county frequency 88.1 mhz first air date october 18 1961 1961 10 18 format top 40 jazz sports news latino rap erp 100 watts haat 58 meters 190 ft class a facility id 38332 transmitter coordinates 40 49 0.00 n 73 35 49.00 w 40.8166667 n 73.5969444 w 40.8166667 ; 73.5969444 callsign meaning w c w post campus of liu owner long island university public radio network webcast listen live website www.wcwp.org wcwp 88.1 fm is a college radio station that broadcastings top 40 jazz sports news latino rap and talk programming . licensed to brookville new york the station serves the nassau county area . the station is owned by long island university and is located on the c.w. post campus of liu . history edit in the spring of 1960 s. arthur beltrone 63 and theatre arts professor virgil jackson lee founded wcwp as a closed circuit radio station . the radio club of c.w. post college was initiated at this time . wcwp first signed on the air at 12 noon october 18 1961 . two years later plans were made to extend the station s reach through a noncommercial educational fm station . in january of 1965 wcwp acquired new facilities which were named after mr. benjamin abrams a pioneer in the communications industry . 1 references edit history of wcwp . liu school of visual and performing arts . retrieved april 19 2013 . external links edit wcwp official website query the fcc s fm station database for wcwp radio locator information on wcwp query nielsen audio s fm station database for wcwp wcwp 50th anniversary liu school of visual and performing arts 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 new york college radio stations waih state university of new york college at potsdam walf alfred university wary westchester community college wbny buffalo state college wbsu college at brockport wcdb state university of new york at albany wceb corning community college wcvf fredonia state university wcwp long island university cw post campus wdwn cayuga county community college wecw elmira college werw syracuse university wetd alfred state college wfnp suny new paltz wftu five towns college wfuv fordham university wgcc genesee community college wgfr suny adirondack wgsu suny geneseo whcl hamilton college whcr city college of new york whpc nassau community college whrw binghamton university wicb ithaca college witc cazenovia college witr rochester institute of technology wjpz syracuse university wkcr columbia university wkrb kingsborough community college wnyk nyack college wnyo state university of new york oswego wnyu new york university wony suny college at oneonta wpnr utica college of syracuse university wqke plattsburgh state university wrcu colgate university wrho hartwick college wrhu hofstra university wrpi rensselaer polytechnic institute wruc union college wrur university of rochester wsbu st. bonaventure university wsia college of staten island wspn skidmore college wsuc state university of new york cortland wtsc clarkson university wusb state university of new york stony brook wvcr siena college wvhc herkiner county community college wvkr vassar college wvwa colleges of the seneca wxbc bard college see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in new york this article about a radio station in new 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