WBNR
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Broadcast area | Hudson Valley |
| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1260 kHz |
| Branding | The Beacon |
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| Format | Conservative talk |
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Call sign meaning | "Beacon Newburgh Radio" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 19629 | |
| Class | B |
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WLNA (1260 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Beacon, New York, and serving the Hudson Valley. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and calls itself "The Beacon." It simulcasts a conservative talk radio format with sister stations WLNA (1420 AM) in Peekskill and WGHQ (920 AM) in Kingston. The studios are located on New York State Route 52 in Beacon.
WBNR is powered at 1,000 watts by day and 400 watts at night. It has a directional antenna using a two-tower array at 475 South Avenue in the city of Beacon.[2] Programming is also hear on 100-watt FM translator W243EM at 96.5 MHz.[3]
Programming
Weekdays on "The Beacon" (WBNR, WLNA and WGHQ) begin with a local news and interview show, Hudson Valley Focus with Tom Sipos. The rest of the day, nationally syndicated programs are heard: Brian Kilmeade, Dan Bongino, Charlie Kirk, Joe Pags, Bill O'Reilly, America at Night with Rick Valdés, Red Eye Radio and America in the Morning. Weekends feature specialty shows on travel, golf, cars and guns. Syndicated weekend hosts include Dave Ramsey, Larry Elder, Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, Rudy Maxa and Eric Metaxas.
The Beacon carries live sports including New York Rangers hockey, New York Knicks basketball and Army Black Knights football from nearby West Point.
History
Early years
WBNR signed on the air on December 17, 1959. It was powered at 1,000 watts and was a daytimer station, required to go off the air at night. It was built, engineered, owned and operated by Robert Gessner and brothers Sy and Al Dresner.[4] The original studio was near Denning's Point, a location on the Hudson River that has an archaeological record going back 5,000 years.[5] Former staffers felt that this explained frequent reports of paranormal activity in the studio building.
It was not until 1987 that WBNR was licensed for 480 watts night time operation with a DA2 antenna pattern. For many years it was owned by brothers Robert and Alford Lessner, who were involved in the popular TV show Candid Camera. The station served the community with a full service, middle of the road (MOR) music format, local news and sports. It was heavily involved with Beacon community events and was the flagship station for Army Black Knights football.
Changes in ownership
In 1970, Lance Broadcasting, then owners of WBNR, acquired WSPK (104.7 FM) from Poughkeepsie–based Olympian Broadcasting.[6] Olympian was also the owner of WKIP (1450 AM), along with the mountain top transmitter site on North Mount Beacon.
In the 1980s and 1990s, radio listeners increasingly tuned to FM stations for music. That hurt the ratings on WBNR. In 1994, WBNR and WSPK were sold to Enterprise Media of Binghamton, New York. Both stations were subsequently sold to Pamal Broadcasting in October 1997. The studios moved from their original 1959 location at 475 South Avenue in Beacon to the newly reconstructed "Broadcast Center" at 715 Fishkill Avenue (NY Route 52), in Fishkill, New York.
Classic country, classic hits and conservative talk
On Monday, March 24, 2014, WBNR and WLNA switched to "Real Country", a national music format. The stations began playing classic country hits of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. On December 3, 2019, WBNR began simulcasting on translator station W243EM at 96.5 FM. That gave listeners in and around Beacon the option of tuning in WBNR on the FM dial.
On March 15, 2021, WBNR changed from classic country to a simulcast of co-owned classic hits station WBPM in Suagerties.[7]
On October 14, 2024, WBNR ended its simulcast of WBPM. It switched to a conservative talk format, simulcast with WGHQ in Kingston and WLNA in Peekskill. The stations began airing talk hosts from Westwood One and were branded as "The Beacon".[8] They became network affiliates of ABC News Radio.
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WBNR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WBNR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ FCC.gov/W243EM
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1970 Broadcasting Yearbook page C-145". Broadcasting Publications, Inc.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Denning's Point, A Hudson River History". Heron, Jim (2006) Black Dome Press Corp.
- '^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1972 page B-144. Retrieved Oct. 27, 2024.
- ^ Magic Comes To The Hudson Valley Radioinsight - March 14, 2021
- ^ A New Beacon is Lit in the Hudson Valley Radioinsight - October 15, 2024
External links
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- WBNR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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- W243EM at FCCdata.org
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