long island branding faith fm frequency 90.7 mhz translator s 93.3 w227an southampton first air date october 6 2011 2011 10 06 as wegb format christian erp 4 600 watts haat 80 meters 260 ft class a facility id 173215 transmitter coordinates 41 01 56 n 71 58 30 w 41.03222 n 71.97500 w 41.03222 ; 71.97500 callsign meaning w east gate broadcasting former callsigns kcbe 2008 2009 1 owner community bible church sister stations wegq webcast listen live options website eastgatebroadcasting.com wegb 90.7 fm faith fm is a radio station licensed to napeague new york and serves eastern long island . it broadcasts a christian format and is under ownership of the community bible church . 2 the station was assigned the current wegb call letters by the federal communications commission on february 13 2009 3 and began broadcasting on october 6 2011 . 4 contents 1 former callsign 2 other frequencies 3 references 4 external links 4.1 other station data former callsign edit in an unusual move the federal communications commission fcc had originally granted a k call letter station in the eastern united states on october 23 2008 for the said station . 1 for decades the commission s practice is to keep the w calls east of the mississippi river and the k calls west of the river . this is not surprising as there are a few stations west of the mississippi river with the w call signs such as wbap and wfaa tv in dallas fort worth texas . other stations using a k east of the mississippi river are kyw and kyw tv in philadelphia kdka and kdka tv in pittsburgh and also kqv in pittsburgh while all those cities are in pennsylvania . this is not the first time a k has been used in an eastern united states state outside of pennsylvania others include kyw tv in cleveland back in the 1960s ; and ktgg in spring arbor michigan in 1985 . the move didn t last long as a year later the call sign was changed to wegb . other frequencies edit wegb simulcasts on one translator w227an 93.3 fm in southampton new york . community bible church also owns 91.7 fm wegq which broadcasts from quogue new york and simulcasts the programming of wegb . 5 references edit a b fybsuh scott november 24 2008 . and the job cuts keep on coming ... . northeast radio watch . retrieved april 19 2013 . o reilly brendan november 5 2008 . fcc approves new east end radio station . the east hampton press . wegb call sign history . cdbs public access database . fcc media bureau . retrieved april 19 2013 . walla claire december 7 2011 . community bible church goes live on the airwaves . the sag harbor express . retrieved april 19 2013 . application search details wegq . fcc media bureau . retrieved april 19 2013 . external links edit east gate broadcasting website query the fcc s fm station database for wegb radio locator information on wegb query nielsen audio s fm station database for wegb community bible church other station data edit query the fcc s fm station database for w227an query the fcc s fm station database for wegq 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 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wegb & oldid 598868503 categories radio stations in new yorkreligious radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 2011media in suffolk county new yorkhidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 march 2014 at 18 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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