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{{Infobox radio station
| logo =
| logo = File:WSYR_Newsradio_570-106.9_logo.png
| logo_size =
| name = WSYR-FM
| name = WSYR-FM
| above = Simulcast of [[WSYR (AM)|WSYR]], [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]]
| city = [[Solvay, New York]]
| city = [[Solvay, New York]]
| area = [[Syracuse, New York]]
| area = [[Syracuse metropolitan area]]
| branding = Newsradio 570 WSYR
| branding = Newsradio 570 WSYR
| affiliations = {{ubl|[[Fox News Radio]]|[[Compass Media Networks]]|[[Premiere Networks]]|[[Westwood One]]}}
| slogan = Syracuse's News, Weather & Traffic
| airdate = {{start date and age|1949|5|20}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1946|7|19}}<ref name="start date"/>
| frequency = {{Frequency|106.9|[[MHz]]}} {{HD Radio}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|106.9|[[MHz]]}} {{HD Radio}}
| translator = 101.3 W267AL (Syracuse; relays HD3)
| translator = 101.3 W267AL (Syracuse; relays HD3)
| format = FM/HD1: [[News radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|talk]]<br/>HD2: [[Urban adult contemporary]] ([[WHEN (AM)|WHEN]] simulcast)<br/>HD3: [[Contemporary worship music|Christian worship]] "[[Air1]]"
| format = [[Talk radio|News/talk]]
| subchannels = {{ubl|HD2: [[Urban adult contemporary]] ([[WHEN (AM)|WHEN]] simulcast)|HD3: [[Contemporary worship music|Christian worship]] "[[Air1]]"}}
| erp = 9,000 [[watt]]s
| erp = 9,000 [[watt]]s
| haat = {{Convert|124|m|ft|sp=us}}
| haat = {{Convert|124|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = B1
| class = B1
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id = 25018
| facility_id = 25018
| callsign_meaning = same as [[WSYR (AM)]]<br/>'''SYR'''acuse
| callsign_meaning = Syracuse
| owner = [[iHeartMedia]]
| owner = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations = [[WBBS]], [[WHEN (AM)|WHEN]], [[WSYR (AM)|WSYR]], [[WWHT]], [[WYYY]]
| sister_stations = [[WBBS]], [[WHEN (AM)|WHEN]], [[WSYR (AM)|WSYR]], [[WWHT]], [[WYYY]]
| former_callsigns = WMBO-FM (1949–1970)<br>WRLX (1970–1981)<br>WPCX (1981–1997)<br>WHCD (1997–2001)<br>WPHR (2001–2005)<br>WPHR-FM (2005–2011)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WMBO-FM (1949–1970)|WRLX (1970–1981)|WPCX (1981–1997)|WHCD (1997–2001)|WPHR (2001–2005)|WPHR-FM (2005–2011)}}
| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/news-radio-570-wsyr-1537/ Listen Live]
| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/news-radio-570-wsyr-1537/ Listen Live]
| website = [https://wsyr.iheart.com/ https://wsyr.iheart.com/]
| website = [https://wsyr.iheart.com/ wsyr.iheart.com/]
}}
}}


'''WSYR-FM''' is a [[talk radio|news/talk]] [[radio station]] serving [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]] and central [[New York (state)|New York]]. The [[iHeartMedia]]-owned outlet broadcasts at 106.9 MHz with an ERP of 9 kW and is licensed to [[Solvay, New York]]. It is currently a simulcast of [[WSYR (AM)|WSYR]] (570 AM).
'''WSYR-FM''' (106.9 [[Hertz|MHz]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Solvay, New York]], and serving the [[Syracuse metropolitan area]] and [[Central New York]]. Owned and operated by [[iHeartMedia]], it broadcasts a [[talk radio]] [[radio format|format]], [[simulcast]] with [[WSYR (AM)|WSYR]] [[570 AM]] since January 2011. The [[radio studio|studio]]s and offices are on Plum Street in Syracuse.

