york broadcast area albany new york branding new light 96.7 slogan the best in christian talk radio frequency 96.7 mhz first air date march 1987 as wcsf format christian talk erp 4 700 watts haat 100 meters class a facility id 30571 callsign meaning w donald crawford see wdcd am former callsigns wcsf 3 1987 9 1987 wvkz fm 1987 1992 wwcp fm 1992 1996 wxxo 1996 wdcd fm 1996 2004 wptr 2004 2011 owner djra broadcasting llc sister stations wdcd webcast listen live website newlight967.com wdcd fm known on air as new light 96.7 is a christian talk radio station licensed to clifton park new york and serving new york s capital district . the station is owned by djra broadcasting a subsidiary of crawford broadcasting and broadcasts at 4.7 kilowatts erp from a rental tower in clifton park new york which is owned by fitch communications of new york fcny and shared with wkkf and wtmm fm . the station has been assigned several call letters over the years including the heritage wptr calls longtime of 1540 am and briefly on 96.3 fm ; it has also aired various formats including three attempts at oldies as well as the first full time contemporary christian music station in the capital region . it was also the first station to broadcast in hd radio in the market in 2005 preceding wgy by several months wdcd fm has since switched off their hd radio transmitter citation needed . history edit what is now wdcd fm first signed on in march 1987 as wcsf airing a saratoga county targeted oldies format even though the signal covered the main cities of the capital district well . in one of the first of the high ticket purchases that set the now astronomical prices for albany stations wcsf s ownership sold the station to wv communications of schenectady . wcsf fm was the first oldies station on the fm dial in the capital region and was moving up in the ratings when sold to wv . wv communications already owned wwwd an am station in neighboring schenectady . in september 1987 wwwd and wcsf joined in a rock based chr simulcast with wwwd becoming wvkz and wcsf becoming wvkz fm . the two stations would later split off for most of the day with 96.7 taking the kz 96.7 branding . kz 96.7 shifted to album oriented rock in 1989 and then to a harder current based rock format in 1990 now known as power rock kz 96.7 . in 1991 it returned to chr as power hits kz 96.7 . changes in chr music as a genre coupled with a glut of chr stations in the albany market led ownership to change wvkz fm to an early hot adult contemporary format in 1992 as wwcp fm capital 96 7 . though set apart from several rival stations and a mild success financial problems led to the sale of wvkz to capital otb the regional off track betting agency and that of wwcp fm to jarad broadcasting owners of famed long island station wdre a move done in part due to the large amount of long island expatriates and college students in the albany area . on memorial day weekend 1994 several months after closing on wwcp fm jarad broadcasting launched the wdre based underground network a progressive leaning alternative rock format . though a critical success in lieu of being a networked format the format did not attain any ratings success and on some occasions nearly did not show in quarterly ratings . making things even more difficult was the flip to alternative rock of wqbk fm wqbj in 1995 as well as the consistent ratings of local hard rock z rock affiliate wzrq . these difficulties led jarad to break from the network in late 1995 and flipped wwcp fm to oldies as wxxo . with no fm oldies station in the market the station entered the top 10 in its first book ; however this success would be short lived as jarad began to sell its non long island holdings . early in 1996 jarad would find a buyer in wdcd owner crawford broadcasting which took wxxo over that march and began a simulcast of wdcd s christian talk format . that july the calls would change to wdcd fm ; the format would remain on the 96.7 frequency after wdcd split off and flipped to adult standards reclaiming its heritage wptr calls at the start of 2000 . on march 16 2004 wdcd and wptr would swap formats and calls with 96.7 flipping to adult standards . this format would serve merely a placeholder as on july 15 of that year the first contemporary christian format in the albany market would debut on the frequency as pulse 96 7 . though pulse was initially successful the arrivals of k love ac and air 1 chr on 94.5 fm and 93.7 fm respectively in 2007 led to its eventual decline . djra broadcasting bought both wdcd and wptr in 2007 . former logo of legends 96.7 2011 after several books of flagging ratings under the contemporary christian format djra changed wptr s format back to classic hits at midnight on february 1 2011 as legends 96.7 a branding the station previously used during the adult standards format . the format change duplicates that used in rochester new york another crawford market where wlgz fm has used the legends format to much success . however crawford was unable to repeat the legends format success in albany and the station returned to christian talk once again simulcast with am 1540 on november 11 2011 accompanied by a return to the wdcd fm call letters ; the simulcast is branded as new light 96.7 emphasizing the fm frequency . the legends format was available online as a web stream until recently however the stream is now no longer available . 1 references edit venta lance november 3 2011 . changes coming to wptr albany . radioinsight.com . retrieved november 8 2011 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wdcd radio locator information on wdcd query nielsen audio s fm station database for wdcd 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 radio stations in the saratoga springs glens falls market by fm frequency 88.3 89.1 89.7 90.7 89.9 90.3 91.1 91.5 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.5 93.7 94.1 94.7 95.1 95.5 95.9 96.7 97.1 97.3 97.5 98.1 98.3 98.5 99.5 100.3 100.9 101.3 101.7 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.9 103.9 104.3 104.5 104.9 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.5 107.1 107.7 by am frequency 590 810 900 980 1160 1230 1300 1330 1340 1400 1410 1450 1460 1540 by callsign waby waix wamc wanc wbar fm wbln lp wckm fm wcql wdcd wdcd fm wenu weqx wffg fm wfly wgdj wgfr wgna fm wgy wgy fm whaz whaz fm winu wjen wjjr wjke wkbe wkkf wkli fm wmht fm wmml wngn wnyq wnyv wofx wopg wpyx wqbj wqbk fm wqsh wrow wrpi wrve wslu wspn wljh wssk wtmm fm wtry fm wvcr fm wvtq wwsc wxlg wyai wyjb 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 v t e religious radio stations in the state of new york stations wapp lp westhampton wbar lake luzerne wbln lp glens falls wchp champlain wcih elmira wcii spencer wcik bath wcip clyde wciy canandaigua wcot jamestown wcou warsaw wcov fm friendship wdcd albany wdcd fm clifton park wdcx fm buffalo wdrx lp cortland wegb napeague wegq quogue wfbf buffalo wfgb kingston wfme new york wfme fm mount kisco wfrh kingston wfrs smithtown wfso olivebridge wgkr grand gorge wgss copiague wgwr liberty whaz troy whic rochester whih lp whitesboro whvp hudson wihr lp jamestown wjca albion wjih lp oneonta wjiv cherry valley wjux south fallsburg wkel webster wkhv kingston wlir hampton bays wljh glens falls wljp monroe wlnl horseheads wlof attica wmca new york wmhi cape vincent wmhn webster wmhq malone wmhr syracuse wmhu cold brook wmyy schoharie wnar lp arcade wngn argyle wogm lp jamestown wopg albany wopg fm esperance wpgl pattersonville wrpj port jervis wsfw seneca falls wsiv east syracuse wssk saratoga springs wthe mineola wvoa lp westvale wwrv new york wyby cortland wyrr lakewood wzxv palmyra defunct wsvv lp center moriches 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 classical jazz religious spanish smooth jazz other v t e crawford broadcasting am radio stations kbrt kcbc kldc kltt klvz klz kstl kkpz wdcd wdcx wexl wrdt wxjc wyde fm radio stations wdac wdcd fm wdcx fm wdjc fm wlgz fm wmuz wpwx wsrb wxjc fm wyca wyde fm wyrb retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wdcd fm & oldid 744546412 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