In the far north of Upstate New York, across Lake Champlain from the Burlington, Vt., metropolitan area, lies a unique Class C AM radio station that offers a wide mix of obscure Oldies as Plattsburgh’s “Hometown Radio” station. In October 2019, this facility was acquired from the man behind a local Pontiac dealership for $287,500.
Then came COVID-19, and the continued struggle of radio stations on the kHz band to attract listeners and advertisers. As mid-March 2025 began, news of tariffs between the U.S. and Canada, just to the north, fueled additional economic uncertainties.
Now, WIRY-AM is ceasing operations some 75 years after it first went on the air.
