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WTLA

WTLA
Broadcast area
Syracuse metropolitan area
Frequency1200 kHz
BrandingESPN Radio 97.7
Programming
FormatSports
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
August 1, 1959 (1959-08-01)
Former call signs
  • WSOQ (1959–1984)
  • WEZG (1984–1985)
  • WURS (1985–1988)
  • WXRA (1988–1991)
  • WNSS (1991–1993)
  • WKRL (1993–1995)
Former frequencies
1220 kHz (1959–1991)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
54546
ClassB
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
43°9′6″N 76°7′58″W / 43.15167°N 76.13278°W / 43.15167; -76.13278
Translator97.7 W249BC (Mattydale)
Repeater1440 WSGO (Oswego)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.espncny.com

WTLA (1200 AM; "ESPN Radio 97.7") is a commercial radio station licensed to North Syracuse, New York, and serving the Syracuse metropolitan area. The station is owned by Galaxy Media Partners and airs a sports radio format. Programming is also simulcast on co-owned WSGO (1400 AM) in Oswego, New York.

WTLA operates with 1,000 watts. Because 1200 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station WOAI in San Antonio, WTLA uses a directional antenna at night to avoid interference when radio waves travel farther. WTLA's transmitter is off Davis Road North in Cicero, New York, near Interstate 481.[2] WTLA also is heard on 120-watt FM translator W249BC at 97.7 MHz in nearby Mattydale, New York.[3]

Programming

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WTLA and WSGO have several local weekday sports shows, in middays and afternoon drive time. The rest of the schedule features programming from ESPN Radio, the Syracuse ISP Sports Network (carrying Syracuse University sports), the New York Giants Radio Network and the NFL on Westwood One.[4] WTLA and WSGO had previously carried New York Mets baseball games until the New York Mets Radio Network was discontinued in 2019 due to the high cost of satellite time.

History

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The station signed on the air August 1, 1959.[5] Its call sign was WSOQ and it broadcast on 1220 AM. On that frequency, WSOQ was a daytimer. Due to longer established stations on 1220, WSOQ had to go off the air at sunset each day to avoid interference. The station was owned by Sol Panitz and Harry Winton, and was an affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System.

Over the years, the station used the call letters WEZG, WURS, and WXRA.

In 1991, the station moved to 1200 AM. It had attempted to move its spot on the dial since 1980, hoping to find a frequency where it could broadcast around the clock.[6][7][8] A few months later, the station was renamed WNSS. It then became WKRL in 1993, and WTLA in 1995.[9]

Until March 5, 2010, WTLA offered an adult standards format from the "Music of Your Life" network. On that date, it affiliated with ESPN Radio.[10] A local afternoon show, "Disturbing The Peace" was added in May 2010, focusing on Syracuse and New York sports. In January 2011, programs hosted by Mike Bristol (who had previously been heard on WHEN) were picked up by WTLA.

Actor Daniel Baldwin began hosting a one-hour weekday sports program on WTLA and WSGO in 2017.[11] The show ended in April 2019.[12]

Translators

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Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
W249BC 97.7 FM Mattydale, New York 618 120 D LMS

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTLA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WTLA
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/W249BC
  4. ^ "WTLA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-196[dead link]
  6. ^ "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  7. ^ "Application Search Details (2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  8. ^ "Application Search Details (3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  9. ^ "WTLA Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  10. ^ Fybush, Scott (December 14, 2009). "Economy Claims PA's WPAZ". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  11. ^ "Actor Daniel Baldwin Joins WTLA-WSGO (ESPN Syracuse) for Weekday Show".
  12. ^ InsideRadio.com "Daniel Baldwin Exits ESPN Syracuse" 9/12/19
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WTLA

WTLA (1200 AM; "ESPN Radio 97.7") is a commercial radio station licensed to North Syracuse, New York, and serving the Syracuse metropolitan area. The station is owned by Galaxy Media Partners and airs a sports radio format. Programming is also simulcast on co-owned WSGO (1400 AM) in Oswego, New York. WTLA operates with 1,000 watts. Because 1200 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station WOAI in San Antonio, WTLA uses a directional antenna at night to avoid interference when radio waves travel farther. WTLA's transmitter is off Davis Road North in Cicero, New York, near Interstate 481. WTLA also is heard on 120-watt FM translator W249BC at 97.7 MHz in nearby Mattydale, New York.

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Daniel Baldwin

Daniel Leroy Baldwin (born October 5, 1960) is an American actor and director. He is the second-oldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all of whom are actors. He is best known for playing the role of Detective Beau Felton in the NBC TV series Homicide: Life on the Street. He also starred in the films Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Hero (1992), Mulholland Falls, Trees Lounge (both 1996), Vampires, Phoenix (both 1998), Paparazzi (2004), Sidekick (2005), The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell (2006), and Grey Gardens (2009). He hosted The Daniel Baldwin Show on radio station WTLA in Syracuse from 2017 to 2019. He has also been an emcee for the television series World's Dumbest. In February 2009, he appeared on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, admitting to his struggle with cocaine addiction.

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WSGO

WSGO (1440 AM) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Oswego, New York, and serving the northern suburbs of the Syracuse metropolitan area. The station is owned by Galaxy Media Partners and airs a sports radio format. The station, like most of Galaxy Media Partners' Oswego cluster, is a direct repeater of a Syracuse sister station, in WSGO's case, WTLA (1200 AM). Like WTLA, it simulcasts programming full-time on a 220-watt FM translator, W261AC, on 100.1 MHz). WSGO operates with 1,000 watts by day. At night, when radio waves travel farther, it reduces power to 45 watts to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 1440. It uses a non-directional antenna at all times, located on Dutch Ridge Road in Oswego, adjacent to Route 481.

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WNSS

WNSS may refer to: WNSS (FM) (89.3 FM), a radio station in Palm Coast, Florida WSKO (AM) (1260 AM), a radio station in Syracuse, New York, which held the call sign WNSS from 1996 to 2010 WTLA (1200 AM), a radio station in North Syracuse, New York, which held the call sign WNSS from 1991 to 1993

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