WLIR
 WLIR.FM 2013 logo | |
| Web address | www.wlir.fm |
|---|---|
| Slogan | New York's Original Alternative Station |
| Type of site | Internet radio station |
| Launched | September 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
WLIR (WLIR.FM) is an internet radio station that plays the new music/modern rock that was originally heard on WLIR/WDRE (92.7 FM, 98.5 FM, and 107.1 FM) in the 1980s and 1990s along with the alternative rock of the 2000s to the present. The spirit of the original WLIR is maintained with the music mix and the personalities, such as Larry the Duck, Malibu Sue, and Denis McNamara. Bob Wilson, long time WLIR employee and historian, created the WLIR.FM website and programs the music playlist.[1]
WLIR on FM radio
WLIR was best known as an influential radio station that launched the careers of many music acts and disk jockeys from the 1970s through the 1990s. In 1970, it changed to a progressive rock format before switching to a new music/modern rock format in 1982. The station originally broadcast from studios at the Garden City Hotel, Garden City, New York, then 175 Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, New York, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Westbury, New York, and finally, 1103 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York, with its transmitter located at North Shore Towers in the Long Island, New York area.
1959-1970: 92.7 FM beginnings
WLIR was founded in 1959 by John R. Rieger. It was licensed to Garden City, New York on the frequency 92.7 FM and played a mix of Broadway tunes and classical music from a basement studio in the Garden City Hotel.[2][3]
1970s: The progressive era
In the early 1970s, announcer Richard Neer and part-time announcer Mike Harrison convinced Rieger to change to a progressive rock format.[3] This meant playing obscure artists, playing many cuts off an album (not just the hit singles), and having disc jockeys speak in a slow, mellow tone. At this time, the station adopted the famous WLIR Seagull as its logo. It also became known for its concert series and support of local bands such as The Good Rats.
As the 1970s went on, most rock stations drifted into a more commercial album oriented rock direction, but WLIR bucked this trend. As punk and new wave rock started to become popular at the end of the 1970s, most rock stations in the United States ignored these genres. WLIR, again, bucked the trend by playing artists from these genres.
1980s: Dare to be different
In 1982, it was decided that in order for the station to move into the future, a format change was needed.[4] Program director Denis McNamara recommended to the station's owner that he choose one of two formats, either progressive adult contemporary or New Music.[4] Although adult contemporary seemed commercially appealing, New Music was chosen because it was more in step with the "dare to be different" campaign being used to promote the new format and it was more "fun".[4] On August 2, the format switch occurred. The station featured new wave (McNamara "hated" that term because he felt it was a trendy phrase that might be out of style in a year[4]), synthpop, post-punk, early alternative rock acts as well as novelty records. The personalities of the disc jockeys became much more upbeat. The station became known worldwide for introducing new artists and playing singles months (if not years) before other stations. WLIR became the first radio station in the country to play U2,[5] The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, Duran Duran, Madonna, George Michael, Men at Work and Prince. The station was one of the few commercial radio stations in the United States to play these type of artists. One method of doing so was the "Screamer of the Week," a feature in which listeners would call in and vote for their favorite new song of the week. New Order, Depeche Mode, Ultravox, Yaz and Blancmange were early staples of the new music format.[6] According to McNamara, the "entire music industry was looking upon 'LIR and that 'LIR marketplace of New York and Long Island as one of the hippest music areas of the world. People used to refer to it as the gateway to America if you were an upcoming artist."[6]
In 1987, the station's license was revoked after a fifteen-year battle, which began in the early 1970s when the station operated only on special temporary authority granted by the FCC.[7] As a result of this revocation, the station changed ownership on December 18, 1987, and the WLIR call letters were changed to WDRE by the new owner, Jarad Communications[7] (it would regain the WLIR call letters some years later). The interim operator (Elton Spitzer's Phoenix Media Corp.) took the WLIR call letters to an AM radio station in Rockland County, New York. The previous owners also took the "Dare To Be Different" slogan with them as intellectual property, so WDRE's moniker became "New Music First". The feature "Screamer of the Week" became "Shriek of the Week," and the station remained on the cutting edge of new music as they broke new bands into the next decade, like Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana and others.
