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Six Months is just about up, any work about WNYG?
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Does it matter? If it is moved and "saved", it will still end up with the same inane garbage that's on it now, by-the-hour religious preaching with new tx site sitting on sand.
That station/call/frequency has been run so far into the ground the last 15 years best thing would be to probably take it off of life support. Those who could make it a great station don't have the financial resources. Liu will want plenty for it, much more than it is worth.... and only vanity radio can play on a limited signal, thus it would live on like WNYH, WGBB, WLIX-E-UX and WLIM... four once great radio stations that are not even a shell of their former selves. I can only imagine the abortion WGLI would be if it were still around.
It pains me to see what has become of it, since it was my first station in 1990. I remember the first 2 years I was there we had listeners, lots of local listeners that would support the station as it was mostly a pre-Beatles oldies station. Then the brokered programming came in 1993 in the form of 4 hours of country music in the middle of the day. A bullet to the back of the neck for any hope... and then the IRS came in and the station was transferred to another group that ran it into the ground over the air and in a technical manner... then defaulted. I was part of the transition team that ran it for 3 months, and it was in horrible shape when we were handed the keys. We cleaned up the plant, had a little fun with the old WNYG staff & oldies again before Liu closed on the purchase for the intended purpose of shutting it off for WNSW. In the meantime, we've had 6 years of Student Radio and The Spirit of Long Island (NY). The first idea actually had merit but was mismanaged. The second was just mismanaged.
That station/call/frequency has been run so far into the ground the last 15 years best thing would be to probably take it off of life support. Those who could make it a great station don't have the financial resources. Liu will want plenty for it, much more than it is worth.... and only vanity radio can play on a limited signal, thus it would live on like WNYH, WGBB, WLIX-E-UX and WLIM... four once great radio stations that are not even a shell of their former selves. I can only imagine the abortion WGLI would be if it were still around.
It pains me to see what has become of it, since it was my first station in 1990. I remember the first 2 years I was there we had listeners, lots of local listeners that would support the station as it was mostly a pre-Beatles oldies station. Then the brokered programming came in 1993 in the form of 4 hours of country music in the middle of the day. A bullet to the back of the neck for any hope... and then the IRS came in and the station was transferred to another group that ran it into the ground over the air and in a technical manner... then defaulted. I was part of the transition team that ran it for 3 months, and it was in horrible shape when we were handed the keys. We cleaned up the plant, had a little fun with the old WNYG staff & oldies again before Liu closed on the purchase for the intended purpose of shutting it off for WNSW. In the meantime, we've had 6 years of Student Radio and The Spirit of Long Island (NY). The first idea actually had merit but was mismanaged. The second was just mismanaged.
From the limited listening I've done of The Spirit of Long Island over the internet I like the station and music. I wish something like that was on the air here in Hartford. We have 4 "religious" stations in Greater Hartford and none of them plays Contemporary Christian Music. There's 88.9 (which plays Beautiful Music and has programming from EWTN), there's 104.9 which for the most part is a teaching station, there's 990 which is mostly Spanish teaching with some Spanish Contemporary Christian Music thrown in (largely simulcast from WNSW. Both stations pick up an internet stream from a studio in Newark), and there's 1170 which is Family Radio.
Star 99.1 is a much much better station. Too bad it doesn't reach Suffolk County.
I think Contemp Christian could work on LI, but you need someone with programming experience in that genre to get it done. It's not enough to pick based on what you like, which is what happens over at WNYG. It's basically the personal jukebox of the GM.
I think Contemp Christian could work on LI, but you need someone with programming experience in that genre to get it done. It's not enough to pick based on what you like, which is what happens over at WNYG. It's basically the personal jukebox of the GM.
Well SOMEONE has to pick the music, the GM, the PD, the MD. It sounds as if it is pretty mom and pop over there so I guess this falls to the GM.
Hey times are tough all over right now. I will keep rooting for the "little engine that could and still at least for now can".
Wish it had a mainstream format like Oldies or Country but if even FM stations are getting killed right now it seems dollar a holler preachers are the best a small AM can do.
Just my two pennies!
Hey times are tough all over right now. I will keep rooting for the "little engine that could and still at least for now can".
Wish it had a mainstream format like Oldies or Country but if even FM stations are getting killed right now it seems dollar a holler preachers are the best a small AM can do.
Just my two pennies!
It'll probably take the same thing to turn around WNYG as it would take to turn around the huge stations -- the vision of actual lovers of radio.
The setup no longer has consistent music competition on AM the way it had when that first wave of enthusiastic pre-Beatles crew was there. It'd be quite a rugged challenge to have music listeners return to AM, but if properly handled, that chore as well stands an easier chance now that FM music radio is updating, weekly, the definition of 'shooting itself in the foot' by aiming at spots even higher up.
The time indeed is ripe for someone to put together a plan. Heck -- loan it out to Paul Sidney as an extension speaker and see if 1440 shows up in the Book. If it does, the revenue rises. 1440 hires a live midday host to get things even more local during the listen-at-work times when Oldies traditionally make their money.
(This suggestion, of course, is just one step in eventually getting WLNG simulcast on 92.3 in New York City).
The setup no longer has consistent music competition on AM the way it had when that first wave of enthusiastic pre-Beatles crew was there. It'd be quite a rugged challenge to have music listeners return to AM, but if properly handled, that chore as well stands an easier chance now that FM music radio is updating, weekly, the definition of 'shooting itself in the foot' by aiming at spots even higher up.
The time indeed is ripe for someone to put together a plan. Heck -- loan it out to Paul Sidney as an extension speaker and see if 1440 shows up in the Book. If it does, the revenue rises. 1440 hires a live midday host to get things even more local during the listen-at-work times when Oldies traditionally make their money.
(This suggestion, of course, is just one step in eventually getting WLNG simulcast on 92.3 in New York City).
WLNG sprayed into the city?? As interesting as it may be, that station would be too LOCAL and too small time soundsing, to keep up with the others, they would have to change things, taking away the charm it has in the first place.
WNYG it seems nothng but the pay as you go preachers can fly on it, shame too, it could be a neat little local station, then again, in their area, Babylon, you can get the best of whats around in all directions, so why listen to AM?
WNYG it seems nothng but the pay as you go preachers can fly on it, shame too, it could be a neat little local station, then again, in their area, Babylon, you can get the best of whats around in all directions, so why listen to AM?
Wasn't WNYG a RadioDisney affiliate about 10 years ago or so? How did it do then?
As cartoonish as WNYG has been, Radio Disney is one format which has never been sent out over 1440 (although Frankie C. did play "Hi Ho" from Snow White once or twice)
Radio Disney was on WGSM around 10 years ago.
Radio Disney was on WGSM around 10 years ago.
starcastle said:
There was a time back in the early-90's where, on certain days, WLNG would blow K-Rock absolutely out of the water. I have heard rumor that on one occasion back then a caller complained to Howard on-air about it, but that fact was never confirmed.
Chip said:
Yes, Radio Disney bumped out the simulcast of "Country 94.3" on WGSM. That lasted for a year or so, until Disney entered into an agreement with WQEW. Disney was willing to terminate the contract with WGSM, and on the day WQEW went "all ears" as the Radio Disney outlet in New York, WGSM began to simulcast WHLI. Eventually Barnstable sold WGSM to K-Radio (Radio Korea New York) who simulcast WGSM and 1480 WZRC. Then K-Radio sold it to Dr. Yoon who still owns it and is currently LMAing it to the carribean radio group.
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