WPHD (98.7

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, "Cool Radio") is an FM

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to serve

Corning, New York Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,551 at the 2020 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company t ...

, United States. The station is owned by Kristin Cantrell's Seven Mountains Media, through licensee Southern Belle, LLC. It broadcasts a

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980 ...

music format to the Elmira, New York, metropolitan area.

History

This station received its original construction permit from the

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on July 2,

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. The new station was assigned the call letters WCBA-FM by the FCC on December 3, 1987. WCBA-FM received its license to cover from the FCC on March 23, 1990. In April 1990, licensee Dean J. Slack reached an agreement to sell this station to Eolin Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 21, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 8, 1990. Completing a swap between sister stations where the former WGMM became WCBA-FM (now

WCIG WCIG (97.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Big Flats, New York, United States, the station is owned by Family Life Network. History The station was assigned the call letters WNBR on August 28, 1987. On ...

) and this station, WCBA-FM's call letters were changed to WGMM-FM by the FCC on May 16, 2005. Just six weeks later, the station was assigned the call sign WGMM by the FCC on June 29, 2005. In June 2021, WGMM rebranded as "Cool Radio" following the acquisition of the station by Seven Mountains Media. On June 23, 2021, WGMM changed their call letters to WPHD.Call Letter Changes
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* {{Classic Hits Radio Stations in New York PHD Classic hits radio stations in the United States Steuben County, New York Radio stations established in 1990 1990 establishments in New York (state)