WBPM

WBPM
City	Saugerties, New York
Broadcast area	Hudson Valley, lower Capital District
Branding	92.9 WBPM
Slogan	The Biggest Hits of All Time
Frequency	92.9 MHz
First air date	October 22, 1999 (as WRKW)
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	88 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	43444
Transmitter coordinates	41°49′20.97″N 74°1′7.1322″W / 41.8224917°N 74.018647833°W / 41.8224917; -74.018647833
Callsign meaning	World's Best Popular Music
Former callsigns	WRKW (1999-2004)
Owner	Pamal Broadcasting (6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	WBNR, WGHQ, WHUD, WLNA, WSPK, WXPK
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wbpmfm.com

WBPM (92.9 FM) is a classic hits music formatted radio station licensed to Saugerties, New York, serving the Mid-Hudson Valley and Catskills. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts at 6,000 watts ERP from the a tower in the Town of Kingston, New York.^[1]

The WBPM calls were previously on 94.3 MHz from 1975 to 2003, that station is today known as WKXP.

History

92.9 MHz, Saugerties, New York was added to the FCC's Table of Allotments in June 1998.^[2] The allotment was applied for and won by then-WRNQ/WKIP/WTND owner Eric Straus. In its preparation to reach the air, its tower site changed from WDST's original tower in Lake Katrine to a defunct AT&T microwave relay tower site in the Town of Kingson, given that a feasibility study showed that from the former very little signal would reach the main target market of Poughkeepsie.^[3]

On September 15, 1999, the allotment was assigned the call letters WRKW,^[4] signed on for testing that October 23, and made a full launch on November 1, 1999. WRKW's launch format was a "Rock Adult Contemporary" format called Quality Rock which was automated and jockless outside of the syndicated Bob & Tom morning show. Later a voicetracked PM drive jock and the syndicated weekend show The Beatle Years was added. Considering that the same music was available on the far stronger WPDH, the station struggled to make a showing.

After Clear Channel Communications purchased Straus' stations in 2000, the format remained unchanged until 2002 due to contractual obligations to the firm that programmed the Quality Rock format. On June 26, 2002, at 10 AM, the station entered a 26-hour-long stunt of Eminem's "Without Me." The next day at Noon, WRKW relaunched as active rock 92.9 Rock. Unlike its predecessor, the station launched with DJ's taken from sister stations and a heavy promotion blitz and quickly became a middle-of-the pack radio station.

current logo

In March 2003, the syndicated Waking with the Wolf show began airing on the station. "The Wolf" had been on WPDH for several years before moving to WPYX in Albany, New York. This show did not live up to the station's expectations and was canceled 14 months later when the station changed formats again.

On May 26, 2004, WRKW changed format to oldies as Cool 92.9 and soon thereafter took the WBPM^[4] calls which had served nearly three decades on 94.3 FM and with air staff formerly of that station and oldies predecessor WCZX.

In late May 2006, it was announced that WBPM and sister station WGHQ would be swapped to Pamal Broadcasting along with Clear Channel's Rutland, Vermont cluster (WSYB, WZRT) and WPYR in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for WRNX in Amherst, Massachusetts. The deal made WBPM a sister station to market leaders WSPK and WHUD as well as WBNR and WLNA.

Programming

When Pamal took control of the station on February 1, 2007, the station changed to "Classic Hits" at 12:00 p.m. that day after twelve hours of stunting. The programming featured "Classic Rock-leaning hits from 1965-1989." Currently, the station is programmed by Randy Turner, formerly of WCZX. In October 2011 Bob Miller joined WBPM as Morning Show host (after a long stint at rival WCZX) reuniting with longtime co-host and newsman Brian Jones. As of September 1, 2012, under the direction of station manager Don Verity, WBPM features Classic Pop Hits marketed as "The Biggest Hits of All Time" from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. WBPM is considered the leading station in Kingston and Ulster County.

