WLNG

Infobox Radio station
name = WLNG


city = Sag Harbor, New York
area = Nassau-Suffolk, Hamptons-Riverhead
slogan =
branding = "92.1 the Oldies Station"
frequency = 92.1 MHz
repeater =
airdate =
share = 5.8
share as of = Sp'08
share source = R&Rcite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Hamptons-Riverhead Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Hamptons-Riverhead&MarketRank=%20 | work =Radio & Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
format = Oldies
power =
erp = 5,300 watts
haat = 106.0 meters
class = A
facility_id = 39640
coordinates = coord|40|58|19.00|N| 72|20|54.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WLNG-FM (1979-1978)
owner = Main Street Broadcasting Co., Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://www.wlng.com listen live]
website = [http://www.wlng.com wlng.com]
affiliations = CNN Radio

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 and carnivals, and personality disc jockeys. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E6DD1538F930A35753C1A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 RADIO; WLNG Found Its Style, And Is Sticking With It - New York Times - October 3, 2004] ] Its transmitter is located on a hill in Noyack, New York which disc jockeys call "Mount Sidney" after station founder Paul Sidney. The stations also streams its audio via Live365.

It broadcasts in Monaural.

The station's call letters come from Long Island.

The station's target market is the Hamptons of Southampton (town), New York and 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). [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E6DD1538F930A35753C1A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 RADIO; WLNG Found Its Style, And Is Sticking With It - New York Times - October 3, 2004] ] [ [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] ] The station has extensive local news which is considered the best by many locals, broadcasts local football games and is famous for being the definitive source for weather information during major storms. Beginning in 2007, it carries most New York Knicks and New York Rangers games produced by MSG and 1050 ESPN Radio. [http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/watchdog/blog/2007/09/at_least_knicks_and_rangers_fa.html]

On July 17, 1996, the station was having a live remote at a carnival in Westhampton Beach, New York when TWA Flight 800 fell out of the sky into the Atlantic Ocean nearby and the station was the first to break the news that something had happened. [ [http://www.wlng.com/whataboutcommunity.htm What About Community? - WLNG.com - Retrieved August 8, 2007] ] [ [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] ]

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 has been with the station since it was founded in 1963 and started the jingle obsession was quoted in a "New Yorker Magazine" [ [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/07/22/020722ta_talk_green East End Oldie - New Yorker Magazine - July 22, 2002] ] 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.

ee also

*List of radio stations in New York

References

External links

*FM station data|WLNG
* [http://www.internetwork.com/radio/wlng.htm tribute site]