| City of license | East Hampton, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) Area |
| Frequency | 88.7 MHz |
| First air date | May 2010 |
| Format | Community Radio |
| ERP | 3,800 watts |
| HAAT | 87 meters (285 feet) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 173471 |
| Callsign meaning | East End Radio[1] |
| Owner | Hamptons Community Radio Corporation |
| Website | hamptonscommunityradio.com |
WEER (88.7 FM) was a radio station serving the Long Island, New York from May 2010 until October 2011. It broadcast on FM frequency 88.7 MHz and is under ownership of the Hamptons Community Radio Corporation.[2] This station is operated under a construction permit as their radio station facility was built. [3]
The station had a license to simulcast from Westhampton, New York (89.1) assigned callsign WEEW. The station had a license to operate on 90.7 in East Hampton however it did not have a tower and is required to get tower access by October 2011 or lose the license for the frequency. It ceased operations at 8 a.m. on October 1, 2011.[4] To operate on the 90.7 frequency it will have share it with WEGB. The shared time agreement called for WEER to take about 9 hours every weekday and all of Saturday while WEGB gets most of the weekdays plus all of Sunday.[1] Both these stations are operating with a directional pattern to protect New York City's WFUV, also operating on 90.7 MHz.
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on October 21, 2008.[5] This permit is scheduled to expire on October 21, 2011.[5]
The station was assigned the WEER call letters by the FCC on November 3, 2008.[6]
Hamptons Community Radio Corporation was a non-profit 501c3 (IRS designation) entity governed by a five member Board of Directors. It is also registered with the New York State Attorney General's office to accept donations.
In 2007 HCRC applied for three frequencies over which to broadcast: 90.7 in East Hampton, which the FCC approved subject to a time-sharing agreement with Community Bible Church, and 91.7 and/or 89.1 in the Riverhead area. In June 2010 the FCC approved 89.1 (licensed to Westhampton), which must be constructed by 2013. A callsign assigned is WEEW. The 91.7 frequency was granted to another applicant, and HCRC chosenot to pursue an appeal of the FCC's decision.
Thus the station had two-fulltime frequencies (88.7 and 89.1, and a shared-time station 90.7), However, all the stations wee identified as WEER East End Radio, except for the hourly legal IDs. As a "community" station, the entity relies heavily on local volunteers.
The station was conceived at a time when [Long Island University]] was reported to be looking to sell its National Public Radio affiliated station WLIU in Southampton, New York. That station became locally owned in December 2010 giving the Hamptons at the time two nonprofit radio stations that competed for the same money base.
WEER came on the air over Memorial Day weekend in May 2010. It took over the repeater signal of WPKN paying it $60,000 for the signal and taking over the $4,000/month tower rental. The station's plans to broadcast from studios in Bridgehampton, New York were delayed because dry rot was discovered in its planned facility. It went on the air broadcasting from Southold, New York. It plans to return its studio to the South Fork, Long Island by the end of Summer 2010.[7]
The founder was Barbara Barri, a former announcer for KXOS (called KZLA at the time) in Los Angeles, California.[8][9] Ms. Barri continued as President, Executive Director, Station Manager, Program & News Director, Music Director, and a member of the Board. Peter Mundo was Sports Director, and also doubles as Director of Marketing.
The station closed at 8 a.m., October 1, 2011[10][11]
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