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UTICA-ROME — After 55 years of broadcasting in the Mohawk Valley, Hank Brown is ready to hang up his headphones for good.  His final broadcast on 95.5FM WUSP will be New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, December 31.  This, according to a press release from WUSP’s Tom Coyne today.

ST. JOHNSVILLE — Back in 2012, it seemed as if 1120 WKAJ would be the radio station that disappeared before it got started.  The FCC cancelled the construction permit and deleted WKAJ from its call sign database after owner Cranesville Block Company missed a key deadline, that had already been extended by two months.  But […]

ST. JOHNSVILLE — Even though the FCC had previously made it clear that it’s decision stands regarding the cancelled construction permit for a new AM station just east of the border between the Utica-Rome and Albany-Schenectady-Troy radio markets, the would-be owner of the station is asking for another chance from the FCC.

WASHINGTON, DC — Plans for a proposed new AM radio station in Saint Johnsville are dead.  In a four-page ruling issued today, the Federal Communications Commission sealed the fate of what would have been 1120 WKAJ.  The FCC confirmed its earlier ruling that the station’s expired construction permit will not be reinstated.

WASHINGTON, DC — Contrary to a report CNYRadio.com published on January 25, it looks like Cranesville Block Company isn’t ready to give up on plans to bring a new AM station to St. Johnsville.  Cranesville has filed a “petition for reconsideration” with the FCC, likely blaming the non-launch of WKAJ on factors beyond the company’s […]

UTICA/ROME — Looks like Hank Brown won’t be returning to the radio as “your host for coffee and toast,” at least not on WKAJ 1120 as he announced last month.  Given the fact the station’s construction permit expired before Brown made the announcement, it’s no surprise the permit has been officially cancelled by the FCC.

Updated at 10:00pm UTICA/ROME — Nearly eight months after his morning show on WUTQ/WADR was replaced by an extension of the station’s “Talk of the Town” program, Hank Brown is returning to radio.  While a local newspaper was first to report Brown’s announcement, we discovered something on the FCC website which seems to indicate Brown’s […]

UTICA/ROME — The company planning to build a new AM station licensed to serve Little Falls has filed paperwork with the FCC to move the station to a new location, southeast of the original tower site. As a result, it appears WKAJ 1120 will eventually sign-on with Saint Johnsville as it’s community of license.