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{{short description|Radio station in Mechanicville–Albany, New York}}
{{short description|Radio station in Mechanicville–Albany, New York}}
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{{Infobox radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WSSV
| name = WSSV
| image = Star_Radio_Logo.png
| logo =
| city = [[Mechanicville, New York]]
| city = [[Mechanicville, New York]]
| area = [[Albany, New York|Albany area]]
| area = [[Capital District, New York|Capital District]]
| branding = Star Radio
| branding = 93.3 Lake FM
| slogan = Your Station, Your Music
| frequency = 1160 [[kHz]]
| translator = {{Radio Relay|93.3|W227DW|[[Saratoga Springs, New York|Saratoga Springs]]}}
| frequency = 1160 [[kHz]]
| translator = 93.3 W227DW (Saratoga Springs)
| airdate = [[1973 in radio|1973]] (as WMVI at 1170)
| repeater =
| format = [[Classic hits]]
| airdate = [[1973 in radio|1973]] (as WMVI at 1170)
| power = 5,000 [[watt]]s day<br>570 watts night
| format = [[Classic hits]]
| class = B
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| facility_id = 41582
| power = 5,000 [[watt]]s daytime<br>570 watts nightime
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| class = B
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|55|12|N|73|42|8|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY_source:FCC|display=inline,title}}
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| facility_id = 41582
| callsign_meaning = "Saratoga Springs Voice"
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|55|12|N|73|42|08|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY_source:FCC|display=inline,title}}
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| former_callsigns = WMVI (1972–2002)<br>WABY (2002–2014)<br>WAIX (2014–2019)
| callsign_meaning = W '''S'''aratoga '''S'''prings '''V'''oice
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| former_frequencies = 1170 kHz (1973-1980s)
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| former_callsigns = WMVI (1972-2002)<br>WABY (2002-2014)<br>WAIX (2014-2019)
| affiliations = [[Compass Media Networks]]<br>[[United Stations Radio Networks]]
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| former_frequencies = 1170 kHz (1973-1980s)
| affiliations =
| owner = Loud Media LLC
| owner = [[Saratoga Radio LLC]]
| licensee =
| licensee =
| sister_stations = [[WABY]]
| webcast = [https://www.lakefm.com/saratoga/player/ Listen Live]
| sister_stations = [[WABY (AM)|WABY]]
| webcast = https://www.starsaratoga.com/player
| website = [https://www.lakefm.com lakefm.com]

| website = https://www.starsaratoga.com
}}
}}


'''WSSV''' (1160 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] licensed to [[Mechanicville, New York]], United States. The station serves the Albany area. The station is currently owned by Saratoga Radio LLC. A joint venture between Border Media and A&J Radio <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WSSV |title=WSSV Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref>
'''WSSV''' (1160 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Mechanicville, New York]], and serving the [[Capital District, New York|Capital District]]. The station broadcasts a [[classic hits]] [[radio format]] and is owned by Loud Media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WSSV |title=WSSV Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref>

By day, WSSV transmits with 5,000 [[watt]]s, but because [[1160 AM]] is a [[clear channel station|clear channel frequency]] reserved for [[KSL (AM)|KSL]] in [[Salt Lake City]], WSSV must greatly reduce power at night to 570 watts.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=Wssv&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/WSSV]</ref> It uses a [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional antenna]] at all times. Programming is also heard on [[FM translator]] '''W227DW''' at 93.3 [[Hertz|MHz]] in [[Saratoga Springs]].


==History==
==History==
'''WMVI''' signed on the air in 1973, at 1170&nbsp;kHz with 250 watts, daytime only operation. It was originally owned by John Farrina and had a middle-of-the-road (MOR) format, focusing on standards and big bands. Early disc jockeys included Don Kirby, John Butler, and Rene' Tetro. WMVI had a race wire installed and broadcast [[thoroughbred]] and [[harness racing]] results, three times per hour from 1:00 pm until sign off, a unique feature in the Albany region. This helped the station gain an audience above what would normally be expected for a small radio station competing directly with larger Albany stations.
In 1973, the station [[sign-on|signed on]] the air as '''WMVI'''. It broadcast at 1170&nbsp;kHz with 250 watts, [[daytimer|daytime only]]. It was originally owned by John Farrina and had an [[adult standards]] and [[big band]] format. Early [[disc jockey]]s included Don Kirby, John Butler, and René Tetro. WMVI had a race wire installed for its DJs to broadcast [[thoroughbred]] and [[harness racing]] results, three times per hour from 1 pm until sign off, a unique feature in the Albany region. This helped the station gain an audience while competing with larger Albany stations, especially with the [[Saratoga Race Course]] nearby.

