1 3 ▁( 1 9 5 9 - 1 9 8 1 ); ▁now ▁W N Y T ) ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁with ▁Van ▁Cur ler ▁Broadcast ing , ▁and ▁W TR Y - FM ▁ 1 0 6 . 5 ▁( now ▁W PY X ). ▁ ▁When ▁W ROW ▁took ▁the ▁CBS ▁affili ation ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 , ▁W TR Y ▁briefly ▁was ▁the ▁ABC ▁affili ate ▁before ▁W P TR ▁took ▁that ▁affili ation ▁several ▁years ▁later . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁the ▁station ▁took ▁a ▁Top ▁ 4 0 ▁format ▁( which ▁gained ▁a ▁sim ul cast ▁on ▁ 1 0 6 . 5 ▁FM ▁briefly ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ), ▁which ▁they ▁maintained ▁in ▁some ▁form ▁until ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁when ▁it ▁went ▁through ▁a ▁long - term ▁evolution ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁station ▁becoming ▁old ies ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁W TR Y ▁gained ▁a ▁sim ul cast ▁on ▁W TR Y - FM ▁( 9 8 . 3 ▁FM ) ▁which ▁they ▁lost ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁then ▁reg ained ▁in ▁a ▁mut ual ▁arrangement ▁two ▁years ▁later ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁FM ▁became ▁primary ▁and ▁the ▁AM ▁secondary ▁with ▁the ▁AM ▁splitting ▁for ▁alternate ▁programming ▁at ▁points . ▁ ▁W TR Y ▁went ▁through ▁several