its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message whli city hempstead new york broadcast area long island branding 1100 am whli slogan playing the hits of a lifetime frequency 1100 khz first air date july 22 1947 1947 07 22 format standards power 10 000 watts day class d facility id 38337 transmitter coordinates 40 41 6.00 n 73 36 36.00 w 40.6850000 n 73.6100000 w 40.6850000 ; 73.6100000 callsign meaning we re hempstead long island affiliations westwood one current owner connoisseur media connoisseur media licenses llc sister stations walk walk fm wbzo wkjy wwsk webcast listen live website www.whli.com whli 1100 am is a radio station licensed to hempstead new york and broadcasts a standards format . 1 the station s studios are located at 234 airport plaza suite 5 in farmingdale new york and is owned by connoisseur media . contents 1 history 2 studios 3 ownership 4 slogans 5 references 6 external links history edit whli was first licensed in 1947 to paul and elias godofsky the owners of wlib in new york city from 1942 to 1944 . 2 whli began broadcasting local radio just as the nearby potato fields of island trees long island were being replaced by houses in levittown new york . long island was becoming one of america s most lucrative markets . it was one of the first am fm pairs . its fm sister at 98.3 fm actually first went on air a short while before whli as whny . 98.3 fm would assume the whli fm calls on january 1 1948 later becoming wiok and today is known as wkjy . whli began as a 250 watt non directional am station at 1100 and was given permission to raise its power to the current 10 kw two tower directional signal by the federal communications commission fcc in 1960 . it is a daytimer and must either reduce power or sign off at local sunset as it broadcasts on the same frequency as wtam in cleveland . the whli towers are located next to the southern state parkway in hempstead near the baldwin road grand avenue exit . they are a popular landmark as signage touting the whli call letters and dial position 1100 have been mounted on the main tower for decades for passing motorists to see . the historic signs were removed temporarily from the whli tower 2 on august 13 2010 friday the 13th at 11 00am to allow for minor repairs and upgrades to the transmission facilities . note the odd occurrence that they were removed at 11 00am from the towers that broadcast on 1100 khz on the am band . according to the book the airwaves of new york programming on whli in 1947 included dinner music from the syndicated program candlelight and silver and that the station looked to the local audience for talent and encouraged amateurs and professionals to audition welcoming everyone from classical musicians to pop singers and comedians . from the first day whli aimed to an upscale audience . as the voice of long island the station became the dominant local station in nassau county with a decent signal into suffolk and queens counties . by the early 1950s whli s commuter s time was the top rated morning show . the rest of the broadcast day was filled with familiar good music and local news . the station aired concerts from the long island pops and hours of music from the country club . in the 1970s whli played popular music as a top 40 station but on saturday january 21 1979 it changed to al ham s then new music of your life format . whli continues as a locally programmed station today playing adult standards with national news from westwood one news as well as their own news staff . studios edit whli s first offices and studios were in a frame house at 245 baldwin road hempstead new york . in 1957 the station moved to a two story facility constructed for them at 384 clinton street in hempstead . the small street on the north side of the station building was renamed whli way and is still on the map today . they moved to the third floor of 1055 franklin avenue in neighboring garden city in 1991 and remained there until 2001 when barnstable consolidated operations for whli wkjy wbzo and wmjc now wwsk into a newly designed and constructed management sales promotions and technical operations center at 234 airport plaza in farmingdale . this consolidation makes it the largest privately owned radio broadcast facility in new york . september 24 2014 overnight whli 1100 & walk 1370 simulcast studio relocated to a new custom designed studio within the airport plaza broadcast complex to what was the infamous production a the home of numerous interview programs and a satellite studio for the wbzo morning drive time show . ownership edit whli and its fm were run by the godofskys until february 1979 when they were sold to williams broadcasting corporation for 1.5 million . they were sold again in 1984 to barnstable broadcasting this time for 5 million . effective july 3 2012 whli along with wbzo wigx and wkjy was sold to connoisseur media llc for 23 million . whli personalities al