WXUR
Encyclopedia
For the radio station that was run under these call letters under the ownership of Dr. Carl McIntire
, see WPHI-FM.
WXUR (92.7 FM
, "92.7 The Drive") is a radio station
broadcasting a [Album Rock]] format. Licensed to Herkimer, New York, USA, the station serves Utica, NY. The station is currently owned by Arjuna Broadcasting Corp. and features programing from Westwood One
.
The station broadcast Oldies with Don Imus in the morning before switching to Active Rock and bringing in Bill Keeler handle mornings. The station switched to Adult Rock after the company that formerly owned WRCK (Rock 107) took over WOUR and shifted that station's programming to Syracuse. WXUR hired former WRCK (Rock 107) morning host Frank McBride to handle afternoons, returned the popular former WOUR morning Bob & Tom show to the market and also added former WOUR veterans Tom Starr, Rick Devoe and Alison to the line-up that already included market mainstay Jack Moran.
Carl McIntire
Carl McIntire was a founder of, and minister in, the Bible Presbyterian Church, founder and long president of the and the American Council of Christian Churches, and a popular religious radio broadcaster, who proudly identified himself as a fundamentalist.-Youth and education:Born in Ypsilanti,...
, see WPHI-FM.
WXUR (92.7 FM
FM broadcasting
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, "92.7 The Drive") is a radio station
Radio station
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broadcasting a [Album Rock]] format. Licensed to Herkimer, New York, USA, the station serves Utica, NY. The station is currently owned by Arjuna Broadcasting Corp. and features programing from Westwood One
Westwood One
Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...
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History
WXUR was first assigned the call sign WYUT-FM on March 2, 1986. On July 20, 1994 the station changed their call sign to the current WXUR.The station broadcast Oldies with Don Imus in the morning before switching to Active Rock and bringing in Bill Keeler handle mornings. The station switched to Adult Rock after the company that formerly owned WRCK (Rock 107) took over WOUR and shifted that station's programming to Syracuse. WXUR hired former WRCK (Rock 107) morning host Frank McBride to handle afternoons, returned the popular former WOUR morning Bob & Tom show to the market and also added former WOUR veterans Tom Starr, Rick Devoe and Alison to the line-up that already included market mainstay Jack Moran.