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| Broadcast area | Mohawk Valley |
| Frequency | 930kHz |
| Branding | 102.9 FM and 930 AM WIZR The Star |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary/variety |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
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| History | |
First air date | 1964 (1964) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 27553 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 42°59′59.1″N74°21′25.2″W / 42.999750°N 74.357000°W /42.999750; -74.357000 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wizr930am |
WIZR (930AM) is a radio station that broadcasts ahot adult contemporary format.[2] Licensed toJohnstown, New York, United States, the station serves theMohawk Valley area. The station is owned by the Cranesville Radio Network and features hit songs from the past five decades including songs from the 1970s until today. WIZR also plays avariety mix ofpop music,R&B,rock,soft AC,classic hits and more.
By day, WIZR transmits with 1,000 watts, but to avoid interference with other stations on930 AM, at night it reduces power to 28 watts. Programming is also heard on twoFM translators, at 102.9MHz in Johnstown and 104.3 MHz inNorthville.
WIZRsigned on in1964, airing amiddle of the road format. Four years later,sister station WIZR-FM 104.9 signed on,simulcasting the AM station's programming. In 1973, the stations flipped to atop 40 simulcast, with the FM side flipping tooldies in 1980.
With the decline of top 40 formats on AM, WIZR switched to thesyndicated "Music of Your Life" format under thecall sign WMYL (in reference to the format) in 1981. WIZR-FM signed off in 1982 and returned after a one-year absence, simulcasting the AM'sadult standards format. In 1984, Joe Caruso acquired the stations and reinstated the WIZR call sign on the AM side, while the FM took on a new format and the WSRD call letters.
In early 1998, Joe Caruso sought to move FM 104.9 closer to the Albany market by securing aconstruction permit to relocate WSRD toAltamont, New York. Later that year,Pamal Broadcasting acquired both stations for $2.2 million. Upon the closure of the sale, former sister station WSRD moved to its new transmitter site and is nowWINU, while WIZR began to carry ABC's now-defunctTimeless radio network.
In December 2008, WIZR wentsilent as Pamal Broadcasting prepared for the sale of the radio station. Eventually, Dr. Thomas J. Kuettel purchased the station in early 2010. He installed aclassic country format underDial Global'sTrue Country satellite service on March 15, 2010. On June 1, 2011, the station changed to Dial Global'soldies network. In March 2013, WIZR changed FM translator frequencies to 102.9, also adopting a new slogan, "Your Home For Classic Hits", as Dial Global had changed and updated the format.
In April 2014, the sale of WIZR began, with the Cranesville Radio Network of Amsterdam, New York, purchasing it. The station was flipped to anadult contemporary format, with a change to hot adult contemporary coming in July 2014. The license transfer for WIZR and W243CV was consummated on October 31, 2014, at a price of $150,000. WIZR became the fourth station in the Cranesville Amsterdam cluster, joiningWCSS,WKAJ, andWYVS.
Undated, WIZR changed to its current hot adult contemporary format which includes hit songs from the past five decades (from the 1970s to present) with avariety mix ofpop music,R&B,rock,soft AC,classic hits and more. The stations' current branding isWIZR 930 AM and 102.9 FM The Star of Johnstown. WYVS (96.5 FM) inSpeculator, New York, is also included in WIZR's station identifications.
In August 2024, it was announced that Mariano and Wilhelmina Simms’ Simms Broadcasting would acquire Cranesville Block Company’s four stations and four translators in Upstate New York for $600,000..[3] The sale would never materialize. After one year of off and on talks and zero action, the sale would not occur.
