WVKZ is a radio station

Radio station

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 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 known as "True Oldies" that focuses on rock 'n' roll music from the 1950s and early 1960s. Located west of Schenectady, New York

Schenectady, New York

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, USA, the station serves the Albany

Albany, New York

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 area as well as Schenectady. The station is owned by Anastos Media Group, Inc and features news updates from USA Radio Network

USA Radio Network

The USA Radio Network is a syndicator of talk radio programming established in 1985. It provides programming to approximately 1,100 radio stations around the world, plus the American Forces Network and XM Satellite Radio, and can be heard on the internet from USA Radio's website.On March 5, 2008,...

 at the top of each hour. WVKZ is streaming live online through their website.

History

WVKZ began as long running MOR station WSNY, in 1942. In 1968, WSNY flipped to Top 40, going in to direct competition with more powerful and established stations WPTR and WTRY. The format was initially a success. However, by the early 1970s, FM Top 40 began to take hold in the Albany market as well. By 1973, WSNY was in competition, with Top 40 stations WPTR-AM, WTRY-AM, WABY-AM, WGFM-FM and WHSH-FM. In 1974, WSNY left the air. In 1976, the station returned to the air as WWWD, with kind of a Top 40/Oldies hybrid format. WWWD began to add vast amounts of OTB racing to their schedule during the 1980s. In early 1988, the station became WVKZ-AM and partially simulcasted WVKZ-FM,with their rock based Top 40 format. WVKZ drifted through various formats during the 1990s, including Classic Country and talk, before flipping to Oldies in 2004. In February, 2009 WVKZ started broadcasting Scott Shannon

Scott Shannon

Michael Scott Shannon is a radio disc jockey, current co-host of the "Scott and Todd in the Morning" show on WPLJ, host of The True Oldies Channel, and the official voice of The Sean Hannity Show.-Early Radio Career:...

's True Oldies

The True Oldies Channel

The True Oldies Channel is a syndicated radio programming stream begun in the spring of 2004, hosted by American radio personality Scott Shannon...

network after broadcasting as "Real Oldies" since 2004.