WSYR-FM has an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 9,000 [[watt]]s. The [[transmitter]] is off West Seneca Turnpike, on the campus of [[Onondaga Community College]] in Syracuse.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/WSYR-FM Radio-Locator.com/WSYR-FM]</ref> WSYR-FM broadcasts using [[HD Radio]] technology. One of its [[digital subchannel]]s simulcasts the [[urban adult contemporary]] programming of co-owned [[WHEN (AM)|WHEN]] [[620 AM]]. Another subchannel carries [[Contemporary worship music|Christian worship]] music from the "[[Air1]]" network.

==Programming==
Weekday mornings begin with a local news and interview show with Dave Allen. Afternoons are hosted by [[Bob Lonsberry]], who broadcasts his show from the studios of [[sister station]] [[WHAM (AM)|WHAM]] in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]].<ref>[https://cnyradio.com/2011/10/26/jim-reith-exits-wsyr-after-27-years/ "Jim Reith Exits WSYR After 27 Years"] (cnyradio.com)</ref> The rest of the weekday schedule comes from [[Broadcast syndication|nationally syndicated]] talk shows, mostly from [[iHeartMedia]] [[subsidiary]], [[Premiere Networks]]: ''[[The Sean Hannity Show]]'', ''[[The Glenn Beck Program]]'', ''[[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show]]'', and ''[[Coast to Coast AM]] with [[George Noory]]''.<ref>[https://wsyr.iheart.com/schedule/ WSYR schedule]</ref> One program from [[Westwood One]] is heard weeknights, ''[[The Mark Levin Show]]''.

The weekend schedule includes shows on money, cars, home repair and pets, some of which are paid [[brokered programming]]. Syndicated shows heard on weekends include ''The Tech Guy [[Leo Laporte]]'', ''At Home with [[Gary Sullivan (radio host)|Gary Sullivan]]'', ''Handel on The Law with [[Bill Handel]]'', ''[[Michael D. Brown|The Weekend with Michael Brown]]'', ''[[John Catsimatidis|The Cat's Roundtable with John Catsimatidis]]'' and ''Sunday Night Live with [[Bill Cunningham (talk show host)|Bill Cunningham]]''. Most hours begin with world and national news from [[Fox News Radio]].


==History==
==History==
The original WSYR-FM began operating on July 19, 1946, and the [[call sign]] was originally found on 94.5&nbsp;MHz.<ref name="start date">{{cite news |title=Syracuse's Infant FM Radio Industry Rapidly Growing into Lusty Giant |location=Syracuse, New York |date=December 7, 1947 |page=69 |url=https://basic.newspapers.com/clip/63871737 |work=The Post-Standard |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=October 24, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> That station originally simulcast 570 WSYR. In the 1970s, WSYR-FM carried a largely [[broadcast automation|automated]] [[soft rock]] format. In the 1980s, it switched to [[adult contemporary music]] with live [[disc jockey|DJ]]s. To give it a separate identity from its AM sister station, the FM station switched its call letters to [[WYYY]], calling itself "Y94".
The original WSYR-FM, on 94.5 MHz, has since been rebranded as [[WYYY]]. It remains WSYR's sister station and carries an [[adult contemporary music]] format. For several years, the WSYR-FM call sign had been parked on the current [[WPHR-FM]] (FM 94.7) in [[Gifford, Florida]].

The current WSYR-FM had been licensed for most of its time on air to the city of [[Auburn, New York]]. It [[sign-on|signed on]] the air on May 20, 1949, as WMBO-FM.<ref name="by2009">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009|year=2009|page=D-371|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2009/Radio-BC-YB-2009.pdf|access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref> It became WRLX on February 13, 1970.<ref name="fcc-cards">{{cite web |title=WRLX (WSYR-FM) history cards |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=82962 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=March 23, 2020 |format=PDF}}</ref> The station was not [[broadcast automation|automated]] as most [[beautiful music]] stations of that era. It used turntables and tape cartridge machines, providing a mostly instrumental format, with one slogan being "Relax with WRLX". (The [[WRLX]] call sign is now used by a station in [[Riviera Beach, Florida]], also owned by iHeartMedia.)


