K-Rock To Adopt WFNY-FM Call Letters?

[musicradio77]

Might Infinity's WXRK (K-Rock) New York be known as WFNY-FM once the station changes format in January? Infinity has applied for the call letters WFNY-FM, which would presumably fit with the station's January flip to talk as "Free FM."

Other broadcasters currently use the "WFNY" call letters for other service bands, so should the station change its calls, "FM" would be part of the formal call letters. (The other two variations of WFNY are for an AM station and a television station.)

WXRK plans to flip from mainstream rock to talk on January 3.

In other WXRK news, afternoon host Booker will move to nights as of January 3, when the station's new lineup, which includes David Lee Roth in mornings, takes effect.

[TJL]

So long K-Rock, it's been good knowing ya!

[Steve M.]

If these stations keep changing their call letters, there won't be any available combinations left!

[musicradio77]

Originally Posted by Steve M.

If these stations keep changing their call letters, there won't any available combinations left!

Let's look back at the New York City call letter history:

1. 660 was WNBC, and has been on the air for 66 years since 1922 where the station signs on the air as WEAF. It went off the air in 1988 where the station changed its calls to WFAN where it became an all-sports station.
2. 1050 was WEVD since they give up talk in 2001 and it became WEPN as ESPN Radio. In the old days, the call letters was originally WMGM and then WHN and again WFAN since it moved to 660 until it changed again to WEVD until 2001.
3. 95.5 WPLJ still has the calls and has never changed, originally was WABC-FM before the call letter changed in 1971.
4. WQHT was originally WYNY at 97.1.
5. WRKS was originally WOR-FM and then WXLO (99X) at 98.7
6. WQCD was originally WPIX-FM at 101.9
7. WKTU was originally WQHT until the frequency moved to 97.1 and then WYNY after a move from 97.1 until the call letter changed in 1996 since it's on at 103.5.
8. WWPR was originally WNSR and then WBIX and finally WTJM as "Jammin' 105" until 2002 where they flipped to Urban at 105.1.
9. WBBR was originally WNEW-AM at 1130 when it was the home of Ted Brown. The station was playing standards from Frank Sinatra to Bing Crosby to Johnny Mathis to Tony Bennett to Nat King Cole. WNEW-AM gave up the standards format for business radio in 1992 as Bloomberg. That was 13 years ago this week.

As for 92.3, WXRK is changing the call letters to WFNY. Back when they signed on the air in the 70's, it was originally called WKTU since they started playing soft AC music until 1978 where the station turned into a disco station as "Disco 92" and it was #1 in the ratings in 1978. In 1985, they changed its calls from WKTU to WXRK as K-Rock until the very end. Free-FM is coming. RIP: WXRK (K-Rock)

[Steve M.]

Originally Posted by musicradio77

8. WWPR was originally WNSR and then WBIX and finally WTJM as "Jammin' 105" until 2002 where they flipped to Urban at 105.1.

Between its time as WNSR and WBIX it was WMXV. For nineteen years - 1966 to 1985, it was WRFM, which played "easy listening" music (Muzak) all week and Frank Sinatra every Saturday night. The station was then owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon Church) at the time. Guess the Geenral Authorities in Salt Lake City would have disapproved of the stuff 105.1 plays today!

[Brian Damage]

92.3 is going to suffer alot I think. WNEW tried all talk and failed miserably.

[Steve M.]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

92.3 is going to suffer alot I think. WNEW tried all talk and failed miserably.

I hope so. Then maybe they'll go back to rock. . . Nah!

[musicradio77]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

92.3 is going to suffer alot I think.

I know, except for Howard Stern which will be leaving this Friday and it would be no longer as K-Rock.

WNEW tried all talk and failed miserably.

Yes they did back in 1999 when they gave up its classic rock station and tried talk and it flopped while Opie & Anthony was there (They're still at XM). WNEW gave up its talk format in 2003 due to the St. Patrick's Cathedrial incident on the "Sex for Sam 3" contest back in August, 2002.

[Steve M.]

New York radio is getting so bad - there's a sudden bias against rock music (hey, who listens to it but boring, unhip suburban white guys, right?) - I'm comingthisclose to getting sattelite radio!

XM.

[musicradio77]

Originally Posted by Steve M.

New York radio is getting so bad - there's a sudden bias against rock music (hey, who listens to it but boring, unhip suburban white guys, right?) - I'm comingthisclose to getting sattelite radio!

XM.

ON XM, you can listen to Opie & Anthony, the two guys from their WNEW days where they discussing inappropriate stuff. I noticed that New York Radio is getting bad. NYC is a rhythmic/urban town than a rock town is. There are other rock stations beside K-Rock, in the Hudson Valley we have WPDH, WXPK, WDST and WRRV. All four station that plays adult rock due to the loss of New York's K-Rock. It should bring enough listeners from the former K-Rock to hear it in the Hudson Valley. Just like Cool 92.9 does. It brings some listeners from the former CBS-FM back last summer. Also on the internet, "Music of Your Life" is an internet stream would bring standards listeners from former stations like WNEW-AM and WQEW. Both of these stations usually played standards/easy listening.

[musicradio77]

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