WNYQ

Infobox Radio station
name = WNYQ


city = Hudson Falls, New York
area = Albany
slogan =
branding = "Classic Hits Q101.7"
frequency = 101.7 MHz
repeater =
airdate = October 19, 1981 (as WENU)
share =
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format = Classic Hits
power =
erp = 4,600 watts
haat = 55.0 meters
class = A
facility_id = 3158
coordinates = coord|43|22|40.00|N| 73|39|56.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WENU (1981-2000)
WENU-FM (2000-2006)
WQYQ (9/1/2006-10/9/2006)
owner = Pamal Broadcasting
licensee = 6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.
sister_stations =
webcast = no
website = [http://www.classichitswnyq.com classichitswnyq.com]
affiliations = Jones Radio Network

WNYQ (Q101.7) is a Adult Hits radio station licenced to Hudson Falls, New York and serving the Glens Falls/Lake George area as well as Saratoga County. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts on 101.7 MHz at 4.6 kW ERP from a tower just north of Glens Falls. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WNYQ |title=WNYQ Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] [cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WNYQ|title=WNYQ Station Information Profile|publisher=Arbitron]

History

For most of its existence, the 101.7 frequency held some form of the WENU calls (standing for an early slogan, "WE 'N U (You)"). WENU signed on in late 1981 with an adult contemporary format it would hold for much of the next decade and a half. This format would be transplanted to the original WNYQ (today's WBZZ in the Albany market) in November 1996 when that station's more powerful signal signed on. WENU would then be left with Westwood One's "Adult Standards" format.

When WENU owner Bradmark Communications sold their stations to Vox Media in 2000, WENU's format was one of the few not to be altered with in the ensuing months, however the station would gain a simulcast on AM when sister station WBZA in South Glens Falls flipped to a WENU simulcast and to the WENU calls with the 101.7 frequency taking the suffixed WENU-FM calls as a result. This arrangement would last until the end of 2004 when WENU-FM returned to its prior adult contemporary format with the standards format remaining on the AM station.

In early September 2006 (during Labor Day weekend), WENU-FM would abandon its AC format once again to revive the Adult Hits formerly heard on WNYQ before that station went dark in preparation of its move into the Albany market. The station, once again fed mainly by a Westwood One format (this time the "Adult Rock" format), would take the WQYQ calls as a temporary move in preparation for when the WNYQ calls would be freed. When WNYQ changed its calls to WBZZ, WQYQ took the WNYQ calls.

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External links

*FM station data|WNYQ