WENU (1410 AM) is a

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broadcasting a soft oldies format simulcasting

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out of Albany. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

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area. Established in 1988 as WSTL, the station is owned by

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History

First usage of frequency in Glens Falls

1410 AM went on the air as WSET in 1959, programming a middle of the road format; for a time, the station studios were located in the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls. In 1965, WSET changed its call letters to WBZA; the new call letters arose from the station owner's respect for WBZ in Boston. WSET and WBZA broadcast at 1410 AM with a " daytime only" license from the

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(FCC). At sunset each day, the station would leave the air until the next day at 6am. In 1971, the format was flipped to

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. During the later 1970s, WBZA evolved to more of an

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format, and it eventually changed frequencies to 1230, in late 1982; that station is now WMML, a sister station to WENU.

Current station

From 1982 to 1988, the 1410 frequency previously occupied by WBZA was off the air, until returning as

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station WSTL in 1988. The station took on the WBZA call letters in early January 1998, and changed again in September 2000 to the current WENU. During the early 2000s, WENU was a simulcast of WENU-FM, now WNYQ, with an adult standards format. When the FM changed to AC, WENU remained with adult standards. More recently, WENU flipped to a

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format. On January 30, 2012, WENU, along with sister station WMML, signed off the air, as the antenna in

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, was torn down to allow a new antenna to be put up in place. WENU returned to the air with a new nickname, "The U" on March 15, 2012 and a greater focus on community news coverage. WENU's new signal allows people in northern

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and southern

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to hear the station. WENU's classic country format came to an end on February 22, 2013; the following day, the station switched to a

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format supplied by

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. On January 3, 2019, WENU dropped CBS Sports Radio and began simulcasting

, its sister station in Albany which carries a soft oldies format.

References

External links

* * {{Pamal Broadcasting

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