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| Simulcast with WINS, New York City | |
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| Broadcast area | New York metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 92.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 1010 WINS on 92.3 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | All-news radio |
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| WCBS-FM, WFAN, WFAN-FM, WHSQ, WINS, WNEW-FM, WXBK | |
| History | |
First air date | December 25, 1948 |
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Call sign meaning | Taken from sister station WINS |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 58579 |
| Class | B |
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| HAAT | 415 meters (1,362 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°44′53″N 73°59′10″W / 40.748°N 73.986°W |
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| Website | (HD3) |
WINS-FM (92.3 MHz) is a radio station licensed to New York, New York, and owned by Audacy, Inc. WINS-FM simulcasts all-news radio station WINS (AM) (1010 kHz),[3] with the station referred to on air as "1010 WINS at 92.3 FM". The station's studios are located in the Hudson Square neighborhood in Manhattan.
WINS-FM is a class B station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,000 watts. Its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building. WINS-FM also broadcasts in HD Radio.
Originally co-owned with 570 WMCA, this station has featured a series of contemporary music, soft rock, classic rock, mellow rock, alternative rock and hot talk formats from 1975 to 2022. As the home of Disco 92 WKTU, this station overtook WABC 770 AM as New York's top-rated hit music station in the late 1970s.
In 1985, the station became "K-Rock". Howard Stern was hired, giving WXRK a ratings boost. "The Howard Stern Show" was later nationally syndicated from WXRK via owner Infinity Broadcasting Corporation. WXRK's format varied between different iterations of rock, including classic and alternative, until Stern's highly publicized departure for Sirius Satellite Radio forced a relaunch. In 2006, it became WFNY, the flagship station of CBS Radio's Free FM hot talk format. WFNY's failure resulted in the station reverting to rock in 2007 as WXRK with holdover morning hosts Opie and Anthony. But it again flipped to Top 40 as "92.3 NOW" in 2009. In a bid to rejuvenate ratings, the station was rebranded "92.3 AMP FM" WBMP in 2014. The day that CBS Radio's Reverse Morris Trust merger into Entercom closed in November 2017, WBMP was relaunched as alternative WNYL.
On October 27, 2022, the station switched to a full-time simulcast of 1010 WINS, changing its call sign to WINS-FM.
- ^ "Wave Goodbye To The WBMP Calls And Say Hi To WNYL (ALT 92.3)/New York". All Access. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WINS-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Simon, Perry Michael (October 10, 2022). "Audacy To Flip WNYL (Alt 92.3)/New York To WINS Simulcast". allaccess.com. Mediabase. Retrieved October 10, 2022.