WNYG: Difference between revisions

{{For|the radio station which held the call sign WNYG from 1976 to 2019|WLIM}}

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| owner = Cantico Nuevo Ministry, Inc

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| sister_stations = [[WJDM]], [[WLID]]

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'''WNYG''' (1580 [[AM broadcasting|AM]] ''Radio Cantico Nuevo'') is a radio station [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Patchogue, New York]], broadcasting a [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish language]] [[Christian radio]] format. Its transmitter site and former studios are located at 45 Pennsylvania Ave in [[Medford, New York]].

The station went on the air on December 4, [[1951 in radio|1951]] as WPAC. Its first studios and offices were located in the Mills Building on Main St. in Patchogue. Transmitting facilities were located on the former Bailey's Mill property on West Ave. in Patchogue.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 7, 1951|title=WPAC ON THE AIR|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031477/1951-12-07/ed-1/seq-3.pdf|newspaper=The Suffolk County News|location=Sayville New York|access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref> In the early hours of February 10, 1956, fire destroyed the Mills Building,<ref>{{cite news |date=February 10, 1956|title=FIRE RAZES BLOCK IN PATCHOGUE|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031477/1956-02-10/ed-1/seq-1.pdf|newspaper=The Suffolk County News|location=Sayville New York|access-date=July 24, 2016}}</ref> however, the station was able to continue broadcasting from its transmitter site off the [[Patchogue River]] until new studios were built at 31 West Main St in Patchogue.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 17, 1956|title=Mills Bldg. To Be Replaced; Tenants Plan Relocation|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031477/1956-02-17/ed-1/seq-10.pdf|newspaper=The Suffolk County News|location=Sayville New York|access-date=July 24, 2016}}</ref> The station would become the highest powered station on Long Island, when it increased power from its original 250 watts to 1,000 watts in February 1956.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 24, 1956|title=WPAC Is Highest Powered Station On Long Island|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031477/1956-02-24/ed-1/seq-14.pdf|newspaper=The Suffolk County News|location=Sayville New York|access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref> In early 1959, the station built a new office, studio and transmitting facility on the corner of Pennsylvania & Woodside Avenues in Medford, New York. A new 10,000–watt transmitter was installed at this time and the station began broadcasting a 10&nbsp;kW directional daytime signal from 2 towers.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 20, 1959|title=WPAC Now Has New 10,000 Watt Transmitter|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn86071739/1959-08-20/ed-1/seq-17.pdf|newspaper=The Advance|location=Patchogue New York|access-date=May 26, 2018}}</ref> Previously the station broadcast a 1&nbsp;kW non-directional daytime signal from a single tower. [[Rick Sklar]] who, while at New York City's [[WABC (AM)|WABC]], was one of the originators of the [[top40]] [[radio format]], began his career at WPAC.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 24, 1992 |title=Rick Sklar, 62, A Dominant Force Behind Rock Radio |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/24/arts/rick-sklar-62-a-dominant-force-behind-rock-radio.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=December 24, 2017}}</ref>

The station changed call letters to WSUF in July 1972 and went dark for 3 years beginning on April 15, 1975.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 24, 1975|title=WSUF may be sold locally|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071025/1975-04-24/ed-1/seq-15.pdf|newspaper=The Long Island Advance|location=Patchogue New York|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> In early May 1975, the station building was gutted by what local police termed suspicious fires, twice in a 24–hour period.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 8, 1975|title=Police smell arson amid WSUF fires|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071025/1975-05-08/ed-1/seq-2.pdf|newspaper=The Long Island Advance|location=Patchogue New York|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> The station was sold in late 1977 to Brookhaven Broadcasting Corporation and returned to the air in 1978 with the new call letters WYFA.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 22, 1977|title=WYFA raises the roof|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071025/1977-12-22/ed-1/seq-4.pdf|newspaper=The Long Island Advance|location=Patchogue New York|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 25, 1979|title=WYFA is the new kid on the block|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071025/1979-01-25/ed-1/seq-3.pdf|newspaper=The Long Island Advance|location=Patchogue New York|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> The station was assigned the WLIM call letters by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] on July 13, 1981, after being purchased by Long Island Music Broadcasting.<ref>{{cite news |last=Spangler |first=Nicholas |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/dorothy-shiebler-85-helped-run-patchogue-s-wlim-1580-am-dies-1.6006706 |title=Dorothy Shiebler, 85, helped run Patchogue's WLIM/1580 AM, dies |newspaper=Newsday |date=September 3, 2013 |access-date=August 19, 2017 }}</ref> After becoming WLIM, the station began a Big Band/Standards format. Radio veteran Jack Ellsworth (who started his radio career in the late 1940s and became known as the "Silver Fox") ran the independent radio station from 1981 to 2001.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 15, 2013 |last=Hinckley |first=David |title=Jack Ellsworth, WLIM Long Island radio vet, dies at 91 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/jack-ellsworth-long-island-radio-vet-dies-91-article-1.1456610 |newspaper=Daily News|location=New York |access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Ted |date=September 14, 2013|title=Jack Ellsworth, 91, longtime LI radio personality, dies |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/jack-ellsworth-91-longtime-li-radio-personality-dies-w90438 |newspaper=Newsday |access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref> There, he continued the show he launched in 1948 at WHIM in Providence and for which he was best known, ''Memories in Melody''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Memories In Melody Radio |url=https://www.memoriesinmelody.com/ |website=memoriesinmelody.com |access-date=April 2, 2023}}</ref>

The station went [[Dark (broadcasting)|silent]] on November 2, 2017, due to storm damage to one of their broadcast towers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101771153&formid=910&fac_num=38333 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA |access-date=November 8, 2017 }}</ref> WLIM resumed operations on March 27, 2018, at reduced power, while repairs are made to the damaged tower.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=84436 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Resumption of Operations |access-date=April 8, 2018 }}</ref>

In May 2018, Cantico Nuevo Ministry filed a $350,000 deal to purchase WLIM from Polnet Communications.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/176532/long-island-am-gets-a-new-owner |website=allaccess.com |title=Long Island AM Gets A New Owner |date=May 9, 2018 |access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref> The sale was consummated on August 16, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101790607&formid=905&fac_num=38333|title=Consummation Notice|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref> On May 25, 2018, WLIM dropped the Polish format and began simulcasting [[WLIM|WNYG]]. Both stations share transmitting facilities and [[diplex]] on one of WLIM's 3 transmitting towers. In mid-August 2018, the WNYG simulcast was dropped and the station began broadcasting "The Breeze", which had previously been broadcast on [[WNVU (FM)|WVIP-HD3]]. In late April 2019, "The Breeze" format swapped with "Radio Cantico Nuevo" on 1440 AM WNYG. On May 1, 2019, the stations swapped [[call letters]] with WLIM becoming WNYG.

<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |work=CDBS Public Access Database |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Call Sign History |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=38333&Callsign=WNYG |access-date=May 3, 2019}}</ref>

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* {{FMQ|W243ES}}

* {{FMXL|W243ES}}

* {{FMQ|W296EK}}

* {{FMXL|W296EK}}

[[Category:Patchogue, New York]]