The current WSYR-FM has been licensed for most of its time on air to the city of [[Auburn, New York]]. It signed on May 20, 1949<ref name="by2009">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009|year=2009|page=D-371|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2009/Radio-BC-YB-2009.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=March 23, 2020}}</ref> as WMBO-FM. It became WRLX on February 13, 1970.<ref name="fcc-cards">{{cite web |title=WRLX (WSYR-FM) history cards |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=82962 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |accessdate=March 23, 2020 |format=PDF}}</ref> The station was run by Humans and not automation, with turntables and tape cartridge machines providing the " Beautiful Music " format with one slogan being " Relax with WRLX " (The [[WRLX]] call sign is now used by a station in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]], also owned by iHeartMedia.) In 1981, the station changed its call sign and re-branded as WPCX, " Pix 106 " and featured Bob Paris in the morning. Paris had been the morning drive personality for WSEN-FM in Syracuse, New York in the 1970s when it featured a country music format. Then by 1997, the station began targeting the area as Smooth Jazz WHCD. By 2000 it would flip to [[Urban Contemporary]], in an attempt to complement their [[Rhythmic]]-leaning [[Top 40]] sister station [[WWHT]] (who later shifted to Rhythmic Top 40 full-time by November 2011) and to fill the void left open by [[WZUN-FM|WRDS]], who lasted one year in the format. After three years they would evolve into an [[urban AC]] direction, focusing on targeting the [[African-American]] community and in the process allowing WWHT to expand their Rhythmic-heavy playlist with the [[R&B]]/[[Hip-Hop]] product. For the first three years as an [[urban AC]], there was no competitor until [[WCIS-FM|WOLF-FM]] flipped to the [[MOViN]] format.
In 1981, the station changed its call sign and re-branded as WPCX "Pix 106" and featured Bob Paris in the morning. Paris had been the morning drive personality for WSEN-FM in the 1970s when it featured a country music format. In 1997, the station flipped to [[smooth jazz]] as WHCD. By 2000, it switched to [[urban contemporary]]. After three years, it evolved into an [[urban adult contemporary]] direction, focusing on targeting the [[African-American]] community. For the first three years as urban AC, there was no competitor until [[WCIS-FM|WOLF-FM]] flipped to the [[MOViN]] format.


On August 28, 2009, at 5 pm, Power 106.9 dropped the Urban AC format for a [[country music|country]] format, branding itself as "Young Country 106.9." This was despite the fact that station owner Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) already had a country music outlet in the Syracuse area, the market leader [[WBBS]] in [[Fulton, Oswego County, New York|Fulton]], a more mainstream country station. The move was ostensibly an effort to hedge its bets against competition from [[WCIS-FM|WOLF-FM]] in [[DeRuyter, New York|DeRuyter]], which Clear Channel sold in March 2009 and changed to country music at the same time as WPHR did. As it turned out, the country format on WPHR was a weekend-long [[stunting (broadcasting)|stunt]]; the station switched back to its regular format that Monday morning (August 31).<ref>[http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090831/nerw.html#ny WPHR is reportedly back to its former "Power" urban format as of 8 AM.], ''Scott Fybush NorthEast Radio Watch'', August 31, 2009.</ref> The station, after the stunt, moved to its current location in Solvay, which gives it greater coverage over the city of Syracuse but far less over the Finger Lakes. Coverage was very large in the central NY area down into PA and up into Canada in the 1970s when the station was WRLX and it also ran a Subcarrier music program similar to the old style Muzak of those days.
On August 28, 2009, at 5 pm, Power 106.9 dropped the Urban AC format for [[country music]], branding itself as "Young Country 106.9". This was despite the fact that station owner Clear Channel Communications already had a country music outlet in the Syracuse area, the market leader 104.7 [[WBBS]] in [[Fulton, Oswego County, New York|Fulton]], a more mainstream country station. The move was ostensibly an effort to hedge its bets against competition from [[WCIS-FM|WOLF-FM]] in [[DeRuyter, New York|DeRuyter]], which Clear Channel sold in March 2009 and changed to country music at the same time as WPHR did. As it turned out, the country format on WPHR was a weekend-long [[stunting (broadcasting)|stunt]]. The station switched back to its regular format that Monday morning (August 31).<ref>[http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090831/nerw.html#ny WPHR is reportedly back to its former "Power" urban format as of 8 AM.], ''Scott Fybush NorthEast Radio Watch'', August 31, 2009.</ref> The station, after the stunt, moved to its current location in Solvay, which gives it greater coverage over the city of Syracuse but far less over the Finger Lakes. Coverage was very large in the Central New York area down into Pennsylvania and up into Canada in the 1970s when the station was WRLX. It also ran a [[Subcarrier multiplexing|subcarrier]] music program similar to the old style [[Muzak]] of those days.


