WLIW-FM

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WLIW-FM
WLIW-FM 88.3 logo.png
Broadcast area Eastern Long Island
Frequency 88.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding88.3 WLIW-FM
Programming
Language(s) English
Format Public radio
Affiliations American Public Media, NPR, Public Radio Exchange
Ownership
Owner
  • The WNET Group
  • (WNET)
WEER, WLIW, WNET, NJ PBS, WMBQ-CD, WNDT-CD
History
First air date
March 11, 1980;44 years ago (1980-03-11) (as WPBX at 91.3)
Former call signs
  • WPBX (1980–2002)
  • WLIU (2002–2010)
  • WPPB (2010–2020) [1]
Former frequencies
91.3 MHz (1980-?)
Call sign meaning
 Long Island (taken from sister TV station)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 38340
Class B1
ERP
  • 5,900 watts (horizontal)
  • 25,000 watts (vertical)
HAAT 66 meters (217 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°53′17.3″N72°26′41.3″W / 40.888139°N 72.444806°W / 40.888139; -72.444806
Translator(s) 96.9 W245BA (Manorville)
Repeater(s) 88.7 WEER (Montauk)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live (TuneIn)
Website wliw.org/radio/

WLIW-FM (88.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Southampton, New York, and serving eastern Long Island and coastal Connecticut. Owned by The WNET Group, it is a sister station to PBS member television station WLIW, and features programming from American Public Media, NPR and Public Radio Exchange. [3] The station also broadcasts in HD. [4]

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It is the only NPR station based on Long Island (population about 8 million). It is one of three public radio stations broadcast to eastern Long Island. The other stations are Connecticut-based WNPR, WSHU-FM and WSUF, which access the market via repeater stations. [5]

In addition to its to NPR programming, local programs include jazz, rhythm and blues, world music and music from Broadway theater, as well as "Heart of the East End" with Gianna Volpe, "The Afternoon Ramble" with Brian Cosgrove and "The Urban Jazz Experience" with Ed German.

History

Southampton College (1978–2010)

The original station was a carrier current station, WSCR, housed in a Southampton College dormitory suite, and run as a student club. [6] Construction of a new stereo FM station began in the basement of Southampton Hall by 1978. The antenna tower was raised in January 1980, and the station went on the air, still as a club and funded by student activity fees, as WPBX at 91.3 MHz on March 11, 1980. The original power output of the FM transmitter was ten watts.

WPBX was completely student-run, with freeform programming, and largely ignored by the administration, until 1981-82 when the administration imposed some control and installed Joseph Valerio to run the station. Valerio arranged to carry Texaco's Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts and programming began evolving toward an NPR-style format. In February 2002, the station changed to a jazz format. On July 6, 2002, the station changed its call sign to WLIU, [1] reflecting its ownership by Long Island University (LIU). [7] In April 2004, the station changed to a news format.

Peconic Public Broadcasting (2010–2020)

The station broadcast from the second floor of Chancellors Hall on the campus of Stony Brook Southampton until the spring of 2010. The State University of New York at Stony Brook had taken over the LIU campus (previously named Southampton College) in 2006. At the time of the takeover, an agreement was made to permit the station to continue to broadcast from the school through 2009 and that it could continue to use the tower on the campus through 2024.

The transfer of ownership of the station from Long Island University to Peconic Public Broadcasting was completed on December 15, 2010, and the call-letters changed to WPPB to reflect this. [8] The studios were moved to Hill St. in Southampton village after Peconic Public Broadcasting took ownership.

The acquisition was led by Wallace A. "Wally" Smith who was station manager of WLIU. Smith was station manager of KUSC when it converted from an all rock station to a classical music station in Los Angeles, and was president of that radio station until 1996 (Smith's wife Bonnie Grice was an on air announcer at both KUSC and WPPB. She left WPPB for Sag Harbor radio station WLNG shortly before the announcement of the sale to WNET). [9] The grassroots effort had included Alec Baldwin, Joy Behar and Jann Wenner. [10] The package for the acquisition was $2.7 million ($1.35 million in cash; picking up $400,000 in transition operating costs; and maintaining WCWP radio station for one year at LIU's parent C.W. Post campus—estimated at $1 million). [11]

The WNET Group (2020–present)

On October 24, 2019, it was announced that WNET would acquire WPPB for nearly $1 million, making it a sister to its Long Island PBS member station WLIW. [12] WNET's purchase was consummated on March 18, 2020, at a final price of $944,834. On June 15, 2020, the station rebranded and changed its calls to WLIW-FM, adding more national NPR programming to its lineup. [13] [14]

Translator

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W245BA96.9 FM Manorville, New York 13934110143.8  m (472  ft)D 40°50′32.4″N73°2′23.4″W / 40.842333°N 73.039833°W / 40.842333; -73.039833 (W245BA) LMS

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WLIW-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WLIW-FM public inspection files". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "Station Search Details". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Radio Stations in Southampton, New York".
  6. ↑ "FM Stereo Station Sought at College" (PDF). The Southampton Press. March 2, 1978. p. 15. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  7. ↑ Fybush, Scott (July 8, 2002). "WMTW Clears Out". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  8. ↑ Chinese, Vera (December 16, 2010). "Peconic Bay Broadcasting completes deal for WLIU". Riverhead News-Review. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  9. ↑ Michaelson, Judith (September 30, 1996). "President of KUSC Quits Trouble-Plagued Station". Los Angeles Times .
  10. ↑ Freedman, Mitchell (October 9, 2009). "Peconic Public Broadcasting wins bid for WLIU-FM". Newsday . Archived from the original on November 16, 2019.
  11. ↑ Freedman, Mitchell (October 9, 2009). "LIU agrees to sell East End radio station". Newsday. Archived from the original on October 14, 2009.
  12. ↑ "WNET/New York Buys A Hamptons FM". All Access. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  13. ↑ "A New Identity for Southampton Radio Station". The East Hampton Star. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  14. ↑ "WPPB Relaunches As WLIW-FM". RadioInsight. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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