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The station's call letters come from [[Long Island, New York|'''L'''o'''ng''' Island]]. |
The station's call letters come from [[Long Island, New York|'''L'''o'''ng''' Island]]. |
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The station's target market is the [[Hamptons]] of [[Southampton (town), New York|Southampton, New York]] and [[East Hampton (town), New York|East Hampton, New York]] as well as the [[North Fork, Suffolk County, New York]]. The emphasis on advertisements for the local [[Five and dime]], delis and crafts stores have made it popular among the [[Bonackers]] (Hamptons locals).<ref name="query.nytimes.com"/><ref name="readme.readmedia.com">[http://readme.readmedia.com/news/show/NYS_Broadcasters_Association_to_Welcome_WLNG_s_Sidney_into_2007_Hall_of_Fame/1479 NYS Broadcasters Association to Welcome WLNG's Sidney into 2007 Hall of Fame - readmedia.com - May 30, 2007]</ref> The station has extensive local news which is considered the best by many locals and is famous for being the definitive source for weather information during major storms. |
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On July 17, 1996, the station was having a live remote at a carnival in [[Jamesport, New York]] when [[TWA Flight 800]] fell out of the sky into the nearby Atlantic Ocean and the station was the first to break the news that something momentous had happened.<ref name="readme.readmedia.com"/><ref>[http://www.wlng.com/whataboutcommunity.htm What About Community? - WLNG.com - Retrieved August 8, 2007]</ref> |
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The station is probably most famous for it using numerous jingles (many from the original [[PAMS]] jingle library) often back to back. Paul Sidney who was with the station since the year following its start in 1963 and started the jingle obsession was quoted in a ''[[New Yorker Magazine]]'' <ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/07/22/020722ta_talk_green East End Oldie - New Yorker Magazine - July 22, 2002]</ref> Talk of the Town article in 2002: We're the only station that when we say 'Here comes fourteen in a row' we're not talking about records. |
The station is probably most famous for it using numerous jingles (many from the original [[PAMS]] jingle library) often back to back. Paul Sidney who was with the station since the year following its start in 1963 and started the jingle obsession was quoted in a ''[[New Yorker Magazine]]'' <ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/07/22/020722ta_talk_green East End Oldie - New Yorker Magazine - July 22, 2002]</ref> Talk of the Town article in 2002: We're the only station that when we say 'Here comes fourteen in a row' we're not talking about records. |
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| Broadcast area | Nassau-Suffolk, Hamptons-Riverhead |
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| Frequency | 92.1 MHz |
| Branding | 92.1 The Oldies Station |
| Programming | |
| Format | Oldies |
| Affiliations | NBC News Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Main Street Broadcasting Co., Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | August 13, 1963 |
Former call signs | WLNG-FM (1978-1979) |
Call sign meaning | W LoNG Island |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 39640 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 5,300 watts |
| HAAT | 106 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°58′19.00″N 72°20′54.00″W / 40.9719444°N 72.3483333°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wlng.com |
WLNG (92.1 FM) is a radio station in Sag Harbor, New York that has earned a reputation as a throwback to an earlier era with its frequent use of jingles, reverb, frequent remote broadcasts at store openings, carnivals and sundry events, and personality disc jockeys.[2] Its transmitter is located on a hill in Noyack, New York which disc jockeys call "Mount Sidney" after station founder Paul Sidney (1940–2009).
It had broadcasts in Monaural till January 20, 2011.
The station's call letters come from Long Island.
The station is probably most famous for it using numerous jingles (many from the original PAMS jingle library) often back to back. Paul Sidney who was with the station since the year following its start in 1963 and started the jingle obsession was quoted in a New Yorker Magazine [3] Talk of the Town article in 2002: We're the only station that when we say 'Here comes fourteen in a row' we're not talking about records.
WLNG was one of the first radio stations in the country to focus on playing oldies, although the station included current hits in rotation for decades and even as recently as 1999. Today WLNG's music is almost all oldies.
WLNG also had an AM station at 1600. In 1996 the frequency was sold to WWRL so that it could increase its power. It is owned by Main Street Broadcasting Co., Inc. It broadcasts at 5.3 kW.
See also
References
- ^ "Hamptons-Riverhead Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ RADIO; WLNG Found Its Style, And Is Sticking With It - New York Times - October 3, 2004
- ^ East End Oldie - New Yorker Magazine - July 22, 2002
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID WLNG ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- tribute site