WOUR

Infobox Radio Station
name = WOUR


city = Utica, New York
area = Utica, New York
branding = "96.9 WOUR "
slogan = "The Rock Of Central New York"
airdate =
frequency = 96.9 (MHz)
format = Classic rock
erp = 19,500 watts
haat = 241 meters
class = B
facility_id = 4681
owner = Galaxy Communications
webcast =
website = [http://www.wour.com/ www.wour.com]
callsign_meaning =
96.9 - WOUR - The Rock Of Central New York is a rock music radio station sold to Galaxy Communications in 2007. It's a far reaching FM radio station that can be heard clearly for 90 miles or more, the furthest of any radio station, AM or FM in the Utica area.

WOUR has the tallest tower on Smith Hill. Located about 5 miles north east of Utica, New York. It is running 19.5 kw ERP from "three bays" at 791 feet above average terrain.

In its heyday in the 1970s, WOUR was the only album rock station in the Syracuse/Utica markets. The station was well known for a series of 96 cent radio concerts broadcast live from local clubs including Four Acres in Marcy. Artists who appeared on the series of live concerts included Elvis Costello, Blackjack (featuring Michael Bolton and Yellowjackets' bass player Jimmy Haslip), Cindy Bullens (with Central New York's Mark Doyle), Craig Fuller & Eric Kaz, Nick Gilder, The Ramones and many more.

Artists interviewed on the station during the seventies included Boston's Tom Scholz (one of his rare radio interviews ), Journey's Steve Perry, Ross Vallory and Greg Rollie, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ed King, Charlie Daniels, Anthony Phillips, ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, John Hall (Orleans), and many more.

WOUR alumni include John Cooper, Bob Lassiter, Tony Yoken, Steve Huntington, Bob London, Peter Hirsch, Dale Edwards, Tom Starr, Robin Sherwin and many more.

WOUR was owned by Clear Channel Communications from 2001 to 2007; at that time, Clear Channel decided to exit small markets. Galaxy, who already owned then-rival WRCK, itself a powerful classic rock station, swapped WRCK in favor of WOUR; WRCK has since been spun off to the Educational Media Foundation.

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