[[WDCD (AM)|WPTR]] legend "Boom Boom Branigan" (Joe Motto), who also owned other small AM stations around the Northeast U.S., purchased WMVI in 1979. Following the change in ownership, the station had a hybrid format of [[oldies]] and standards, which underwent little change until the early 1990s. During the late 1980s, WMVI had secured a [[construction permit]] from the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) to switch to 1160&nbsp;kHz with 50,000 watts daytime power and modest nighttime power. However, ownership could not afford the upgrades the station needed for the high-power directional operation. The permit was left to expire.


[[WDCD (AM)|WPTR]] legend "Boom Boom Branigan" (Joe Motto), who also owned other small AM stations around the Northeast U.S., purchased WMVI in 1979. Following the change in ownership, the station had a hybrid format of oldies, standards and big-band music, which underwent very little change until the early 1990s. During the late 1980s, WMVI had secured a construction permit to switch to 1160&nbsp;kHz with 50,000 watts daytime power and modest nighttime power. However, ownership could not afford the upgrades the station needed for high-power, directional operation and the permit was left to expire. Later, WMVI did secure another permit to switch to 1160&nbsp;kHz with 5&nbsp;kW days/570w nights, non-directional. Coming under Branigan's ownership once again in late 1995, WMVI would return after a brief period, being off the air with an oldies/variety format which featured Branigan himself as the centerpiece of the station. Though the format proved popular with local listeners, the station had an extremely difficult time retaining advertising accounts due to repeated transmitter & 'telco' STL failures, forcing the station off the air repeatedly, sometimes for days at a time. As station employees moved to more secure jobs and operating funds became scarce, Branigan leased the station in 1998 to a group which aired Black Gospel music. Again, money shortages and aging, unreliable equipment forced Branigan to sell the station outright.
Later, WMVI did secure another permit to switch to 1160&nbsp;kHz with 5,000 watts days and 570 watts nights, non-directional. Coming under Branigan's ownership once again in late 1995, WMVI returned after a brief [[dark (broadcasting)|dark]] period. It had an oldies/variety format which featured Branigan himself as the centerpiece of the station. Though the format proved popular with local listeners, the station had a difficult time retaining advertising accounts due to repeated transmitter and telephone line failures. This forced the station off the air repeatedly, sometimes for days at a time. As station employees moved to more secure jobs and operating funds became scarce, Branigan leased the station in 1998 to a group which aired [[Urban Gospel]] music. Again, money shortages and aging, unreliable equipment forced Branigan to sell the station outright.


In August 2000, Anastos Media bought WMVI and brought it back on the air as a testing format of 1960s–1970s music as ''Sunny 1160'' before entering a simulcast with co-owned pop-standards station WUAM in Saratoga Springs. Two years later, WMVI would take the abandoned '''WABY''' calls as a tribute to its former rival and the station, whose death led to its rebirth.
In August 2000, Anastos Media (owned by TV newscaster [[Ernie Anastos]]) bought WMVI. The company fixed the transmitter and equipment problems and brought it back on the air, playing 1960s–1970s hits as "Sunny 1160." It later entered into a [[simulcast]] with co-owned pop-standards station [[WABY|WUAM]] [[900 AM]] in Saratoga Springs. Two years later, WMVI would take the abandoned '''WABY''' [[call sign]] as a tribute to the popular Top 40 station of the 1960s and 70s in Albany. The WUAM portion of the simulcast ended in April 2008, when AM 900 began carrying the audio from local cable TV news outlet [[Capital News 9]].


