london connecticut eastern long island branding 104.7 nash icon frequency 104.7 mhz first air date 1993 as wbea format country erp 6 000 watts haat 96 meters 315 ft class a facility id 7996 transmitter coordinates 41 01 57.00 n 71 58 31.00 w 41.0325000 n 71.9752778 w 41.0325000 ; 71.9752778 callsign meaning w eastern long island wplj former callsigns wmnk 1988 1993 wbea 1993 may 2001 wcso may 2001 jun 2001 wmos jun 2001 2008 wxlm 2008 2010 1 owner volt radio llc as trustee divestiture trust for operated by cumulus media sale to bold broadcasting llc pending fcc approval website 1047nashicon . com welj 104.7 fm 104.7 nash icon is a radio station licensed to montauk new york and serves the new london connecticut area . the station is owned by volt radio and broadcasts at 104.7 mhz with 6 kw erp from a tower in nearby montauk new york . the station was assigned its current welj call sign by the federal communications commission on september 21 2010 . 1 contents 1 history 2 former logos 3 references 4 external links history edit the 104.7 frequency first signed on in 1993 as wbea then based fully in montauk . initially the station launched with an adult contemporary format near identical to that which had been heard on whfm prior to its change to a relay of wbab the previous year . however within a year the format evolved to a hot adult contemporary format with the beach radio name . beach radio saw a level of success not seen by other stations located on the east end of long island as it rated not only in the full long island book on a regular basis but in that of the new london connecticut market where it delivers a listenable though not local quality signal as well . even with this the various owners of wbea kept long island as their main focus . when then wbea owner aaa entertainment purchased wbaz 101.7 fm and wbsq 102.5 fm in 2000 the company began to realign its formats among its signals . after moving wbaz to wbsq s signal in may 2001 it was announced that wbea would move to the former wbaz frequency at 101.7 mhz with 104.7 becoming a new london rimshot . during the interim period 104.7 had the temporary wcso calls . in june 2001 aaa entered a deal with mohegan sun to program and operate the then wcso with aaa keeping technical operations . with the deal came a new format classic rock and the new call sign of wmos . in 2003 aaa entertainment sold wmos and sister wwkx in the providence market to citadel broadcasting . on march 17 2008 104 .7 and sister station 102.3 made a frequency swap . wxlm and its news talk format was moved to 104.7 while wmos and its classic rock format was moved to 102.3 . both formats were retained on their new respective facilities . on september 21 2010 wxlm changed its call sign to welj as part of a pending format change . 2 the wxlm call sign was moved to 980 am replacing the historic call sign wsub . shortly after the news talk format began to simulcast on 980 am with frequent announcements that wxlm is moving to 980 am . on november 3 2010 welj broke away from its simulcast with 980 am and changed their format to hot adult contemporary . known on air as the new 104 7 welj the station promoted 10 000 songs in a row non stop with zero commercials through the month of november . although it was anticipated to be a full simulcast of sister station wplj in new york the station had its own identity with local dj s such as jody johnny mac paula wyn and joshua spatafore along with plans to add the big show with scott & todd from wplj for its morning show . citadel merged with cumulus media on september 16 2011 . 3 to comply with federal communications commission ownership restrictions welj was then transferred to volt radio llc . 4 on november 3 2014 welj dropped its hot ac format and flipped back to a simulcast this time of wnsh in newark which carries a country format as nash fm 94.7 with the simulcast evidently only being noted in station ids . on august 31 2015 welj dropped its simulcast with wnsh and rebranded as 104.7 nash icon . 5 on july 19 2016 joule broadcasting announced that welj will be sold to bold broadcasting llc http boldenterprises.co bold broadcasting group.php for 197 000 . 6 former logos edit references edit a b call sign history . cdbs public access database . fcc media bureau . retrieved april 24 2013 . fybush scott september 27 2010 . disney shutters ams in ri ct . northeast radio watch . retrieved april 25 2013 . cumulus now owns citadel broadcasting . atlanta business journal . september 16 2011 . retrieved september 16 2011 . cumulus details citadel merger spin off stations . radio business report . april 12 2011 . retrieved september 17 2011 . nash icon comes to new london 1 external links edit welj official website query the fcc s fm station database for welj radio locator information on welj query nielsen audio s fm station database for welj 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 radio stations in the new london connecticut market by am frequency 980 1180 1230 1310 by fm frequency 88.1 89.1 90.9 92.9 94.5 96.7 97.7 98.3 98.7 100.9 102.3 105.5 106.5 southern rhode island 95.9 99.3 103.7 107.7 long island new york 89.9 94.9 104.7 by callsign w233ag w258bi 1 wblq wbmw wcni wcty wdup lp welj wich wjjf wkiv wknl wmnp wmos wnlc wpkt wqgn fm wskp wsub lp wsuf wvei fm wwrx wxlm connecticut radio markets bridgeport danbury hartford new britain middletown new haven new london stamford norwalk see also list of radio stations in connecticut 1 construction permit v t e country radio stations in the state of new york stations wbbi endwell wbbs fulton wbee fm rochester wbgk newport village wbkt norwich wbkx fredonia wbnr beacon wbrv fm boonville wbug fort plain wcjw warsaw wckr hornell wdby patterson wdla fm walton wdlc port jervis wdnb jeffersonville wdos oneonta welj montauk wfrg utica wfry watertown wgna fm albany whug jamestown whwk binghamton winr binghamton wjvc center moriches wkbe warrensburg wkli fm albany wkpq hornell wkxp kingston wlfk gouverneur wllg lowville wlna peekskill wlsv wellsville wnbl south bristol township wncq fm canton wnsh newark new york1 wokn southport wolf fm baldwinsville wpdm potsdam wpgi horseheads wpig olean wqny ithaca wrce watkins glen wrwb fm ellenville wrwd fm highland wuuf sodus wvnv malone wvtt portville wxrl lancaster wyrk buffalo wzkz alfred 1 although wnsh is licensed to newark nj it also serves the new york city area with it s studios in new york city . 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 welj & oldid 736472471 categories radio stations in new yorkeast hampton town new yorkmedia 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 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