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LATHAM, NY - News/Talk WGY-AM, New York State’s first radio station, today is making an historic change in its operations by adding a 24-hour simulcast on FM radio at 103.1 FM. “810 WGY has one of the strongest signals in the country, powering our highly-rated News-Talk giant,” said Kristen Delaney, Vice President and Market Manager of Clear Channel Radio Albany. “We are expecting significant ratings growth by simulcasting on 103.1, which has changed its call letters from WHRL to WGY-FM.” “The decision to simulcast our 24-hour news/talk format on the FM will open up our content to an even wider...

Radio station WGY (810 AM) today announced it will pick up Glenn Beck’s syndicated radio program, and it will discontinue Al Roney’s morning program. Beck, the popular conservative Fox News commentor, was heard locally on WROW. But that station discontinued its news-talk format earlier this month, replacing chatter with easy-listening music. WGY will begin airing Beck’s program on March 1. The show will air live and be followed by shows from Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. “Glenn has one of the hottest shows in all of radio right now and we simply could not pass up the opportunity to add...