In late 1971, the Troy Record sold WFLY to Functional Broadcasting. The programming was changed to an easy listening/classical hybrid. The partial return of classical was not successful, given the sign-on of WMHT-FM as a full-time classical station. By this time, there were already two other easy listening outlets in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy market. Rock and AC Music Functional lost money on WFLY, and sold the station in early 1975 to the Rochester, New York-based Rust Communications Group. After the sale, the station changed programming to an automated album-oriented rock format, billing itself as "sophisticated rock." WFLY went with adult contemporary music in 1977, and then reverted to top 40 in 1979 as FLY 92 FM. In 1983, the station was sold to Five States Tower Company. It was owned by Rob Dyson, who also owned WPDH and WEOK in Poughkeepsie. In 1987, it was subsequently sold to Jim Morrell's Albany Broadcasting. The second go-around of Top 40 was successful, as WFLY forced AM powerhouses WTRY and WPTR into other formats. Top 40 Success Under program director Todd Pettengill (then a little known DJ from WBUG in Amsterdam, New York), the station found success playing Top 40 hits with an enthusiastic DJ staff. In the following years, most rivals eventually failed, though three stations (WGFM/WGY-FM (99 GFM, later Electric 99 WGY FM) from 1982 to 1990, WKLI-FM (K100) from 1996 to 1999, and WKKF (102.3 Kiss FM) since 2000) have survived for an extended period in the Top 40 format. In 2005, WFLY rebranded as FLY 92.3 and tweaked its format to be more modern rock-leaning to separate itself from co-owned WAJZ, which had taken on a more rhythmic format. However, over time, the station has reverted to a more mainstream CHR format. Programming WFLY has aired a Top 40/CHR format since 1979, the second longest-running commercial format in Capital District FM radio. (WGNA-FM's country music format has been in place since 1973.) As tastes in contemporary music change, WFLY has also been through several playlist evolutions through the years. However, the station has stayed true to a CHR format for decades. Former staff Ellen Rockwell Jack Lawrence Michael Morgan Dave Redpath Shadow Michaels Todd Pettengill (later at WPLJ New York City) Jim Chandler Woody Wood Candy and Potter Morning Show D.Scott (later at WKKF) References External links www.fly92.com FLY Radio stations established in 1948 Contemporary hit radio stations in the