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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WLTB
| logo             =
| city             = [[Johnson City, New York]]
| area             = [[Greater Binghamton]]
| branding         = ''Magic 101.7'' (FM/HD1)<br>''102.5 The Vault'' (HD2)
| frequency        = 101.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| translator       = {{Radio Relay|102.5|W273AB|[[Vestal, New York|Vestal]]|HD2}}
| airdate          = {{start date and age|1972}} (as WEBO-FM)
| format           = [[Classic hits|Classic Rock Hits]]
| subchannels      = HD2: [[Classic hits]]
| erp              = 580 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|312|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class            = A
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id      = 71400
| callsign_meaning = "Lite Binghamton"
| former_callsigns = WEBO-FM (1972–1979)<br/>WWWT (1979–1985)<br/>WQWT (1985–1987)<br/>WQXT (1987–1992)<br/>WGRG (1992–1998)
| owner            = GM Broadcasting
| licensee         =
| sister_stations  =
| webcast          = [http://streamdb4web.securenetsystems.net/v5/WLTB Listen Live]<br>HD2: {{listen live|https://1025thevault.com}}
| website          = {{URL|magic1017fm.com}}<br>HD2: {{URL|1025thevault.com}}
}}
'''WLTB''' (101.7 [[Hertz|MHz]] "Magic 101.7") is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[FM radio|FM]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Johnson City, New York]], and serving the [[Greater Binghamton]] [[media market|radio market]].  Owned locally by GM Broadcasting, the station broadcasts a [[classic hits]] [[radio format]], playing hits of the 1980s, 90s and early 2000s.  It leans toward [[adult rock]] and omits pop and dance artists such as [[Michael Jackson]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Whitney Houston]] who are heard on most classic hits stations.  The [[radio studio|studio]]s are on East Main Street in [[Endicott, New York|Endicott]].
WLTB is a [[List of broadcast station classes|Class A]] station with an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 560 [[watt]]s.  The [[transmitter]] is on Ingraham Hill in Binghamton.<REF>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=wltb&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C Radio-Locator.com/WLTB]</REF>  WLTB broadcasts using [[HD Radio]] technology.  Its HD2 [[digital subchannel]] airs a mainstream classic hits format, known as "102.5 The Vault."  It feeds [[FM translator]] '''W273AB''' at 102.5 MHz in [[Vestal, New York|Vestal]].<REF>[https://radio-locator.com/info/W273AB-FX Radio-Locator.com/W273AB]</REF>
==History==
===WEBO-FM, WWWT===
WEBO Radio, Inc., the owner of [[WEBO]] [[1330 AM]], applied for a [[construction permit]] to build a new FM radio station in [[Owego, New York|Owego]] on September 23, 1971.  It received the permit on January 17, 1972.<ref name="hc">{{FCC letter|hcards=yes|callsign=WLTB|letterid=83723}}</ref>  The station [[sign-on|signed on]] the air in {{Start date and age|September 1972}}.  Its [[call sign]] was WEBO-FM, broadcasting from a new tower in South Owego.  WEBO which was a [[daytimer]] station would [[simulcast]] its programming with its FM [[sister station]].  Listeners could continue hearing its programming at night by listening to 101.7 FM.<ref name="Pres720722">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92550780/new-tower-rises-in-owegos-hills/|date=July 22, 1972|page=Saturday 11|title=New Tower Rises In Owego's Hills|newspaper=The Evening Press|location=Binghamton, New York|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 14, 2022|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114062019/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92550780/new-tower-rises-in-owegos-hills/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat -->
Then on March 1, 1979, the simulcast ended.  FM 101.7 became WWWT "3WT" and flipped to an all-[[disco music|disco]] format.<ref name="Pres790304">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92550830/local-stations-muse-is-disco-here-to-st/|date=March 4, 1979|page=16-C|first=Gene|last=Grey|title=Local stations muse: Is disco here to stay?|newspaper=Press and Sun-Bulletin|location=Binghamton, New York|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 14, 2022|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114062019/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92550830/local-stations-muse-is-disco-here-to/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun -->  The exception was morning [[drive time]] when it continued to simulcast the AM.<ref name="Pres790228">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92550878/owego-radio-station-changes-tune/|date=February 28, 1979|page=3A|title=Owego radio station changes tune|newspaper=Press and Sun-Bulletin|location=Binghamton, New York|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 14, 2022|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114062019/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92550878/owego-radio-station-changes-tune/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed --> The disco format gave way within several months later, switching to a mainstream [[contemporary hit radio|Top 40 - CHR]] approach.<ref name="Pres801020">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92550918/the-beat-goes-on/|date=October 20, 1980|page=1B|first=Diana|last=DeGrasse|title=The beat goes on|newspaper=Press and Sun-Bulletin|location=Binghamton, New York|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 14, 2022|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114062020/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92550918/the-beat-goes-on/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Mon -->
