WICY is a radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 broadcasting an oldies

Oldies

Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

 format. Licensed to Malone, New York

Malone (town), New York

Malone is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 14,545 at the 2010 census.The Town of Malone contains a village called Malone, which is the county seat. The town is an interior town, centrally located in the county....

, USA, the station is currently owned by the Martz Communications Group

Martz Communications Group

Martz Communications Group is an American radio broadcasting company, which operates three radio stations in the St. Lawrence River area of New York; one in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and two in Detroit, Michigan...

. WICY also has an FM translator (W274BI) at 102.7 FM.

Unlike Martz FM sister stations WYUL

WYUL

WYUL is a contemporary hit radio music formatted radio station licensed in Chateaugay, New York.Though the station serves nearby communities in New York State and the Ontario city of Cornwall, it primarily targets the much larger market of Montreal, Quebec...

 and WVNV

WVNV

WVNV is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Malone, New York, USA, the station is currently owned by the Martz Communications Group. According to their website, the station generally focuses on the nearby Montreal market, as a "rimshot" station.-External links:...

, WICY exclusively operates as a local station for Malone and nearby communities, and does not target listeners across the international border in Canada.

However, WICY has an FCC construction permit to move to 1500 AM, with a city of license of Mooers, New York, with a proposed facility that would direct a 50,000 watt daytime signal into nearby Montreal. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1236281&Service=AM&Form_id=301&Facility_id=36122