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Anastos sold his Albany-area stations, WABY, [[WJKE|WQAR]], [[WPTR (AM)|WVKZ]], [[WABY (AM)|WUAM]] and its translator W291BY, to Empire Broadcasting Corporation in June 2012, at a purchase price of $1.2 million.<ref name=tbr-saletoempire>{{cite news|last=Pickney|first=Barbara|title=Joe Reilly purchases 4 Albany area radio stations|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2012/06/joe-reilly-purchases-4-albany-area.html|access-date=August 17, 2012|newspaper=[[The Business Review (Albany)|The Business Review]]|date=June 14, 2012}}</ref> The transaction was consummated on September 7, 2012. W291BY would later switch its originating station from WUAM to WABY.
The WUAM portion of the simulcast ended in April 2008, with the format change of WUAM to an audio simulcast of local cable TV news outlet [[Capital News 9]].


[[File:WAIX EmpireNewsNetwork logo.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Logo as the "Empire News Network"]]
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[[Ernie Anastos]] sold his Albany-area stations—WABY, [[WJKE|WQAR]], [[WABY (AM)|WUAM]] and its translator W291BY, and [[WPTR (AM)|WVKZ]]—to Empire Broadcasting Corporation in June 2012, at a purchase price of $1.2 million.<ref name=tbr-saletoempire>{{cite news|last=Pickney|first=Barbara|title=Joe Reilly purchases 4 Albany area radio stations|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2012/06/joe-reilly-purchases-4-albany-area.html|accessdate=August 17, 2012|newspaper=[[The Business Review]]|date=June 14, 2012}}</ref> The transaction was consummated on September 7, 2012. W291BY would later switch its originating station from WUAM to WABY.
In May 2014, WABY began simulcasting on sister WUAM, which stopped carrying Capital News 9. On June 23, WABY began [[stunting (broadcasting)|stunting]] with [[Gregorian chants]]. On June 26, at 4 pm, the station adopted an [[adult hits]] format, branded as "Mix 106.1."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/89254/new-mix-in-albany/|title = New Mix in Albany}}</ref> On June 26, 2014, the WABY call letters moved to WUAM, while 1160 adopted the '''WAIX''' calls to match the "Mix" branding. On June 27, 2016, WAIX changed their format from adult hits to business news, branded as "Empire News Network".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/107018/albany-trio-switches-to-business/ Albany Trio Switches to Business] Radioinsight - June 29, 2016</ref>


In May 2014, WABY began simulcasting on sister WUAM, which dropped their simulcast of [[Capital News 9]]. The simulcast was moved full-time on June 23, while WABY began [[stunting (broadcasting)|stunting]] with [[Gregorian chants]]. On June 26, at 4 pm, the station adopted an [[adult hits]] format, branded as "Mix 106.1."<ref>https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/89254/new-mix-in-albany/</ref> On June 26, 2014, the WABY call letters moved to WUAM, while 1160 adopted the '''WAIX''' calls to match the "Mix" branding. On June 27, 2016, WAIX changed their format from adult hits to business news, branded as "Empire News Network".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/107018/albany-trio-switches-to-business/ Albany Trio Switches to Business] Radioinsight - June 29, 2016</ref> On June 1, 2017, WAIX changed their format from business news (which is still airing on [[WPTR (AM)|WPTR 1240 AM Schenectady]]) to adult album alternative, branded as "106.1 The X".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/118157/aaa-106-1-x-debuts-albany/ AAA 106.1 Debuts in Albany] Radioinsight - June 1, 2017</ref> On March 12, 2018, WAIX changed their format from adult album alternative to hot adult contemporary, branded as "106.1 The Jockey".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/167008/the-jockey-returns-to-albany/ The Jockey Returns to Albany] Radioinsight - March 12, 2018</ref> On May 15, 2018, WAIX and its sister AM stations went silent (off the air).<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/168426/trio-of-albany-ams-go-silent/ Trio of Albany AMs Go Silent] Radioinsight - May 17, 2018</ref>
On June 1, 2017, WAIX changed their format from business news (which remained on sister station WPTR) to adult album alternative, branded as "106.1 The X".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/118157/aaa-106-1-x-debuts-albany/ AAA 106.1 Debuts in Albany] Radioinsight - June 1, 2017</ref> On March 12, 2018, WAIX changed their format from adult album alternative to hot adult contemporary, branded as "106.1 The Jockey".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/167008/the-jockey-returns-to-albany/ The Jockey Returns to Albany] Radioinsight - March 12, 2018</ref> On May 15, 2018, WAIX and its sister AM stations went [[Dark (broadcasting)|silent]].<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/168426/trio-of-albany-ams-go-silent/ Trio of Albany AMs Go Silent] Radioinsight - May 17, 2018</ref>


