WIBX

[4] Weekday mornings begin with a local news and talk program hosted by longtime Central New York media personality Bill Keeler.

The rest of the day, WIBX primarily broadcasts nationally syndicated conservative talk programs from Premiere Networks, Westwood One and Fox News Radio: The Brian Kilmeade Show, Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla, The Sean Hannity Show, Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, Michael Knowles, Guy Benson and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.

On weekends the station features shows about money, health, home repair, the law, and technology.

[5] In subsequent years, the American Heart Association has also held additional fundraisers in the Mohawk Valley, including a run and walk, to supplement the radiothon.

[5] WIBX was first licensed on July 29, 1925 to a local radio dealer, Grid-Leak (Inc.) at 236 Genesee Street in Utica.

The following April, Grid Leak transferred the station to a subsidiary, WIBX, Inc., and a month later new studios were opened at the Hotel Utica.

[8] Through the Golden Age of Radio, the station carried the CBS network's line up of dramas, comedies, soap operas, game shows, sports and big band remotes, as well as newscasts.

[10] Afraid that the new station, which eventually became WRUN, would prove more attractive for CBS, WIBX sought to upgrade to its own 5,000-watt facility.

[11] On May 2, 1947, the Federal Communications Commission granted WIBX a move to 950 kHz from a transmitter site in Whitesboro, New York, with the new facility going on the air in early 1948.

[7] Soon afterward, the station's longstanding full service middle of the road format began evolving away from music in favor of increased news, talk, and sports programming.

[7] WIBX ended its long affiliation with CBS on February 28, 2011, when it joined Fox News Radio.

[19][20] Keeler's show was dropped again in 2022 when WFXV began simulcasting Morning in America from corporate sibling NewsNation.

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WIBX logo prior to March 8, 2011
WIBX logo prior to November 23, 2021