In December 2010, five domains suggesting that 106.9 would be changing to a simulcast of [[WSYR (AM)|WSYR]]/570 were registered and parked at [[GoDaddy]]. Later discovered, none of those domains were registered/owned by the station or used. WSYR already simulcasts on WPHR's [[HD Radio]] [[digital subchannel]].<ref>http://radioinsight.com/2010/am-to-fm-talk-move-in-syracuse/</ref><ref>Naughton, Peter (2010-12-20). [http://www.cnyradio.com/2010/12/20/wsyr-to-begin-fm-simulcast/ WSYR to begin FM simulcast?] ''cnyradio.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-21.</ref> Concurrently with the discovery, [[WHEN (AM)|WHEN]]/620 adopted an identical format and branding as "Power 620." The "Power 106.9" Website was rebranded as "Power620.com" at the same time. As of December 27, Clear Channel has filed to swap call signs with '''WSYR-FM''' in [[Gifford, Florida]].<ref>Naughton, Peter (2010-12-27). [http://www.cnyradio.com/2010/12/28/cc-aloha-file-to-swap-wsyr-fm-wphr-fm-calls/ CC & Aloha File to Swap WSYR-FM / WPHR-FM Calls]. ''cnyradio.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-27.</ref> The format change took effect Sunday evening, January 2, 2011. News on the station is provided by [[Fox News Radio|Fox Radio]], the station simulcasts mostly talk radio during the week, including [[The Glenn Beck Program]], [[The Rush Limbaugh Show]], [[The Sean Hannity Show]], [[The Savage Nation]], and [[Coast to Coast AM]], as well as local shows, ''The Morning News with Joe Galuski'', and ''The Bob Lonsberry Show''.
In December 2010, five domains suggesting that 106.9 would be changing to a simulcast of [[WSYR (AM)|WSYR]] were registered and parked at [[GoDaddy]]. Later discovered, none of those domains were registered/owned by the station or used. WSYR was already simulcasting on WPHR's [[HD Radio]] [[digital subchannel]].<ref>[http://radioinsight.com/2010/am-to-fm-talk-move-in-syracuse/ AM to FM talk move in Syracuse] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref>Naughton, Peter (December 20, 2010). [http://www.cnyradio.com/2010/12/20/wsyr-to-begin-fm-simulcast/ WSYR to begin FM simulcast?] ''cnyradio.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-21.</ref> Concurrently with the discovery, [[WHEN (AM)|WHEN]] adopted an identical format and branding as "Power 620". The "Power 106.9" website was rebranded as "Power620.com" at the same time. As of December 27, Clear Channel had filed to swap call signs with WSYR-FM in [[Gifford, Florida]].<ref>Naughton, Peter (December 27, 2010). [http://www.cnyradio.com/2010/12/28/cc-aloha-file-to-swap-wsyr-fm-wphr-fm-calls/ CC & Aloha File to Swap WSYR-FM / WPHR-FM Calls]. ''cnyradio.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-27.</ref> The format change took effect Sunday evening, January 2, 2011.