On May 6, 2019, Saratoga Radio LLC filed to acquire WSSV from Empire Broadcasting.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Arn=20190503ABD FCC Website - May 6, 2019</ref>. Saratoga Radio LLC relaunched the station on May 15, 2019, as Saratoga's "Star Radio".<ref>[https://www.starsaratoga.com - Star Radio</ref>
On May 6, 2019, Loud Media's Saratoga Radio LLC filed to acquire WSSV from Empire Broadcasting.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Arn=20190503ABD FCC Website - May 6, 2019]</ref> Saratoga Radio LLC relaunched the station on May 15, 2019, as Saratoga's "Star Radio".<ref>[https://www.starsaratoga.com - Star Radio]</ref> On May 27, 2019, WAIX changed its call sign to WSSV.


On September 9, 2024, WSSV rebranded as "93.3 Lake FM".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/281064/wssv-wlgr-flow-into-a-lake/ WSSV & WLGR Flow Into a Lake] Radioinsight - September 10, 2024</ref>
On May 27, 2019, WAIX changed its call sign to WSSV.


==Previous logos==
==Previous logo==
[[File:WAIX EmpireNewsNetwork logo.jpg|200px]]
[[File:Star_Radio_Logo.png|200px]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.starsaratoga.com/ Saratoga's Star Radio Website]
*[https://www.lakefm.com/ Lake FM Website]
{{AM station data|WSSV}}
{{AM station data|41582|WSSV}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|203188|W227DW}}
*{{FMQ|W291BY}}
*{{FXL|W291BY}}
*{{FXL|W227DW}}


{{Saratoga Radio}}
{{Saratoga Radio}}
{{Albany Radio}}
{{Albany Radio}}
{{Classic Hits Radio Stations in New York}}


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[[Category:Saratoga County, New York]]
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[[Category:Radio stations established in 1973]]

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WSSV
Broadcast areaCapital District
Frequency1160 kHz
Branding93.3 Lake FM
Programming
FormatClassic hits
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
OwnerLoud Media LLC
WABY
History
First air date
1973 (as WMVI at 1170)
Former call signs
WMVI (1972–2002)
WABY (2002–2014)
WAIX (2014–2019)
Former frequencies
1170 kHz (1973-1980s)
Call sign meaning
"Saratoga Springs Voice"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID41582
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day
570 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
42°55′12″N 73°42′8″W / 42.92000°N 73.70222°W / 42.92000; -73.70222
Translator(s)93.3 W227DW (Saratoga Springs)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitelakefm.com

WSSV (1160 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Mechanicville, New York, and serving the Capital District. The station broadcasts a classic hits radio format and is owned by Loud Media.[2]

By day, WSSV transmits with 5,000 watts, but because 1160 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for KSL in Salt Lake City, WSSV must greatly reduce power at night to 570 watts.[3] It uses a non-directional antenna at all times. Programming is also heard on FM translator W227DW at 93.3 MHz in Saratoga Springs.

History

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In 1973, the station signed on the air as WMVI. It broadcast at 1170 kHz with 250 watts, daytime only. It was originally owned by John Farrina and had an adult standards and big band format. Early disc jockeys included Don Kirby, John Butler, and René Tetro. WMVI had a race wire installed for its DJs to broadcast thoroughbred and harness racing results, three times per hour from 1 pm until sign off, a unique feature in the Albany region. This helped the station gain an audience while competing with larger Albany stations, especially with the Saratoga Race Course nearby.

