Organizations WHAZ (Radio Station : Troy, N.Y.)

WHAZ

WHAZ is a Christian radio station licensed to Troy, New York and serves New York's Capital District. The station is owned by the locally based Capital Media and broadcasts on 1330 kHz at 1 kilowatt daytime, 49 watts nighttime from a transmitter located on Van Schaick Island in the neighboring city of Cohoes. WHAZ's programming is also simulcasted on four FM stations on the fringes of the market. WHAZ is recognized as being one of the oldest radio stations in New York State and claims to be the Capital District's second-oldest station. It first signed on in the summer of 1922 using 790 kHz in a time-share agreement with WGY. The station was operated by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. At the behest of General Electric, which desired to operate its flagship station WGY with an unlimited schedule, WHAZ was eventually authorized to switch to 1300 kHz. The NARBA frequency shift of 1941 moved WHAZ to 1330 kHz, daytime-only operations (minus one night a week) in an historic three-way timeshare with another timeshare in New York City, The Jewish Daily Forward's WEVD (1330 AM) and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society's WBBR (1330 AM). Read more at Wikipedia...

Inception: 1922

Associated Place(s): Troy