For a time, the FM side gained priority in on-air advertising and on the Web site banner; at the outset, the simulcast was branded "Newsradio 106.9 WSYR."<ref>[http://radioinsight.com/2011/am-to-fm-talk-move-in-syracuse/ "Urban AC Goes To AM, Talk Coming To FM in Syracuse"] from Radioinsight (January 2, 2011)</ref> However, the AM side remained the primary station, and over the next two years most references to the FM side were cut back, to the extent that the station now refers to itself as "Newsradio 570 WSYR, Now on 106.9 FM."
For a time, the FM side gained priority in on-air advertising and on the web site banner. At the outset, the simulcast was branded "Newsradio 106.9 WSYR".<ref>[http://radioinsight.com/2011/am-to-fm-talk-move-in-syracuse/ "Urban AC Goes To AM, Talk Coming To FM in Syracuse"] from Radioinsight (January 2, 2011)</ref> However, the AM side remained the primary station, and over the next two years most references to the FM side were cut back, to the extent that the station now refers to itself as "Newsradio 570 WSYR, now on 106.9 FM".


==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.wsyr.com WSYR's website]
*[http://www.wsyr.com WSYR's website]
*[http://www.cnymedia.com/call-letters.cfm?Band=FM&Market=Syracuse CNYMedia's Syracuse FM history]
*[http://www.cnymedia.com/call-letters.cfm?Band=FM&Market=Syracuse CNYMedia's Syracuse FM history]
*{{FM station data|WSYR}}
*{{FM station data|25018|WSYR-FM}}


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For the former WSYR-FM in Gifford, Florida, see WPHR-FM.
WSYR-FM
Simulcast of WSYR, Syracuse
Broadcast areaSyracuse metropolitan area
Frequency106.9 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingNewsradio 570 WSYR
Programmierung
FormatNews/talk
Subchannels
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WBBS, WHEN, WSYR, WWHT, WYYY
History
First air date
July 19, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-07-19)[1]
Former call signs
  • WMBO-FM (1949–1970)
  • WRLX (1970–1981)
  • WPCX (1981–1997)
  • WHCD (1997–2001)
  • WPHR (2001–2005)
  • WPHR-FM (2005–2011)
Call sign meaning
Syracuse
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID25018
ClassB1
ERP9,000 watts
HAAT124 meters (407 ft)
Translator(s)101.3 W267AL (Syracuse; relays HD3)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewsyr.iheart.com/

WSYR-FM (106.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Solvay, New York, and serving the Syracuse metropolitan area and Central New York. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a talk radio format, simulcast with WSYR 570 AM since January 2011. The studios and offices are on Plum Street in Syracuse.

WSYR-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 9,000 watts. The transmitter is off West Seneca Turnpike, on the campus of Onondaga Community College in Syracuse.[3] WSYR-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. One of its digital subchannels simulcasts the urban adult contemporary programming of co-owned WHEN 620 AM. Another subchannel carries Christian worship music from the "Air1" network.

Programmierung

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Weekday mornings begin with a local news and interview show with Dave Allen. Afternoons are hosted by Bob Lonsberry, who broadcasts his show from the studios of sister station WHAM in Rochester.[4] The rest of the weekday schedule comes from nationally syndicated talk shows, mostly from iHeartMedia subsidiary, Premiere Networks: The Sean Hannity Show, The Glenn Beck Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.[5] One program from Westwood One is heard weeknights, The Mark Levin Show.

The weekend schedule includes shows on money, cars, home repair and pets, some of which are paid brokered programming. Syndicated shows heard on weekends include The Tech Guy Leo Laporte, At Home with Gary Sullivan, Handel on The Law with Bill Handel, The Weekend with Michael Brown, The Cat's Roundtable with John Catsimatidis and Sunday Night Live with Bill Cunningham. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.

