WLIM

WLIM
City Patchogue, New York
Broadcast area Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) and parts of Southern Connecticut
Branding "93.3 The Breeze"
Frequency 1580 kHz
Translator(s) See § Translators
First air date December 4, 1951 (as WPAC)
Format soft adult contemporary
Language(s) English
Power 10,000 watts (day)
500 watts (night)
Class B
Facility ID 38333
Transmitter coordinates 40°47′45.00″N 72°59′32.00″W / 40.7958333°N 72.9922222°W / 40.7958333; -72.9922222Coordinates: 40°47′45.00″N 72°59′32.00″W / 40.7958333°N 72.9922222°W / 40.7958333; -72.9922222
Former callsigns WPAC (1951-1972)
WSUF (1972-1977)
WYFA (1977-1981)[1]
Owner Cantico Nuevo Ministry Inc.
Webcast Listen Live via TuneIn
Website 93.3 The Breeze

WLIM (1580 AM "93.3 The Breeze") is a radio station licensed to Patchogue, New York and broadcasts a soft adult contemporary music format. Its transmitter site and former studios are located at 45 Pennsylvania Ave in Medford, New York.

History

The station went on the air on December 4, 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.[2] In the early hours of February 10, 1956 fire destroyed the Mills Building,[3] however, the station was able to continue broadcasting from their transmitter site off the Patchogue River until new studios were built at 31 W Main St in Patchogue.[4] 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.[5] 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 10kW directional daytime signal from 2 towers.[6] Previously the station broadcast a 1kw non-directional daytime signal from a single tower at their transmitter site off the Patchogue River. Rick Sklar who, while at New York City's WABC, was one of the originators of the Top 40 radio format, began his career at WPAC.[7]

The station changed call letters to WSUF in July 1972 and went dark for 3 years beginning on April 15, 1975.[8] In early May 1975, the station building was gutted by what local police termed suspicious fires, twice in a 24–hour period.[9] The station was sold in late 1977 to Brookhaven Broadcasting Corporation and returned to the air in 1978 with the new call letters WYFA.[10][11] 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. [12] After becoming WLIM, the station began a Big Band/Standards format that ran for almost 20 years.[13]

The station was silent since November 2, 2017 due to storm damage to one of their broadcast towers. [14] WLIM resumed operations on March 27, 2018 at reduced power, while repairs are made to the damaged tower.[15]

In May 2018, Cantico Nuevo Ministry filed a $350,000 deal to purchase WLIM from Polnet Communications.[16] The sale was consummated in August 2018.[17] On May 25, 2018, WLIM dropped the Polish format and began simulcasting 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 WVIP-HD3.

Translators

Broadcast translators of WLIM (93.3 The Breeze)
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		ERP
W		Height
m (ft)		ClassTransmitter coordinatesFCC info
W227CL93.3Coram, New York14250510156 m (512 ft)D40°50′32″N 73°01′35″W / 40.84222°N 73.02639°W / 40.84222; -73.02639 (W227CL)FCC

References

  1. ↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ "WPAC ON THE AIR" (PDF). The Suffolk County News. Sayville New York. December 7, 1951. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ "FIRE RAZES BLOCK IN PATCHOGUE" (PDF). The Suffolk County News. Sayville New York. February 10, 1956. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Mills Bldg. To Be Replaced; Tenants Plan Relocation" (PDF). The Suffolk County News. Sayville New York. February 17, 1956. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ "WPAC Is Highest Powered Station On Long Island" (PDF). The Suffolk County News. Sayville New York. February 24, 1956. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ "WPAC Now Has New 10,000 Watt Transmitter" (PDF). The Advance. Patchogue New York. August 20, 1959. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Rick Sklar, 62, A Dominant Force Behind Rock Radio". The New York Times. June 24, 1992. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ "WSUF may be sold locally" (PDF). The Long Island Advance. Patchogue New York. April 24, 1975. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Police smell arson amid WSUF fires" (PDF). The Long Island Advance. Patchogue New York. May 8, 1975. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  10. ↑ "WYFA raises the roof" (PDF). The Long Island Advance. Patchogue New York. December 22, 1977. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ "WYFA is the new kid on the block" (PDF). The Long Island Advance. Patchogue New York. January 25, 1979. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Dorothy Shiebler, 85, helped run Patchogue's WLIM/1580 AM, dies". Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Jack Ellsworth, 91, longtime LI radio personality, dies". Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Resumption of Operations". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Long Island AM Gets A New Owner". AllAccess.com. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Consummation Notice". Retrieved August 25, 2018.
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