WVOS-FM
Encyclopedia
WVOS-FM is a radio station
broadcasting a Classic Hits
format. Licensed to Liberty, New York
, USA. The station is currently owned by Watermark Communications LLC and features programming from ABC Radio .
In 1990, under owner Gene Blabey, the simulcast stations flipped format to country to better compete against market rival WSUL
. After a nine year run as a country station, the stations became affiliates of Waitt Radio's Hot Adult Contemporary format.
Watermark Communications, having purchased WSUL
in 2005, bought the simulcast later that year. The stations were rebranded as country once again, and under the moniker "Country 95.9" and quickly rebuilt an audience that had been absent for decades.
On October 31, 2007, finding an over-abundance of country formatted stations in the market, the stations flipped formats (and split up the simulcast for the first time) and WVOS-FM became classic hits "VOS-FM" and now brands itself as "The Greatest Hits of All Time," featuring morning personality Chris Ingram, son of the former New York City disc jockey Dan Ingram
and news with Bill James. Afternoons are hosted by Jack Willard, while Mark St. James hosts evenings. The station is also home to "The Bop Shop" hosted by John Manzi, the longest running program in Catskills radio history.
The station can also be heard in Orange County, NY on 105.7 FM (W289BE) and online at wvosfm.com.
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 a Classic Hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
format. Licensed to Liberty, New York
Liberty, New York
Liberty, New York relates to two locations in Sullivan County, New York, United States:*Liberty , New York*Liberty , New York...
, USA. The station is currently owned by Watermark Communications LLC and features programming from ABC Radio .
History
The station went on the air as WVOS on 1967-01-12. On 1979-05-29, the station changed its call sign to the current WVOS-FM. Through various ownership changes, the station in a simulcast with sister WVOS AM started as an "Middle Of The Road" M.O.R. format playing standards mixed in with light adult contemporary titles.In 1990, under owner Gene Blabey, the simulcast stations flipped format to country to better compete against market rival WSUL
WSUL
-History:WSUL was owned and operated by former disc jockey Dan Dayton and his wife, Lynn . Pat Gillen and Dave Driscoll anchored the morning show at one time. For ten years the station played easy listening songs from the '60s and '70s until the station was sold to Reynolds Communications...
. After a nine year run as a country station, the stations became affiliates of Waitt Radio's Hot Adult Contemporary format.
Watermark Communications, having purchased WSUL
WSUL
-History:WSUL was owned and operated by former disc jockey Dan Dayton and his wife, Lynn . Pat Gillen and Dave Driscoll anchored the morning show at one time. For ten years the station played easy listening songs from the '60s and '70s until the station was sold to Reynolds Communications...
in 2005, bought the simulcast later that year. The stations were rebranded as country once again, and under the moniker "Country 95.9" and quickly rebuilt an audience that had been absent for decades.
On October 31, 2007, finding an over-abundance of country formatted stations in the market, the stations flipped formats (and split up the simulcast for the first time) and WVOS-FM became classic hits "VOS-FM" and now brands itself as "The Greatest Hits of All Time," featuring morning personality Chris Ingram, son of the former New York City disc jockey Dan Ingram
Dan Ingram
Daniel Trombley "Dan" Ingram is an American Top 40 radio disc jockey with a forty-year career on radio stations such as WABC and WCBS-FM in New York...
and news with Bill James. Afternoons are hosted by Jack Willard, while Mark St. James hosts evenings. The station is also home to "The Bop Shop" hosted by John Manzi, the longest running program in Catskills radio history.
The station can also be heard in Orange County, NY on 105.7 FM (W289BE) and online at wvosfm.com.