in memphis tennessee formerly known as wpty tv see watn tv . wpty city calverton roanoke new york broadcast area long island branding party 105.3 slogan long island s party station frequency 105.3 mhz first air date may 27 1998 1998 05 27 as wxxp format rhythmic dance hits erp 660 watts haat 185 meters 607 ft class a facility id 31754 transmitter coordinates 40 51 18.00 n 72 46 12.00 w 40.8550000 n 72.7700000 w 40.8550000 ; 72.7700000 callsign meaning party former callsigns wxxp 1998 2004 wdre 2004 2009 1 owner jvc media llc sister stations wbon wjvc wrcn webcast listen live website www.party105.com wpty 105.3 fm party 105 is a rhythmic dance hits station serving the long island market mostly throughout eastern suffolk county . the jvc media llc outlet broadcasts at 105.3 mhz with their antenna based in manorville new york at an effective radiated power of 660w and is licensed to calverton roanoke new york . its studios are located in ronkonkoma . until march 25 2011 wpty simulcast its signal via a 10 watt translator at 101.5 mhz based in plainview . the 101.5 translator had simulcast sister station wbon la nueva fiesta during the period when party fm was relayed on wnyz lp tv channel 6 and 87.7 fm in new york city . on november 2 2009 at 6 am party 105.3 began a simulcast broadcast on 87.7 fm new york and was reimaged as partyfm your party music leader . jvc media llc replaced mega media group whose lease from island broadcasting on the former pulse 87 wnyz lp was terminated on october 30 due to mega media group s financial difficulties but officially ended on january 21 2010 . contents 1 history 2 staff 2.1 on air 2.2 mixshow djs 2.3 former djs 2.4 management 3 references 4 external links history edit the station signed on the air on march 27 1998 as wxxp under the leadership of skyy . 2 their studio was based in the same building as wlir in garden city new york . at first the station sounded similar to new york s rhythmic ac wktu in format as they were playing older dance material . however as time went on party 105 s playlist began to add on newer cutting edge dance music house music trance freestyle at times being ahead and began serving the area with a cutting edge dance direction which would prove popular with listeners and gave them an alternative to similarly formatted wktu which is also heard in the area . despite being a dance station it also ventured into the rhythmic top 40 arena as well but kept the dance product intact . at one time as alternative rock station wlir was experimenting with dance music sounds a grass roots campaign was created by dance music fans to have party 105 simulcast on wlir . both stations were owned by jarad and those that lived west of the 105.3 signal in new york city could then hear wpty and its format . however on january 9 2004 univision brought wlir to create wzaa which simulcasts new york station wcaa . interestingly in early february 2008 wnyz of new york city reformatted becoming pulse 87 . wnyz lp a low power tv station at 87.7 using the frequency s audio to act as an fm station was at the time the only fm station in new york city carrying a rhythmic dance format . it played some of the newer cutting edge dance music not heard on wktu . on january 12 2004 the station picked up the call letters of the former wdre but kept the dance format . in late 2004 when wbea changed format to become blaze 101.7 long island s first hip hop station party 105.3 added more hip hop r & b and reggaeton to the format while removing the majority of dance music which infuriated the dance music fan base that relied heavily on the station for dance music since the new york city stations weren t cutting edge . in may 2005 party 105.3 reversed this trend and began playing more dance music than in the past . in 2008 wbea returned to a top 40 chr direction leaving wdre as long island s lone rhythmic dance outlet . on september 15 2005 owners the morey organization tmo changed the format of its stations along with 107.1 wlir and 98.5 wbon . 105.3 became top 40 fm channel 105 party hits . the on air staff was fired and the new format ran with limited commercials with each programming hour sponsored by an individual advertiser . 3 but the switch did not generate adequate revenue and by december 19 2005 tmo returned to the dance format and the party 105.3 moniker . after the return to dance the station became more dance music intensive often playing material that new york city station wktu did not play or added later . after wktu changed their format to rhythmic adult contemporary on september 9 2006 party 105.3 changed their promos stating that they were new york s only dance music station but by september 2007 they decided to cut back on the heavy amount of dance product by balancing the current music mix with rhythmic hip hop fare under new operations manager vic latino an alumnus of wktu and bpm . on december 26 2006 businesstalkradio.net president and chief executive officer michael metter announced the purchases of wlir wbon and wdre for an undisclosed price 4 but the transaction was never completed . 