===WQWT, WQXT, WGRG===
WWWT's hit radio format changed in October 1985.  The station became [[soft adult contemporary]] WQWT "The Lite Q", aiming for an older demographic than it had under its previous format.<ref name="Pres850925">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92550993/owego-radio-stations-tune-to-changing-au/|date=September 25, 1985|page=1B|title=Owego radio stations tune to changing audiences|newspaper=Press and Sun-Bulletin|location=Binghamton, New York|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 14, 2022|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114062020/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92550993/owego-radio-stations-tune-to-changing/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed -->  In 1987, the station returned to contemporary hits, this time as WQXT "Q102".  Two years later, the station activated a new tower and transmitter site on Bornt Hill, expanding its coverage area.<ref name="Pres890325">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92551079/owego-station-plants-new-tower/|date=March 25, 1989|page=1B|title=Owego station plants new tower|newspaper=Press and Sun-Bulletin|location=Binghamton, New York|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 14, 2022|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114062021/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92551079/owego-station-plants-new-tower/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat -->
In 1991, the Aubol family, which owned the station, retired and sold WEBO and WQXT to Steven Gilinsky.  FM 101.7 changed to an [[oldies]] format.<ref name="Pres910206">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92551152/owego-stations-sold-webo-to-go-country/|date=February 6, 1991|page=6B|first=Katherine|last=Karlson|title=Owego stations sold; WEBO to go country|newspaper=Press and Sun-Bulletin|location=Binghamton, New York|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 14, 2022|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114062024/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92551152/owego-stations-sold-webo-to-go-country/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed --> The call letters were changed to WGRG in 1992, and in September of the same year that the station reverted to Top 40 - CHR known as Power 101.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1992-09.pdf#page=23|work=M Street Journal|date=September 23, 1992|page=1|title=Format Changes and Updates|access-date=January 14, 2022|archive-date=September 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930001734/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1992-09.pdf#page=23|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[FM translator]] W273AB at 102.5 FM, was added the next year. By 1996, the format on 101.7 FM changed to [[alternative rock]].<ref name="Pres961217">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92551344/radio-raves-teen-agers-tune-in-with-fre/|date=December 17, 1996|page=1C, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92551335/teens-tune-in-to-radio-stations/ 3C]|title=Radio raves: Teen-agers tune in with frequency|newspaper=Press and Sun-Bulletin|location=Binghamton, New York|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 14, 2022|first1=Michelle|last1=Mastronardi|first2=Suraj|last2=Puttanniah|first3=Michael|last3=Komarinetz|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114062025/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92551344/radio-raves-teen-agers-tune-in-with/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue -->
===WLTB===
WGRG became WLTB "Lite 101.7", returning to soft adult contemporary music, in 1998.  The call sign was retained in 2001 when the station shifted to [[hot adult contemporary]] as "Magic 101.7".  Since that time, the station has changed formats three times while keeping the Magic 101.7 moniker, starting in 2016 by returning to CHR known as Binghamton's #1 Hit Music Station. In 2021, the station adopted an [[Adult Hits]] format, and in 2022, it changed formats once more to rock-leaning Classic Hits.
Gilinsky, who had previously sold 75 percent of WLTB to Thomas Mollen, repurchased his stake in the station in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=August 7, 2015 |title=Station Sales Week Of 8/7 |language=en-US |work=RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/94014/station-sales-week-of-87/ |access-date=2022-01-14 |archive-date=2022-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114062024/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/94014/station-sales-week-of-87/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===The Vault===
The station has an [[HD Radio|HD]] [[digital subchannel]], known as "The Vault".  It began broadcasting in 2017 and replaced the 102.5 simulcast of WLTB.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=September 25, 2017 |title=Vault Opens In Binghamton |language=en-US |work=RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/119914/vault-opens-binghamton/ |access-date=2022-01-14 |archive-date=2020-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222143037/http://radioinsight.com/headlines/119914/vault-opens-binghamton/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  The Vault airs a more mainstream classic hits format.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Official website|url=http://www.magic1017fm.com/|name=magic1017fm.com}}
*{{Official website|url=http://1025thevault.com/|name=1025thevault.com}}
*{{FM station data|739399|WLTB}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|71399|W273AB}}
*{{FXL|W273AB}}
{{Binghamton Radio}}
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