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| Broadcast area | Syracuse metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1200kHz |
| Branding | ESPN Radio 97.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
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| WKRL-FM,WKRH,WSGO,WTKV,WTKW,WZUN-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | August 1, 1959 (1959-8-1) |
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Former frequencies | 1220 kHz (1959–1991) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54546 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°9′6″N76°7′58″W / 43.15167°N 76.13278°W /43.15167; -76.13278 |
| Translator(s) | 97.7 W249BC (Mattydale) |
| Repeater(s) | 1440 WSGO (Oswego) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WTLA (1200AM; "ESPN Radio 97.7") is acommercial radio stationlicensed toNorth Syracuse, New York, and serving theSyracuse metropolitan area. The station is owned byGalaxy Media Partners and airs asports radioformat. Programming is alsosimulcast on co-ownedWSGO (1400 AM) inOswego, New York.
WTLA operates with 1,000 watts. Because1200 AM is aclear channel frequency reserved forClass A stationWOAI inSan Antonio, WTLA uses adirectional antenna at night to avoid interference when radio waves travel farther. WTLA'stransmitter is off Davis Road North inCicero, New York, nearInterstate 481.[2] WTLA also is heard on 120-wattFM translatorW249BC at 97.7MHz in nearbyMattydale, New York.[3]
WTLA and WSGO have several local weekday sports shows, in middays and afternoondrive time. The rest of the schedule features programming fromESPN Radio, theSyracuse ISP Sports Network (carryingSyracuse University sports), theNew York Giants Radio Network and theNFL on Westwood One.[4] WTLA/WSGO had previously carriedNew York Mets baseball games until theNew York Mets Radio Network was discontinued in 2019 due to the high cost of satellite time.
The stationsigned on the air August 1, 1959.[5] Itscall sign was WSOQ and it broadcast on1220 AM. On that frequency, WSOQ was adaytimer. Due to longer established stations on 1220, WSOQ had to go off the air at sunset each day to avoid interference. The station was owned by Sol Panitz and Harry Winton, and was aMutual Broadcasting Systemnetwork affiliate.
Over the years, the station used the call letters WEZG, WURS, and WXRA.
In 1991, the station moved to its current frequency. It had attempted to move its spot on the dial since 1980, hoping to find a frequency where it could broadcast around the clock.[6][7][8] A few months later, the station was renamed WNSS. It then became WKRL in 1993, and WTLA in 1995.[9]
Until March 5, 2010, WTLA offered anadult standards format from the "Music of Your Life" network. On that date, itaffiliated withESPN Radio.[10] A local afternoon show, "Disturbing The Peace" was added in May 2010, focusing on Syracuse and New York sports. In January 2011, programs hosted by Mike Bristol (who had previously been heard onWHEN) were picked up by WTLA.
ActorDaniel Baldwin began hosting a one-hour weekday sports program on WTLA and WSGO in 2017.[11] The show ended in April 2019.[12]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
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| W249BC | 97.7 FM | Mattydale, New York | 618 | 120 | D | LMS |
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