5 on january 1 2008 a simulcast was added via a translator at 101.5 fm in plainview new york . this simulcast covered parts of nassau and western suffolk counties not reached by the 105.3 signal . on march 9 2009 wdre was added to the r & r rhythmic airplay panel which made them the only reporter on the dance mix show airplay panel to be a dual reporter . this status ended after wpty returned to bds as a full time dance reporter in 2012 . on october 7 2009 wdre was sold to jvc media llc by the morey organization . the station adopted the wpty callsign shortly afterward on october 28 2009 . on october 30 2009 it was revealed that jvc took over the audio programming lease of low power tv channel 6 wnyz lp after mega media s contract with wnyz owner island broadcasting was terminated due to financial differences between mega and wnyz . this resulted in the end of wnyz s dance music format . wpty began simulcasting the 105.3 signal over wnyz lp tv channel 6 and its 87.7 fm audio frequency on november 2 2009 and adopted the new slogan party fm your party music leader . 6 five years after dance music fans had campaigned for the relaying of party 105 for new york city via the 92.7 frequency the simulcast of the station finally became a reality albeit on a different frequency . on january 21 2010 jvc terminated the wnyz lp simulcast arrangement due to the fact that jvc media was negotiating a purchase of two new fm signals in the market and the lma with wnyz would place the group above the fcc ownership limits . on march 25 2011 the 101.5 signal was dropped in nassau and was replaced by a broadcast signal owned by wltw . on october 18 2011 wpty changed their format to gold based rhythmic adult contemporary reverting to the party 105.3 branding . 7 however after nearly seven months into the format wpty began returning to a dance top 40 direction moving away from freestyle music in late april 2012 with less rhythmic and dance gold and recurrents . in october 2013 djs goumba johnny and dj miss stacy both left the station . staff edit on air edit alina alfredo just joe dave wildman steve erica mike amodio jes perez bernie wagenblast traffic mixshow djs edit dj impact just joe peter gozzi dj theo eddie tegone mike rizzo former djs edit abel sanchez ag andre the dre dog ferro astra babblin bill plax ballistic bob bernardo catherine cat chris cruise chris x. christina kay dana parisi dj deuce dj dimitri dj excel dj lil g. dj mike sarkus dj serg dj spanky dj theo dj uch eutopia frankie vasquez froggy glenn friscia goldapper goumba johnny sialiano humpty j. martinez jae boogz jason g. jump smokers leeana miss stacy murph dawg lynda lopez natalia nikki phat head perez hilton pulido razor n guido ruby tuesday seff jones syke the b man management edit owner victor j canales vic latino john caracciolo jvc media llc program director alfredo varela references edit call sign history . cdbs public access database . fcc media bureau . retrieved april 30 2013 . http www.americanradiohistory.com archive randr 1990s 1998 rr 1998 06 05.pdf hinckley david september 28 2005 . party s over for dance music buffs . new york daily news . retrieved may 14 2013 . wlir wbon wdre sold to businesstalkradio.net . allaccess.com . december 26 2006 . retrieved april 30 2013 . fybsuh scott september 17 2007 . rock returns to philly s wysp . northeast radio watch . retrieved april 30 2013 . from www.fmqbproductions.com dance posted october 30 2009 venta lance october 18 2011 . an older party on long island . radioinsight . retrieved may 14 2013 . external links edit party 105 official website query the fcc s fm station database for wpty radio locator information on wpty query nielsen audio s fm station database for wpty u.s. dance radio post u.s. dance radio megamix 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 rhythmic contemporary radio stations in the state of new york by frequency 89.1 94.7 96.1 96.3 97.1 103.5 106.7 by callsign wajz wjpz wkgs wktu wpkf wqht wyul by city chateaugay irondequoit lake success wktu new york wqht poughkeepsie syracuse wjpz voorheesville see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in new york see also contemporary hit radio rhythmic kiss fm movin radio disney retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w