WIRD

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WIRD
Frequency 920 kHz
BrandingWNBZ
Programming
Format Defunct, was adult standards (simulcast of sister station WNBZ)
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerRadio Lake Placid, Inc.
WLPW, WNBZ, WNBZ-FM, WRGR
History
First air date
November 21, 1961 (1961-11-21) [1]
Last air date
May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24) (date of license cancellation)
Technical information
Facility ID 54652
Class D
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 87 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 44°15′36.2″N74°1′20.5″W / 44.260056°N 74.022361°W / 44.260056; -74.022361

WIRD (920 AM) was a radio station broadcasting an adult standards format, simulcasting sister station WNBZ. Licensed to Lake Placid, New York, United States, the station was owned by Radio Lake Placid, Inc. and featured programming from ABC Radio. [2]

The station went on the air November 21, 1961. [1] WIRD's license was canceled on May 24, 2017, for failure to pay debt it owed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which prevented the station's license from being renewed. [3] Shortly after the cancellation, on June 21, 2017, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported that WIRD had been off the air for at least two years. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-303. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ "WIRD Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ Bradshaw, James D. (May 24, 2017). "Re: WIRD(AM), Lake Placid, NY" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ Knight, Chris (June 21, 2017). "The death of local radio?". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Retrieved June 22, 2017.


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