WOOB
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WOOB (The Bone) is a Mainstream rock radio station licensed to Scotia, New York and serving the Capital District and Mohawk Valley of New York. The station is owned by Galaxy Communications and broadcasts at on 93.7 MHz at 6 kilowatts ERP from a location in Pattersonville-Rotterdam Junction, New York. WOOB is a simulcast of WBOE, licened to Ravena, information on the "Bone" format is available on the page for WBOE.
Past Formats
WBOE is the newest station in the Albany market, having moved in from Corinth (where it was on 93.5 MHz) in 2002, signing on at 3:00 p.m. on April 22 of that year. The frequency has been quite unstable since the move, "The Bone" is the fourth format to occupy that frequency, the following formats preceded it:- April 22 2002-August 30 2002: WHTR-FM, Hot Talk 93.7 WHTR
- *Simulcast on AM 1400 (the original WABY, now WAMC), the station's key personalities were former WPYX-FM morning co-host John Mulrooney in morning drive and the syndicated Opie and Anthony show in afternoon drive; most weekend programming was a simulcast of K-Rock WKRL Syracuse albeit with local ads. Within four months, Mulrooney was fired and the "Sex for Sam" incident ended Opie and Anthony's original syndication attempt.
- August 30 2002-January 22 2004: WKRD, K-Rock (Alternative rock)
- *Outside of drivetimes, the WKRL simulcasts on WHTR were the highest rated programs on the station (impressive given the presence of two full-time stations in the market). With a hole to quickly fill, an Albany-centric version of K-Rock hit the air. The station became notable for hiring former WGY afternoon host JR Gach for mornings in January 2003 after being released from WGY for undergoing treatment for mental illness, however the JR audience clashed with the main K-Rock audience. This format was simulcast on 1400 until Galaxy sold that station (under debatable and controversial circumstances including complaints to the FCC) in April 2003.
- January 22 2004-January 4 2006: WEGB/WEGQ, The Eagle (classic country music)
- *Unlike WHTR and WKRD, the nearly two years the 93.7 frequency played satellite-fed country music from the 1960s to 1980s was quiet outside of a call letter squabble (WRGB complained that the WEGB calls were too similar) and nearly losing NASCAR radio rights due to coverage issues. The station had only one local personality, former WYJB afternoon personality Chris Holmberg who left for Galaxy on the heels of WYJB's first #1 (12+) ratings book.
Prior to 2002
WOOB's heritage can be traced back to WSCG, which signed on 93.5 MHz licensed to Corinth on October 23 1980. For much of the 1980s, WSCG played easy listening music before flipping to country music. In early 1991, WSCG relaunched as WZZM-FM (no relation to the TV station of those calls in Battle Creek, Michigan) and became a largely satellite-fed station as Z-Country.In the late 1990's, then-owners Bradmark Communications began studies for moving the station down to the Albany market and selling it at a profit. These plans were expanded when Bradmark sold the stations to Vox Media in 2000, which at the start of 2001 moved the oldies format of 107.1 WHTR to 93.5 and relaunched Z-Country as the locally-run WFFG on 107.1. Galaxy purchased the station in late-2001 and surprisingly retained the WHTR calls with the move, a rarity among move-in stations.
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