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WBWD-AM 540 off air
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Back when they were 250 Watts, I could hear them on a car radio in Hartford
A good Long Island beach listen in the '60s as WBIC!
It would have a much farther reach along the coast going South if WGOP didn't share the frequency
If we’re talking about the old days… I remember checking out this station as a kid in Fairfield County. Then they were WLIX. I’m almost certain they had a Top-40 format at one point, though (not always accurate) Wikipedia mentions only Beautiful Music and Christian formats in the 1970s. Does anyone else recall Top-40 on the station back then or is my memory incorrect?
Same growing up in Bristol. CT. Them and 740 would blast in on the car stereo. Back when I first discovered 740 they were Country and then Radio Disney. (Yes I know 740 has more than 250 watts). And one time when 740 was down I picked up 250 watt WJIB Cambridge, Mass in Bristol CT.
I receive WBWD pretty well during the day. Sometimes, it will even come in at night despite lowering power to 220 watts.
This should be on the Nassau-Suffolk board. WLIX had a MOR / Top 40 music format before they flipped to contemporary Christian in the late 70's. I remember my mother listening and calling into a show called Auction Ears which ran twice a day during the week. I believe the station was a daytimer until the early 90's.
According to the FAA’s NOTAM system, effective 5/23/24, both of WBWD’s towers have non-functioning tower lights. Now owned by American Tower, one is about 325 feet high, the other Is 500 feet. They within 6 nautical miles of MacArthur Airport.
Combined with the fact that the station is dark, it’s as if the electric service has been turned off.
Guess we’ll see in the next few days if they come back on the air, or notify the Commission that they’ve been silent and may remain so temporarily.
Combined with the fact that the station is dark, it’s as if the electric service has been turned off.
Guess we’ll see in the next few days if they come back on the air, or notify the Commission that they’ve been silent and may remain so temporarily.
I grew up on Long Island. My radio listening years probably started in 1976. I don't remember 54 ever playing hits. The stations playing hits which came in well were 60 WICC, 66 WNBC and 77 WCBS. The rest of the dial was useless to a boy only interested in pop.
If they were ever a Top-40, it was a bit earlier on.
And now it is!
You are correct, they flipped sometime between Memorial day and the fourth of July in 1976. The format lasted about a year, until Malcolm Smith Jr. sold the station to the church pastor who flipped it to Christian.
E. SMITH-MALCOLM Obituary (2018) - New York, NY - New York Times
View E. SMITH-MALCOLM's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
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Maybe call or E-mail and ask? New jersey / New York / Connecticut | Just another Radio ZIndagi Sites site
Wonder if their translator is still up and running with the AM off?
I’m not aware of any translator linked directly with WBWD. The 96.7 frequency listed at that Radio Zindagi website is W244DU, and as far as the FCC knows, 1310 WXMC in Parsippany is its primary station.
Isn't W244DU a translator?
I emailed them. No reply.
And now they’re overdue to inform the Commission of their silence.
My bet is they walked away. That's a thing lately.
The station has quite a good signal, at the very lower end of the band. It should have some decent value if the owner decides to sell it. According to Wikipedia, he paid 1.3 million dollars for it in 2020.
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