WICY

WICY (1490 AM) is an American radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Malone, New York, United States, the station is owned by the Martz Communications Group. WICY is known on-air as 102.7 103.5 WICY (after its FM translator frequencies).

WICY

City	Malone, New York
Broadcast area	Cornwall, Ontario Franklin County, New York
Frequency	1490 kHz (AM)
Branding	Wild Country
Programming
Format	Country music
Affiliations	CBS News Radio Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Martz Communications Group (Cartier Communications)
Sister stations	WPDM
History
First air date	November 4, 1946
Technical information
Facility ID	36122
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts (AM)
ERP	250 watts (W274BI) 140 watts (W278CS)
Transmitter coordinates	44°50′46″N 74°16′07″W
Translator(s)	102.7 W274BI (Malone) 103.5 W278CS (Akwesasne)
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	wildcountry.fm

WICY exclusively operates as a local station for Malone and nearby communities. The station does well in Canadian border communities as well including Huntingdon, Trout River and Cornwall to the Northwest.

WICY had a U.S. Federal Communications Commission construction permit to move to 1500 AM, with a city of license of Mooers, New York, with a proposed facility that would direct a 50,000-watt daytime signal towards Montreal; however, plans would be soon discarded, following complaints that the station's focus on Montreal would have meant substantially reduced coverage for information related to Malone or Franklin County.

On September 20, 2021, WICY changed their format from 1980s’ hits to country, branded as "Wild Country".[1]