district branding magic 590 am slogan real oldies frequency 590 khz translator s 100.5 w263cg albany first air date 1947 format oldies power 5 000 watts day 1 000 watts night class b facility id 54853 transmitter coordinates 42 34 24.91 n 73 47 9.88 w 42.5735861 n 73.7860778 w 42.5735861 ; 73.7860778 owner pamal broadcasting 6 johnson road licenses inc. sister stations wajz wfly wkli wyjb winu webcast listen live website albanymagic.com wrow 590 am magic 590 am is a radio station broadcasting to albany new york with its towers in glenmont new york . the station is owned by pamal broadcasting dba albany broadcasting and runs an oldies format under the branding magic 590 . the station serves as the cbs radio news affiliate for the albany market . wrow is historically notable for being the station which launched capital cities communications which in 1985 purchased the american broadcasting company and became one of the largest media companies in existence at the time of that purchase . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 references 4 external links history edit wrow signed on in 1947 when a startup company the hudson valley broadcasting company acquired the rights to the frequency . at the outset the station had the mutual affiliation switching to abc in 1950 . the relationship with abc was short lived as in 1954 wrow took wtry s cbs affiliation in order to get the rights to the cbs television affiliation for its new start up tv sister station wrow tv today s wten . in 1957 hudson valley broadcasting became capital cities television corporation later capital cities broadcasting in 1960 to reflect its increasing radio holdings including wrow . the cbs affiliation has remained on wrow ever since and was shared with sister station wkli fm 100.9 the original home of the magic format beginning in 2001 . with the golden age of radio soon ending wrow decided to flip to a top 40 format the first such attempt in the capital district in the late 1950s . though initially successful internal changes at capital cities led to wrow to be pushed to take on an easy listening format which it did around 1963 . at this point wrow signed on sister station wrow fm today s wyjb which simulcasted the station then began to shadowcast delayed simulcast wrow after the fcc forced such simulcasts to be broken up to stimulate fm . the combined signal of wrow and wrow fm led to the station s being one of the more popular stations in the capital district for most of the 1970s and 1980s . one of wrow s logos as a news talk station . the station later adopted a logo resembling that of wmal . in 1983 capital cities sold the wrow stations to dot broadcasting a group of local broadcasters . soon thereafter wrow would be sold once again to another local ownership group . through this not much changed though the aging of the easy listening format led to a split of wrow and wrow fm in 1991 with wrow keeping the easy listening format . in late 1993 the wrow stations were bought by current owner albany broadcasting which put changes in both stations soon thereafter . in february 1994 wrow flipped to an all news format by day with talk programming nights and weekends . though a good idea on paper the news format had low ratings and was a high expense format and in 1996 the station flipped to a full time talk format . a slow starter at first the arrival for former wqbk host and program director paul vandenburgh to identical positions in 1997 helped matters and made the station a formidable second talk station next to wgy . in 2007 wrow began overhauling its programming . vandenburgh left wrow in october 2007 to become part owner of wgdj a station on wqbk s former frequency . leaving along with vandenburgh to wgdj were the live from the capitol report with fred dicker and the weekly interview show with albany mayor jerry jennings . mike and the mad dog which had aired as wrow s afternoon show as a simulcast with wfan was dropped at this time as well . wrow discontinued the news talk format on february 8 2010 citing the difficulty of competing with wgdj and wgy . the station then adopted its current format which was moved from wkli fm and simulcast on both stations for a time . 1 2 programming edit in terms of music and execution wrow is a rarity of sorts in modern day radio . the station is also locally programmed . as a talk station wrow programmed local programming in morning drive . the station s morning show was co hosted by steve van zandt and jackie donovan . various other local shows air on the weekends and were for the most part retained following the format change . syndicated talk shows on the station included the glenn beck program the radio factor with bill o reilly john gibson dave ramsey alan colmes joey reynolds weekend syndicated programs included brian and the judge lars larson and bill cunningham ; the first two of which previously aired on weekdays . the audio feed of nbc s meet the press also aired one hour after the program is broadcast on albany nbc affiliate wnyt wrow aired the westwood one broadcast . wrow also holds a sports play by play contract with the albany river rats ice hockey team and continues to do so even after the format change . siena college men s basketball was once carried on the station but moved to wgdj in 2009 . in the past wrow has aired other daily syndicated shows including brian and the judge and its predecessor hosted by tony snow laura ingraham and a simulcast of the wfan based mike and the mad dog . past local programming has included afternoon drive with sherman baldwin live from the state capitol now heard on wgdj the mark williams show and the scotto show hosted by scott allen miller . references edit kim michelle february 8 2010 . albany broadcasting to ditch wrow news talk program . wrgb cbs 6 albany . retrieved february 8 2010 . churchill chris february 8 2010 . wrow abandons talk radio programming . albany times union . retrieved february 8 2010 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wrow radio locator information on wrow query nielsen audio s am station database for wrow query the fcc s fm station database for w263cg radio locator information on w263cg v t e 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 560 590 810 900 930 980 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 wckl wckm fm wcql wcss wctw wdcd wdcd fm went weqx wext wffg fm wfly wfny wgdj wgna fm wgxc wgy 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 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 clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . v t e oldies radio stations in the state of new york by frequency 590 900 1420 1440 1450 1490 92.1 93.5 98.5 98.7 98.9 100.3 101.5 103.5 by callsign wbrv wckm fm wdhi wgny fm whdl wicy wjjl wjqz wlng wnrs wpac wrow wxhc wzcr by city albany boonville delhi herkimer homer hudson lake george malone niagara falls ogdensburg olean rosendale sag harbor wellsville 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 v t e 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wrow & oldid 709712497 categories radio stations in capital district new yorkradio stations established in 1947oldies radio stations in the united states1947 establishments in new yorkpamal broadcasting navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 march 2016 at 16 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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