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?
100.5 The Mix
Rochester, NY
100.5 The Mix is playing the 90’s to now for Rochester. They have a variety of programming and they also feature traffic updates, weather reports, local news, and sports headlines too.
93Q
Syracuse, NY
WNTQ, 93Q, is a Mainstream Top 40 station based in Syracuse, New York. The Cumulus Media outlet operates at 93.1 MHz with an ERP of 97,000 watts. WNTQ was owned by Citadel Broadcasting until their merger with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011. This caused a slight tweak in the music played, as Cumulus micromanages the playlists of their Top 40 stations, something that Citadel did not practice. Each respective music director was allowed to pick the music played under Citadel’s ownership.
WNYU 89.1 FM
New York, NY
WNYU is New York University ‘s radio station and is completely operated by NYU students. WNYU’s studios are located in the basement of 5-11 University Pl. in Greenwich Village. WNYU’s transmitter is located at University Heights in the Bronx, the former location of NYU. WNYU broadcasts on 89.1 FM with an effective radiated power of 8,300 watts weekdays from 4:00PM to 1:00AM, and on the Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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.
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.
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.
97 Rock
Buffalo, NY
WGRF is a radio station in Buffalo, New York, USA. The station’s on air branding is “97 Rock”. The station mostly plays Classic rock from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Since 2006, the station has also aired numerous rock-leaning oldies, such as songs from The Beatles, that were displaced by the format change at sister station WHTT. WGRF broadcasts at 96.9 MHz.
Country 106.5 WYRK
Buffalo, NY
WYRK is a country music formatted radio station located in Buffalo, New York. It broadcasts from the top of the Rand Building in Buffalo, where its studios are located on the 12th floor.
WNYL
New York, NY
WNYL is an FM radio station licensed to New York City and owned by Entercom. WNYL broadcasts an alternative rock format branded as “Alt 92.3”.
WLIB
New York, NY
WLIB (1190 AM) is an urban contemporary gospel radio station licensed to New York City. WLIB is owned by Emmis Communications, along with sister stations WBLS (107.5 FM) and WQHT (97.1 FM).
