WYJB
WYJB (95.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Albany, New York, and serving the Capital District, including Schenectady and Troy. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. On weekday evenings, WYJB carries the nationally syndicated call-in and dedications show hosted by Delilah. The station's radio studios and offices are on Johnson Road in Latham. WYJB has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 12,000 watts. It transmits from the Helderberg Mountains antenna farm off Pinnacle Road in Voorheesville. History Beautiful Music The 95.5 frequency was originally allocated to the unbuilt WXKW-FM in 1950. It signed on in 1959 as WROW-FM, sister station to Capital Cities Communications flagship outlet WROW 590 AM. For its first decade, it simulcast the AM's beautiful music programming. WROW-AM-FM played quarter hour sweeps of mostly instrumental cover versions of popular songs, with some Broadway and Hollywood show tunes. Around 1967, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) required FM stations in larger cities to originate their own programming. WROW-FM began "shadowcasting" its easy listening sound. The AM and FM station continued to run the same commercials and aired similar music,