WFLY (92.3 MHz, "FLY 92.3") is a Top 40/CHR radio station licensed to Troy, New York, and serving the Capital District. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and is considered the company's flagship station. The radio studios and offices are at 6 Johnson Road in Latham. WFLY has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 17,000 watts. The transmitter is located on the Helderberg Escarpment antenna farm on Pinnacle Road in New Scotland, New York. WFLY is the oldest FM radio call sign currently in the Capital District, in use since 1948. History Rural Radio Network On August 18, 1948, WFLY first signed on as the radio station of The Troy Times Record newspaper. Its publisher was Frank Loyd York, from whose initials the station gets its call letters The station was originally experimental and intended to use an FM signal to broadcast a radio-facsimile image of that day's paper to subscribers with the equipment to receive it. When that technology proved unsuccessful, the station began to be programmed with classical music, news from the paper's staff and local interest programs. Upon sign on, it had an effective radiated power of 5,400 watts. Beginning in 1949, it was a member of the Rural Radio Network, a service for farming families in remote sections of New York State. The station received network programming via an over the air relay of WVCV in Cherry Valley, New York. The Rural Radio Network later dropped much of its farm content and switched to mostly classical music, which was originated at WQXR in New York City. This was received via over air relay from WKIP-FM on Mount Beacon. This affiliation lasted until 1960, when the Rural Radio Network folded. The classical music continued on WFLY as locally produced programming. Switch to Top 40 By the late 1960s, the FM audience was changing, and the Troy Record had a difficult time funding a classical music station. In 1970, the station switched to a Top 40/Oldies format with live disc jockeys. At that point, it was known as "The Big 92". DJs on "The Big 92" included Craig Stevens, Gary Mitchell, Rex Gregory, Dale Lane, Bob Harris, Bob Roberts, Johnny Lance and Chris Calvert. It was the first commercial FM station in the Albany market playing contemporary hits. While it did well with the new format, protests over the format flip among classical music listeners were numerous.