Programming
In addition to Fox Sports network programming, the station is home to The Jim Rome Show in middays. The First Team on Fox is from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM, then Big Board Sports from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (hosted by WNYT sportscaster Rodger Wyland). The Drive on Fox is from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. One other local program, the auto racing show Racing with Heart with Kim Hart, airs Sunday evenings at 9:00 p.m during the racing season. Previously, WOFX aired Imus in the Morning, a program which predated the sports format, however the show was taken off the schedule at the end of 2006 and replaced by Fox Sports Radio's Steve Czaban.
In addition to sports talk, the station clears a sizeable amount of play by play on both the local and national levels. WOFX currently is home to Boston Red Sox baseball, University at Albany football and men's basketball, some Syracuse University basketball games not heard on WGY, plus Westwood One's coverage of the National Football League and the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship among other events. Previously, WOFX has held the rights to the New York Giants (which were moved to sister WPYX), New York Jets football (currently on WTMM-FM), New York Mets baseball, as well as Albany Devils (previously the Albany River Rats) hockey (currently on WTMM-FM). WOFX is also the Albany market home to the syndicated Cigar Dave show, currently airing Sunday mornings from 8:00-10:00 a.m.
In the rare case of play by play conflicts, the latter games are usually heard on sister WTRY-FM, a procedure that has become more solidly done in the wake of the mild success of UAlbany football and the success of the Mets in the 2006 season.
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