Middletown’s WALL Radio comes home

MIDDLETOWN, NY — WALL Radio, 1340 AM, which is licensed to the City of Middletown, is coming back home, to be broadcast locally. For the last several years, the station was actually transmitting from studios in Poughkeepsie.

The return to local programming is thanks to Neversink Media Group, LLC- owned by Bud and Juli Williamson of Orange County.

“We are thrilled to make this happen and we look forward to working with all of the local businesses that make Middletown and Orange County a good place to live,” said Bud.

Not only will the legendary WALL Radio be heard on 1340 AM, it will also be heard on 94.9 FM, 94.1 FM and 105.7 FM, plus for those with HD radios, WALL Radio will be heard on 101.5-HD2.

Mark West, 35-year veteran of Hudson Valley broadcasting, will be back on the air doing the wake-up morning show, complete with his duck.

“Mortimer and I are excited about coming back home. We will be providing great music along with local and regional news and good conversation,” he said.

Williamson also announced that news coverage will be provided by Hank Gross and his powerhouse Mid-Hudson News Network.

“Hank has a long reputation of breaking news before it hits newspapers and he will bring that investigative reporting to our WALL family,” Williamson said.

“WALL Radio is returning to fill a void left by so many radio stations in the Hudson Valley and pledges to bring the most informative and entertaining programming for our listens from Port Jervis to Monroe, Newburgh to Pine Bush and all points in between. As part of this transaction, I am providing Townsquare Media another frequency to continue their Spanish language format.” said Williamson.

Neversink Media Group also owns Pocono 967 in Stroudsburg, PA, WYNY in Milford, PA and WDLC in Port Jervis, NY. In addition, the Williamsons are principals of Hudson Valley Public Radio, WJZZ – JAZZfm.

The assignment of the WALL license is subject to the approval of the Federal Communications Commission.