WPTR legend "Boom Boom Branigan" (Joe Motto), who also owned other small AM stations around the Northeast U.S., purchased WMVI in 1979. Following the change in ownership, the station had a hybrid format of oldies and standards, which underwent little change until the early 1990s. During the late 1980s, WMVI had secured a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to switch to 1160 kHz with 50,000 watts daytime power and modest nighttime power. However, ownership could not afford the upgrades the station needed for the high-power directional operation. The permit was left to expire.

Later, WMVI did secure another permit to switch to 1160 kHz with 5,000 watts days and 570 watts nights, non-directional. Coming under Branigan's ownership once again in late 1995, WMVI returned after a brief dark period. It had an oldies/variety format which featured Branigan himself as the centerpiece of the station. Though the format proved popular with local listeners, the station had a difficult time retaining advertising accounts due to repeated transmitter and telephone line failures. This forced the station off the air repeatedly, sometimes for days at a time. As station employees moved to more secure jobs and operating funds became scarce, Branigan leased the station in 1998 to a group which aired Urban Gospel music. Again, money shortages and aging, unreliable equipment forced Branigan to sell the station outright.

In August 2000, Anastos Media (owned by TV newscaster Ernie Anastos) bought WMVI. The company fixed the transmitter and equipment problems and brought it back on the air, playing 1960s–1970s hits as "Sunny 1160." It later entered into a simulcast with co-owned pop-standards station WUAM 900 AM in Saratoga Springs. Two years later, WMVI would take the abandoned WABY call sign as a tribute to the popular Top 40 station of the 1960s and 70s in Albany. The WUAM portion of the simulcast ended in April 2008, when AM 900 began carrying the audio from local cable TV news outlet Capital News 9.

Anastos sold his Albany-area stations, WABY, WQAR, WVKZ, WUAM and its translator W291BY, to Empire Broadcasting Corporation in June 2012, at a purchase price of $1.2 million.[4] The transaction was consummated on September 7, 2012. W291BY would later switch its originating station from WUAM to WABY.

Logo as the "Empire News Network"

In May 2014, WABY began simulcasting on sister WUAM, which stopped carrying Capital News 9. On June 23, WABY began stunting with Gregorian chants. On June 26, at 4 pm, the station adopted an adult hits format, branded as "Mix 106.1."[5] On June 26, 2014, the WABY call letters moved to WUAM, while 1160 adopted the WAIX calls to match the "Mix" branding. On June 27, 2016, WAIX changed their format from adult hits to business news, branded as "Empire News Network".[6]

On June 1, 2017, WAIX changed their format from business news (which remained on sister station WPTR) to adult album alternative, branded as "106.1 The X".[7] On March 12, 2018, WAIX changed their format from adult album alternative to hot adult contemporary, branded as "106.1 The Jockey".[8] On May 15, 2018, WAIX and its sister AM stations went silent.[9]

On May 6, 2019, Loud Media's Saratoga Radio LLC filed to acquire WSSV from Empire Broadcasting.[10] Saratoga Radio LLC relaunched the station on May 15, 2019, as Saratoga's "Star Radio".[11] On May 27, 2019, WAIX changed its call sign to WSSV.

On September 9, 2024, WSSV rebranded as "93.3 Lake FM".[12]

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References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSSV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WSSV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WSSV
  4. ^ Pickney, Barbara (June 14, 2012). "Joe Reilly purchases 4 Albany area radio stations". The Business Review. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  5. ^ "New Mix in Albany".
  6. ^ Albany Trio Switches to Business Radioinsight - June 29, 2016
  7. ^ AAA 106.1 Debuts in Albany Radioinsight - June 1, 2017
  8. ^ The Jockey Returns to Albany Radioinsight - March 12, 2018
  9. ^ Trio of Albany AMs Go Silent Radioinsight - May 17, 2018
  10. ^ FCC Website - May 6, 2019
  11. ^ - Star Radio
  12. ^ WSSV & WLGR Flow Into a Lake Radioinsight - September 10, 2024
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