{"id":227248,"date":"2025-10-20T16:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/227248\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:17:13","slug":"star-radio-returns-to-saratoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/227248\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Radio Returns To Saratoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/933waix.png\" alt=\"Star Radio 93.3 1160 WSSV Mechanicville Albany Saratoga\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-176611\"  \/>A little over a year after dropping its \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starsaratoga.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Star Radio<\/a>\u201d branding, Loud Media has returned the Classic Hits brand to its 1160 WSSV Mechanicville\/93.3 W227DW and 96.1 W241DM Saratoga Springs NY. <\/p>\n<p>WSSV had operated as \u201cStar Radio\u201d from <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/176610\/star-to-rise-over-saratoga-following-sale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 2019<\/a> first as an AC before evolving to Classic Hits until flipping to Variety Hits \u201cLake-FM\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/281064\/wssv-wlgr-flow-into-a-lake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in September 2024<\/a>. After its then-simulcaster 93.5 WLGR Warrensburg <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/287035\/todd-nixons-sticks-media-expands-with-glens-falls-purchase\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was sold<\/a>, WSSV had flipped back to Classic Hits with a focus on the 1980s as \u201c93.3 Fun-FM\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/302152\/fun-fm-arrives-in-saratoga\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Loud Media CEO Aaron Ishmael said, \u201cWe are so excited to bring this iconic brand and identity back to Saratoga Springs and the surrounding area, now with two FM frequencies to better serve our listening audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The station is now promising \u201ca refreshed classic-hits format combining nostalgia with vibrant energy\u201d. Eric Woodhouse who is now serving as Brand Manager and morning host said, \u201cThis is the station that initially brought me to work in Saratoga. Star, Flavorfeast, and Oreo Tiramisu from a caf\u00e9 on Phila Street. Jerry Crouth is, of course, doing his Oldies Show every Saturday Morning and that will soon be shared across three markets. John Meaney is, of course, with us too every Saturday afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remained of the daily lineup on WSSV will feature YEA! Networks\u2019 Greg Beharrell Show in middays and Dylan Ayer tracking afternoons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A little over a year after dropping its \u201cStar Radio\u201d branding, Loud Media has returned the Classic Hits&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-227248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}