned to the FM airwaves when sister station WQNY launched Progressive Talk on its HD2 channel. WNYY had been on the W277BS 103.3 FM translator of WYXL before Saga began using the frequency for WYXL's HD2 channel, Hits 103.3. The use of WQNY-HD2 overcomes a tight night pattern on the 1470 AM frequency.
Programming Schedule
Weekdays
- 12mid : Best of Stephanie Miller (Mon.), Alan Colmes (Tue-Fri)
- 1:00am : John & Jeff
- 5:00am : Wall Street Journal This Morning
- 6:00am : Bill Press
- 9:00am : Stephanie Miller
- 12noon : Thom Hartmann
- 3:00pm : Randi Rhodes
- 6:00pm : Ed Schultz
- 9:00pm : Free Talk Live
- 10:00pm : Alan Colmes
Saturdays
- 12mid : Alan Colmes
- 1:00am : John & Jeff
- 6:00am : Best of Bill Press
- 9:00am : Best of Stephanie Miller
- 12noon : Health Talk
- 2:00pm : Car Doctor
- 4:00pm : The Pet Show
- 6:00pm : Ring of Fire with Mike Papantonio & Robert Kennedy Jr.
- 9:00pm : Free Talk Live
Sundays
- 12mid : John & Jeff
- 6:00am : House Call
- 6:30am : In-Focus (public affairs)
- 7:00am : Wall Street Journal This Weekend
- 8:00am : Real Estate Today
- 10:00am : Best of Thom Hartmann
- 1:00pm : Peter Greenberg Worldwide
- 4:00pm : Leo Laporte
- 7:00pm : Ring of Fire rebroadcast
- 10:00pm : Best of Stephanie Miller
Arbitron Ratings
Cortland-Ithaca Ratings Information from StationRatings.com
Translators / Simulcasts
- 103.7-HD2 / WQNY-HD2 / Ithaca
Ownership and Sister Stations
- Owner: Cayuga Radio Group
- Sister Stations:
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