fusco alan boritz a k a steve king alan stuart bill crowley bill houston bob ieraci reporter editor bob perry created the jack fm format in 2000 president of big sticks broadcasting bob rapelli a.k.a. bob evans bobby ryan 1993 1995 chuck camlic 1979 1994 chuck johnson dean anthony midday host pd from 1981 until his death on october 24 2003 at the age of 68 formerly of wmca don beckwith 1997 1998 doug mcquillan doug miles producer eddy brown original music director formerly of wqxr & wlib frank brinka current news director fred darwin news director 1982 1986 gil david 1987 spring 1998 afternoons mornings until early 2006 gil fox jack spector 1988 1994 former king of the hops wmca good guy whom dean anthony hired in 1985 . spector died of a heart attack on march 8 1994 while on the air at whli playing i m in the mood for love by louis prima & keely smith james faherty 1993 december 1996 janell crispyn news jerry carr original program director joe clines news director 1989 joe marzano joe satta john lorentz news reporter newscaster late 1960s john marino news dj 1994 1996 returning 2007 john von soosten summer 2002 january 2005 currently program manager of xm radio s on broadway channel john williams 1995 1998 kathy cunningham kevin geoffries keith marchesi ken martin kevin curran reporter editor margie casale may 1982 michael r. glaser engineering manager chief engineer mike charles news mike salvatorelli paul richards current pd rosemary young sal giangrasso now at fox news radio sean lynch production manager steve dassa steve warren 1994 july 1995 ted david tom zwier news 1989 wes richards slogans edit the voice of long island music of your life where it s cool to listen baby standards of yesterday & today home of your all time favorites the am difference playing the hits of a lifetime references edit station information profile . arbitron . elias godofsky dies ; founder of station whli pdf . the long islander . huntington new york . december 6 1951 . retrieved january 18 2016 . external links edit whli official website query the fcc s am station database for whli radio locator information on whli query nielsen audio s am station database for whli v t e radio stations in the nassau suffolk long island market by am frequency nassau county 1100 1240 1520 suffolk county western & central 540 740 1370 1440 1580 eastern 1390 1570 by fm frequency nassau county 88.1 88.5 1 plainview 88.5 1 syosset 88.7 90.3 92.7 98.3 101.5 103.5 105.5 suffolk county western & central 88.1 88.9 89.3 90.1 91.3 91.9 93.3 94.3 94.9 97.5 102.3 103.1 104.5 105.7 106.1 eastern 88.3 88.7 2 89.9 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.3 93.9 94.5 94.7 95.3 96.1 96.5 96.9 east hampton 96.9 manorville 98.5 100.3 bridgehampton 100.3 westhampton 100.7 101.7 102.5 103.9 104.5 104.7 105.3 105.7 106.5 107.1 107.5 by callsign w215bt w217af w227an w227cl w233ai w235bb w243bf w245ba w262as w264aj w268an w283ba w283ck w289ad w289ax w293bt w298bn walk walk fm wapp lp wbab wbaz wbea wbli wbon wbzo wcwp wdba lp weer 2 wegb wegq wehm wehn welj wfrs wftu wgbb wgss whfm whli whpc wjjf wjvc wkjy wktu wkwz 1 wlie wlim wlir fm wlix lp wlng wnyg wnyh wpob 1 wppb wpty wqbu fm wrcn fm wrhu wriv wrli wshr wsuf wthe wusb wwsk wxba plus most new york city and some connecticut radio stations defunct wbau weeg wgli wlir wlng 1600 wsvv lp new york radio markets albany schenectady troy binghamton buffalo niagara falls elmira corning hudson valley nassau suffolk long island new york city olean plattsburgh poughkeepsie rochester syracuse utica rome watertown other new york radio regions ithaca jamestown dunkirk north country saratoga nyc metro markets long island hudson valley partial poughkeepsie middlesex somerset union monmouth ocean morristown bridgeport danbury new haven stamford norwalk see also list of radio stations in new york 1 under a shared time agreement . 2 station is silent . v t e connoisseur media radio stations connecticut wdrc wdrc fm wezn fm wfox wmmw wplr wsng wwco wybc fm 1 wichita ks kibb kvwf billings mt kblg kpln krkx krzn kwmy kyya trenton nj wchr wnje wpst long island ny walk walk fm wbzo whli wkjy wwsk allentown pa wbyn weex wode fm wtkz wwyy erie pa wfnn wjet wrkt wrts wtwf wxbb wilkes barre pa wsbg wvpo 1 managed under a local marketing agreement v t e daytime only radio stations in new york stations wbbf buffalo wcgr canandaigua wcjw warsaw wdcd albany whli hempstead wjip ellenville wlnl horseheads wnyg medford wrck remsen wscp sandy creek pulaski wsfw seneca falls wtbq warwick wthe mineola wtor youngstown wtwk plattsburgh wufo amherst wwle cornwall defunct wput brewster wxkw watervliet see also clear channel radio stations and why am radio stations must reduce power change operations or cease operations at night retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title whli & oldid 742337352 categories radio stations in new 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