held the call sign wbaz at 101.7 fm from 1981 until 2001 see wbea . . wbaz was also the call sign for a station broadcasting on 1550 am from kingston new york that went dark . wbaz city bridgehampton new york broadcast area eastern long island southeastern connecticut slogan the lite on the bays frequency 102.5 mhz first air date 1996 as wlie format adult contemporary erp 4 800 watts haat 106 meters 348 ft class a facility id 52061 transmitter coordinates 40 53 58.00 n 72 23 6.00 w 40.8994444 n 72.3850000 w 40.8994444 ; 72.3850000 callsign meaning w baz bays former callsigns wafv 1993 1994 wlie 1994 1998 wbsq 1998 2001 wcso 2001 1 owner lauren and roger stone lrs radio llc sister stations wbea wehm & wehn webcast listen live website www.wbaz.com wbaz 102.5 fm is an adult contemporary radio station licensed to bridgehampton new york and serves the east end of long island and southeastern connecticut . the station is owned by lauren and roger stone through licensee lrs radio llc and broadcasts from a tower in southampton . it broadcasts from studios in water mill new york shared by wehm & wehn and wbea . contents 1 history 2 personalities 3 references 4 external links history edit amagansett studios the 102.5 frequency first signed on in 1996 as wlie no relation to the current holder of the calls in islip put on the air by wbaz owner mel kahn and his mak communications . at the outset the new frequency went through some difficulties as a planned launch with ap all news radio went awry and the station instead signed on with a satellite fed country music format . less than a year later the country format was replaced with classic rock in early 1998 the 102.5 frequency changed again as it took on new calls wbsq and a new hot adult contemporary format again satellite fed as q bright 102.5 . launched as a compliment to wbaz at 101.7 fm and not much else the station remained an afterthought in the scheme of east end radio . when kahn sold wbaz and wbsq to aaa entertainment owner of locally run rival wbea at 104.7 fm in 2000 the future of wbsq s hot ac format was limited . studies by aaa showed that the majority of wbaz s listeners were concentrated in the southampton bridgehampton area and that the slightly worse 102.5 fm signal would be ideal for the station . in april 2001 wbsq took the wcso calls used by aaa as placeholders and would simulcast and assume wbaz s format and calls that may . the 101.7 frequency soon became home to wbea whereas wbea s former home at 104.7 fm became home to a classic hits station targeted to new london connecticut . in 2005 wbaz wbea and sister stations wehm and whbe would be purchased by long island radio broadcasting a unit of cherry creek radio . personalities edit walker vreeland hosted the morning show on wbaz from may 2007 until september 2010 . he currently hosts the afternoon show . references edit call sign history . cdbs public access database . fcc media bureau . retrieved april 18 2013 . external links edit wbaz official website query the fcc s fm station database for wbaz radio locator information on wbaz query nielsen audio s fm station database for wbaz 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 adult contemporary radio stations in the state of new york stations wavr waverly wbaz bridgehampton weni big flats weny elmira whud peekskill wiry plattsburgh wiry fm plattsburgh west wjke stillwater wkjy hempstead wkny kingston wltb johnson city wltw new york wlzw utica wmrv dansville wmxw vestal wnyr waterloo wnyv whitehall wrcr spring valley wrip windham wrmm rochester wrnq poughkeepsie wtoj carthage wvin fm bath wvlf norwood wwse jamestown wyjb albany wyvs speculator wyxl ithaca wyyy syracuse see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in new york retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wbaz & oldid 743171767 categories radio stations in new yorkadult contemporary radio stations in the united statesmedia 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 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