| SimulcastsWHAZ, Troy | |
|---|---|
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| Broadcast area | Eastern New York and Southwestern Vermont |
| Frequency | 97.5MHz |
| Branding | Alive Radio Network |
| Programming | |
| Format | Religious |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Capital Media Corporation |
| WHAZ | |
| History | |
First air date | July 4, 1991 (as WNGN) |
Former call signs | WNGN (1991–1998) WZEC (1998–2005) |
Call sign meaning | seeWHAZ |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 6765 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 420watts |
| HAAT | 361 meters (1,184 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°51′49″N73°13′59″W / 42.86361°N 73.23306°W /42.86361; -73.23306 (WHAZ-FM) |
| Translator | See § Translators |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | aliveradionetwork |
WHAZ-FM (97.5FM) is aradio station broadcasting areligious format.[2] Licensed toHoosick Falls, New York, United States, the station serves the easternmost portion of theCapital District,Bennington, Vermont, andNorth Adams, Massachusetts as a satellite ofWHAZ. The station is owned by Capital Media Corporation.[3]
The station signed on July 4, 1991, asWNGN, agospel station owned by Northeast Gospel Broadcasting.[4] The station was sold to Aritaur Communications in 1998,[5] who renamed the stationWZEC with the intention of implementing a simulcast ofPittsfieldtop 40 stationWBEC-FM (then at 105.5, nowWWEI; now on 95.9).[6] WNGN's programming was then merged into WNGX (91.9), which took theWNGN call letters.[5][6] However, WNGN continued to run WZEC well into 1999, as the sale did not close until June 30; the next day, Aritaur sold WZEC, along withWBEC and WBEC-FM, to Tele-Media Broadcasting,[7] who finally implemented the WBEC-FM simulcast by that September.[8] By the following May, the station had again changed format, this time to amodern adult contemporary format, "The Point", modeled on sister stations WCPT (100.9; nowWKLI-FM) andWKBE (then at 100.3, nowWFFG-FM; now on 107.1).[9][10] The station was sold to Vox Media in 2002,[11] and shifted tosoft adult contemporary in 2004.[12]
Vox sold WZEC to Capitol Media in 2005,[13] who changed the call letters to the current WHAZ-FM and implemented a classic gospel format on November 7,[14][15] before switching to a straight simulcast of the AM station by April 2007.[16] It is one of several FM stations used to augment WHAZ's coverage; the AM station must reduce its power to all-but-unlistenable levels at night.
WHAZ-FM's programming was previously rebroadcast by four translators. The licenses for all four translators were cancelled by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) on August 8, 2017, due to the licensee failing to comply with the terms of an FCC consent decree.
'When we signed on with WNGN, on July 4, 1991, we were the first 24-hour gospel station in the region.'
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