History

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The original WSYR-FM began operating on July 19, 1946, and the call sign was originally found on 94.5 MHz.[1] That station originally simulcast 570 WSYR. In the 1970s, WSYR-FM carried a largely automated soft rock format. In the 1980s, it switched to adult contemporary music with live DJs. To give it a separate identity from its AM sister station, the FM station switched its call letters to WYYY, calling itself "Y94".

The current WSYR-FM had been licensed for most of its time on air to the city of Auburn, New York. It signed on the air on May 20, 1949, as WMBO-FM.[6] It became WRLX on February 13, 1970.[7] The station was not automated as most beautiful music stations of that era. It used turntables and tape cartridge machines, providing a mostly instrumental format, with one slogan being "Relax with WRLX". (The WRLX call sign is now used by a station in Riviera Beach, Florida, also owned by iHeartMedia.)

In 1981, the station changed its call sign and re-branded as WPCX "Pix 106" and featured Bob Paris in the morning. Paris had been the morning drive personality for WSEN-FM in the 1970s when it featured a country music format. In 1997, the station flipped to smooth jazz as WHCD. By 2000, it switched to urban contemporary. After three years, it evolved into an urban adult contemporary direction, focusing on targeting the African-American community. For the first three years as urban AC, there was no competitor until WOLF-FM flipped to the MOViN format.

On August 28, 2009, at 5 pm, Power 106.9 dropped the Urban AC format for country music, branding itself as "Young Country 106.9". This was despite the fact that station owner Clear Channel Communications already had a country music outlet in the Syracuse area, the market leader 104.7 WBBS in Fulton, a more mainstream country station. The move was ostensibly an effort to hedge its bets against competition from WOLF-FM in DeRuyter, which Clear Channel sold in March 2009 and changed to country music at the same time as WPHR did. As it turned out, the country format on WPHR was a weekend-long stunt. The station switched back to its regular format that Monday morning (August 31).[8] The station, after the stunt, moved to its current location in Solvay, which gives it greater coverage over the city of Syracuse but far less over the Finger Lakes. Coverage was very large in the Central New York area down into Pennsylvania and up into Canada in the 1970s when the station was WRLX. It also ran a subcarrier music program similar to the old style Muzak of those days.

In December 2010, five domains suggesting that 106.9 would be changing to a simulcast of WSYR were registered and parked at GoDaddy. Later discovered, none of those domains were registered/owned by the station or used. WSYR was already simulcasting on WPHR's HD Radio digital subchannel.[9][10] Concurrently with the discovery, WHEN adopted an identical format and branding as "Power 620". The "Power 106.9" website was rebranded as "Power620.com" at the same time. As of December 27, Clear Channel had filed to swap call signs with WSYR-FM in Gifford, Florida.[11] The format change took effect Sunday evening, January 2, 2011.

For a time, the FM side gained priority in on-air advertising and on the web site banner. At the outset, the simulcast was branded "Newsradio 106.9 WSYR".[12] However, the AM side remained the primary station, and over the next two years most references to the FM side were cut back, to the extent that the station now refers to itself as "Newsradio 570 WSYR, now on 106.9 FM".

References

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  1. ^ a b "Syracuse's Infant FM Radio Industry Rapidly Growing into Lusty Giant". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. December 7, 1947. p. 69. Retrieved October 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSYR-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WSYR-FM
  4. ^ "Jim Reith Exits WSYR After 27 Years" (cnyradio.com)
  5. ^ WSYR schedule
  6. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-371. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  7. ^ "WRLX (WSYR-FM) history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  8. ^ WPHR is reportedly back to its former "Power" urban format as of 8 AM., Scott Fybush NorthEast Radio Watch, August 31, 2009.
  9. ^ AM to FM talk move in Syracuse [dead link]
  10. ^ Naughton, Peter (December 20, 2010). WSYR to begin FM simulcast? cnyradio.com. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  11. ^ Naughton, Peter (December 27, 2010). CC & Aloha File to Swap WSYR-FM / WPHR-FM Calls. cnyradio.com. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  12. ^ "Urban AC Goes To AM, Talk Coming To FM in Syracuse" from Radioinsight (January 2, 2011)
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