WLTB
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WLTB is the callsign of an Adult Contemporary radio station licensed to Johnson City, New York
and serves the Greater Binghamton
Market . The station is owned by GM Broadcasting
and broadcasts on 101.7 MHz from Ingraham Hill in Binghamton. It also has a translator @ 102.5 on Bornt Hill in Endicott, NY. It is only one of two locally owned radio stations in the Binghamton market. Studios for WLTB were originally located on Mcmaster Street in Owego N.Y. It was relocated to the Executive Inn in Endicott N.Y. in 1995, Then to the Vestal Parkway in 1999. The station moved for the 4th time in December of 2009 to 3215 E. Main Street in Endwell N.Y., a few blocks from its location at the old Executive Inn.
-FM and simulcasted WEBO-AM until the late 1970s.
-Changed call letters to WWWT as a Top-40 station. it was then known as 3WT.
-From 1985-1987 it was WQWT, a light AC station known as the "Light Q".
-In 1987 it became WQXT-"Q102" a CHR station until 1989, changing formats to Oldies.
-In 1992 the call signs changed to WGRG.
-The translator @ W273AB 102.5 was added in 1993.
-in 1993 the format went back to CHR as "Power 101".
-In 1996 it became alternative rock.
-In 1998 the calls changed to its current WLTB, becoming "Lite 101.7" playing Light AC.
-The station went in a AC direction and in 2001 became "Magic 101.7", keeping the current call signs.
hockey games and Binghamton Mets
Baseball games as the promotional emcee. Dana Potter has been with the station twice, the longest the second time around, now since 1998. Dan Michaels has been around since the mid '90s and is on his second stint. Lisa Marie joined the station in March 2008. She, too, is a promotional emcee for the Binghamton Senators
and Binghamton Mets
.
Johnson City, New York
Johnson City is a village in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 15,535 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area....
and serves the Greater Binghamton
Greater Binghamton
The Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area, also called Greater Binghamton, is a region of southern upstate New York in the Northeastern United States, anchored by the city of Binghamton...
Market . The station is owned by GM Broadcasting
GM Broadcasting
GM Broadcasting is the ownership of WLTB-FM, an adult contemporary formatted radio station in the Binghamton, New York, market.-History:GM Broadcasting was spun off from the WEBO Radio Inc...
and broadcasts on 101.7 MHz from Ingraham Hill in Binghamton. It also has a translator @ 102.5 on Bornt Hill in Endicott, NY. It is only one of two locally owned radio stations in the Binghamton market. Studios for WLTB were originally located on Mcmaster Street in Owego N.Y. It was relocated to the Executive Inn in Endicott N.Y. in 1995, Then to the Vestal Parkway in 1999. The station moved for the 4th time in December of 2009 to 3215 E. Main Street in Endwell N.Y., a few blocks from its location at the old Executive Inn.
Call sign and format history
-First signed on in 1972 as WEBOWEBO
WEBO is an AM radio station licensed to Owego, New York. WEBO is also rebroadcast on 107.9FM.The station runs a hybrid adult contemporary and News Radio format branded as "News Radio 1330," operating on 1330 kHz...
-FM and simulcasted WEBO-AM until the late 1970s.
-Changed call letters to WWWT as a Top-40 station. it was then known as 3WT.
-From 1985-1987 it was WQWT, a light AC station known as the "Light Q".
-In 1987 it became WQXT-"Q102" a CHR station until 1989, changing formats to Oldies.
-In 1992 the call signs changed to WGRG.
-The translator @ W273AB 102.5 was added in 1993.
-in 1993 the format went back to CHR as "Power 101".
-In 1996 it became alternative rock.
-In 1998 the calls changed to its current WLTB, becoming "Lite 101.7" playing Light AC.
-The station went in a AC direction and in 2001 became "Magic 101.7", keeping the current call signs.
On-air lineup
WLTB has had a pretty solid on-air line up in the last 10 years. Tejay Schwartz joined the staff in 1995, left in 2005 and returned in January of ’08. Tejay is also a fixture at the Binghamton SenatorsBinghamton Senators
The Binghamton Senators are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . Nicknamed the B-Sens, they play in Binghamton, New York at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Along with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL, the B-Sens are minor league affiliates of the Ottawa Senators...
hockey games and Binghamton Mets
Binghamton Mets
The Binghamton Mets are a U.S. minor league baseball team based in Binghamton, New York. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets major-league club...
Baseball games as the promotional emcee. Dana Potter has been with the station twice, the longest the second time around, now since 1998. Dan Michaels has been around since the mid '90s and is on his second stint. Lisa Marie joined the station in March 2008. She, too, is a promotional emcee for the Binghamton Senators
Binghamton Senators
The Binghamton Senators are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . Nicknamed the B-Sens, they play in Binghamton, New York at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Along with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL, the B-Sens are minor league affiliates of the Ottawa Senators...
and Binghamton Mets
Binghamton Mets
The Binghamton Mets are a U.S. minor league baseball team based in Binghamton, New York. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets major-league club...
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Weekdays
- Lisa Marie 12 am till 5:30 am
- Tejay Schwartz 530 am till 10 am
- Dana Potter 10 am till 2 pm
- Dan Micheals 2 pm till 7 pm
- Danny Scott 7 pm till 12 m