The New York area will get a digital only AM next month.
Cumulus Media’s 1230 WFAS White Plains NY filed a digital notification with the FCC on Monday proposing to convert to all-digital as on Monday, May 24. The 1kW AM covers the northern half of the market.
Upon completion, WFAS will become the third AM in the country to convert to all-digital. Hubbard’s “The Gamut” 820 WWFD Frederick MD has been operating on experimental authority for a few years. After the FCC approved voluntary all-digital operation last fall, NIA Broadcasting’s “Caliente 96.1” 1470 WMGG Egypt Lake/Tampa commenced in January.
WFAS has also flipped from the CBS Sports Radio network to Conservative Talk utilizing programming from the company’s Westwood One ahead of the digital conversion.