Top Music Stations in New York
You have a blast listening to music, while working, working out, and driving in your car. Sometimes though, you have troubles finding a music station that fits you. Sometimes your favorite station changes and what used to be a couple of minutes of commercials once an hour has become a couple of minutes of music once an hour! Or maybe you are new to New York, just visiting the area, or possibly just need a change. You have come to the right place.
Here we have all of the top New York music stations in one place, you are sure to find one that meets your tastes. Try out all of the New York stations and then give us your opinion on the best, worst, and any we don’t have on the list that should be. Whether you are in New York for a visit or have lived here for years, we want to hear your opinion.
We have catered our list of New York stations to the local opinions we have received so don’t stop sending them in. Music is an important part of our lives, in New York, and anywhere else. Music stations are also a personal thing. What is music to you? Is it what gets you through your daily commute in New York? Is it what you jam to in the shower? Is it what calms and centers you at work?
107.7 GNA
Schenectady, NY
WGNA-FM (known on-air as 107.7 WGNA) is a country music-formatted radio station licensed to Albany, New York and serving New York’s Capital District. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, and broadcasts at 12,500 watts effective radiated power from the Helderberg Mountains tower farm in New Scotland. WGNA holds the distinction of having the longest unchanged format (in terms of commercial stations) in the Capital District having been a country music station since its launch in November 1973.
Kiss 98.5
Buffalo, NY
WKSE (98.5 FM) is a Contemporary Hit Radio/Top 40 Mainstream station serving the Buffalo and Niagara Falls region of Western New York. The station’s transmitter is located on Grand Island, New York. It is currently owned by Entercom Communications, located in Corporate Parkway, Amherst, New York. In 2006 Kiss 98.5 began streaming its programming over the internet.
WCDB FM
Albany, NY
WCDB is a college radio station located at The University at Albany in Albany, New York. WCDB currently broadcasts at 90.9 FM with a signal covering the Capital District and reaching parts of Western Massachusetts. The station is staffed completely by students and operates on a 24/7 schedule. WCDB’s programming includes a wide range of alternative music programs. The station is now airing worldwide via streaming on their website.
88.3 FM The Saint WVCR
Loudonville, NY
WVCR-FM (88.3 The Saint) is a variety hits radio station owned by, and primarily staffed by students from, Siena College, located in Loudonville, New York. The station broadcasts on 88.3 MHz at a power of 2.8 kilowatts ERP from the Heldeberg Mountains tower farm in New Scotland.Unlike many Variety Hits stations, WVCR’s Variety Hits format contains DJs that interact with listeners, and identify songs played on the station. In addition, the station frequently makes uses of jingles to identify themselves. This is a somewhat uncommon practice among stations with this format.
106.7 Lite FM
New York, NY
WLTW (106.7 FM, “106.7 Lite FM”) is a radio station with an Adult Contemporary format in New York City. 106.7 Lite fm is New York’s Variety featuring Mainstream AC radio with Bronson and Christine live from NYC at 1067litefm.com and on iHeartRadio.
WCJW- CJ Country
Warsaw , NY
WCJW (1140 AM, “CJ Country”) is a radio station in western New York state. Its AM facility broadcasts at 2,500 watts on 1140 kHz from studios in Warsaw, New York during daytime hours only; however, three co-owned FM translators provide fulltime service. A construction permit was recently granted to allow a daytime power increase to 8,000 watts and 2,300 watts during critical hours. The station’s format is centered around country music with a strong emphasis on local news, weather, high school sports, and agriculture.
HOT 107.9
Syracuse, NY
WWHT (Hot 107.9) is a Mainstream Top 40 station licensed to Syracuse, New York. The Clear Channel Communications outlet broadcasts at 107.9 MHz with an ERP of 50 kW. In 2010 WWHT increased the Rhythmic content while reducing the non-Rhythmic product, a trend that several Top 40/CHRs have been adopting, and by January 2011 made the shift to Rhythmic Top 40 altogether.
Love Radio- WVOA FM
Syracuse, NY
WVOA-FM (103.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Mexico, New York, USA, the station serves the Syracuse area. The station is currently owned by Renard Communications Corporation, wholly owned by Craig Fox.Some non-religious programming airs on the station, including “The Wax Museum with Ronnie Dark,” a program dedicated to garage rock, progressive rock, British Invasion music, and deep cuts from the 1960s and 1970s, and “Hablando con Central New York.”
WDKX 103.9
Rochester, NY
WDKX (103.9 WDKX) is an urban Contemporary radio station that broadcasts from Rochester, New York on a frequency of 103.9 MHz at 800 watts of effective radiated power.Keeping with its Urban Contemporary format, WDKX chose its call letters to honor Black heroes ( D-Fredrick Douglass, K-Martin Luther King Jr., and X-Malcolm X ).Blackwell, Jeffrey.
Y94
Syracuse, NY
WYYY (“Y94FM”) is a Lite Adult Contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Syracuse, New York. The Clear Channel Communications outlet broadcasts at 94.5 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW.In 2007, the station somewhat tweaked the format, playing more soft rock and pop hits from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s rather than mostly contemporary music.