References

↑ "WBPM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Proceeding 90-495, June 16, 1998". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WBPM coverage map". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
1 2 "WBPM call sign history". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WBPM

Radio-Locator information on WBPM

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WBPM

Radio stations in the Poughkeepsie, New York market

By AM frequency	920 950 1260 1390 1450 1490

By FM frequency	88.7 (WFNP) 88.7 (WRHV) 89.7 90.9 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.3 94.3 95.1 96.1 96.9 97.7 98.9 100.1 100.7 101.5 104.7 105.5 106.3 107.3

By callsign	WAMK WBNR WBPM WBWZ WCZX WDBY WDST WEOK WFGB WFME-FM WFNP WGHQ WGNY-FM WHUD WHVW WKIP WKNY WKXP WPDH WPKF WRHV WRKI WRNQ WRRB WRWD-FM WSPK WVKR-FM plus some New York City AM radio stations

Defunct stations	WJDI

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga NYC Metro Markets Long Island Hudson Valley [partial] Poughkeepsie Middlesex-Somerset-Union Monmouth-Ocean Morristown Bridgeport Danbury New Haven Stamford-Norwalk See also List of radio stations in New York

Radio stations in the Albany / Schenectady / Troy market

by FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7 89.9 90.3 90.7 90.7 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.5 92.3 92.9 93.1 93.5 93.7 94.5 94.7 94.9 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.3 97.5 97.7 97.9 98.3 98.5 98.5 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.9 101.3 101.7 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.5 104.7 104.9 105.7 106.1 106.5 107.1 107.7

by AM frequency	590 810¹ 900 930 980 1160 1190 1230 1240 1300 1330 1340 1400 1440 1460 1490 1540 1570

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

Digital radio	810 980 89.1-1 89.1-2 90.3-1 90.3-2 98.3-1 98.3-2 99.5-1 99.5-2 102.3-1 102.3-2 103.1-1 103.1-2 105.7-1 105.7-2 106.5-1 106.5-2 107.7-1 107.7-2

by callsign	W226AC W235AY W256BU W260CH W284BZ W291BY WABY WAIX WAJZ WAMC WAMC-FM WBAR-FM WBPM WCDB WCKM-FM WCQL WCSS WCTW WDCD WDCD-FM WENT WEQX WEXT WFFG-FM WFLY WFNY WGDJ WGNA-FM WGXC WGY¹ WGY-FM WHAZ WHAZ-FM WHUC WHVP WINU WIZR WJIV WJKE WKBE WKKF WKLI-FM WLJH WMHT-FM WMYY WNYQ WOFX WOPG WOPG-FM WPGL WPTR WPYX WQBJ WQBK-FM WQSH WRIP WROW WRPI WRUC WRVE WSDE WTMM-FM WTRY-FM WVCR-FM WVTL WXL34 WYAI WYJB WYKV WZCR

Defunct stations	WCKL WGFM WHRL WRSA WROW-FM WTRI WXKW

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga See also List of radio stations in New York Albany television Saratoga radio ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

Classic Hits radio stations in New York

By frequency	1120 1240 1330 1340 1340 1400 1490 (Malone) 1490 (Amsterdam) 92.9 93.3 95.9 96.1 97.1 98.3 98.7 101.1 101.5 101.7 102.1 102.7 102.7 103.1 103.1 103.9 104.1 105.1 105.7 105.9 106.7

By callsign	WALL WBPM WBZO WCBS-FM WCDW WCIZ-FM WCSS WDNY WGMM WGWE WHTT-FM WICY WKAJ WKOL WLGZ-FM WNDR WNYQ WODZ-FM WQSH WSEN-FM WSPQ WTRY-FM WVOS WVOS-FM WXHC WZHD WZOZ WZUN

By city	Amsterdam Auburn Bay Shore Buffalo Canaseraga Corning Dansville Homer Hudson Falls Liberty (WVOS) Liberty (WVOS-FM) Little Valley Malone Malta/Albany Mexico Middletown New York Oneonta Phoenix Plattsburgh Port Dickinson Rome Rotterdam St. Johnsville Saugerties Springville/Buffalo Watertown Webster

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York See also Oldies Classic Hits

Pamal Broadcasting

AM Radio Stations:	WBNR WENU WGHQ WLNA WMML WROW WSYB

FM Radio Stations:	WAJZ WBPM WDVT WFFG-FM WFLY WHUD WINU WJEN WJJR WKBE WKLI-FM WNYQ WSPK WXPK WYJB WZRT

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