1990s: Alternative rock expands
In 1991, the station changed its moniker again, this time to "The Cutting Edge of Rock."
The explosion in popularity of grunge and alternative rock in the early 1990s led to a period of turmoil. The synthpop-based music on which much of the station's playlist was based was now out of fashion. Alternative rock artists which used to be played almost exclusively on the station were now being played on many rock and pop music stations.[8]
In 1992, WDRE started simulcasting its programming with what was 103.9 WIBF-FM Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, which later became WDRE Jenkintown/Philadelphia. Subsequently, in the mid 1990s, Greg Morey claims to have created the first alternative rock network known as "The Underground Network."[9][10] The Underground Network consisted of the following stations:
| Call sign (1995) | Frequency | City of license | Call sign (2013) |
|---|---|---|---|
| KDRE | 101.1 FM | Little Rock, Arkansas | KZTS |
| KFTH | 107.1 FM | Memphis, Tennessee | KXHT |
| WDRE | 92.7 FM | Garden City, New York (New York City) | WQBU-FM |
| WFAL | 101.1 FM | Cape Cod, Massachusetts | WFRQ |
| WIBF | 103.9 FM | Jenkintown, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | WPPZ-FM |
| WMRW | 98.5 FM | Westhampton, New York | WBON |
| WRLG | 94.1 FM | Nashville, Tennessee | WFFH |
| WWCP | 96.7 FM | Albany, New York | WDCD-FM |
Four years after WIBF became WDRE's first affiliate, The Underground Network was disbanded. In 1996, it was decided that WDRE Garden City would switch formats to adult album alternative (AAA), bring back Malibu Sue[11] (who had been fired earlier by then PD Russ Mottla), change its call letters back to WLIR and change its moniker to "The Island". That same year, WDRE Philadelphia became a local, independent modern rock station.
2000s: Move to 107.1 FM
On January 9, 2004, Univision bought the 92.7 frequency and other assets for $60 million[12] and began simulcasting the Spanish radio format of WCAA Newark, New Jersey on 92.7 under the call letters WZAA. The last song played on WLIR that day was "Forever Young" by Alphaville.[13] The WLIR call letters moved to the 107.1 frequency on Eastern Long Island, which had been simulcasting WLIR for several years. The new WLIR adopted an active/modern rock format and new image as "THE BOX".[14] Since 107.1 FM is located about 50 miles east of the original WLIR at 92.7 FM, many of the station's fans in New York City, southwestern Connecticut, southern Westchester County, New York, northeastern New Jersey, and even the western parts of Long Island itself could not easily receive the station. Many of these areas were closer geographically to other stations occupying 107.1 FM (WXPK in central Westchester County and WWZY in Long Branch, New Jersey) which hindered reception.
On September 12, 2005, WLIR changed formats to a block-sponsored smooth jazz/chill music format known as "FM Channel 107: NeoBreeze." This same block-sponsored type formatting was also instituted at two other stations owned by The Morey Organization, WLIR's owner. As a result of this change, all of the on-air staff was fired. This truly marked the end of WLIR's unique over the air "new music" format after almost three decades. In addition, with the new format, the station would run commercial-free during the day, with the actual airtime during this period paid for by advertisers. According to the station's owners, this move was made as an attempt to take on satellite radio and MP3 players, which had been cutting into listeners of traditional radio.[15] In an effort to keep WLIR and its alternative music alive, longtime WLIR employee and historian Bob Wilson developed the WLIR.FM website and began an internet broadcast of WLIR music called "Next Wave".
On December 20, 2005, after three months of low ratings, the NeoBreeze format was dropped, and the WLIR alternative format returned.
On December 26, 2006, BusinessTalkRadio.net President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Metter announced the purchase of three Long Island radio stations: Alternative WLIR-FM (107.1 FM), Classic Rocker WBON (98.5 FM), and Top 40/Rhythmic WDRE (105.3 FM).[16] WBON was renamed WBZB and flipped to a business talk format on January 2, 2007. The sales of WLIR-FM and WBZB were approved on February 27, 2007. The selling price for WLIR-FM and WBZB was $1.75 million for each station.[17] The total selling price for all three stations would have been $5 million, however the sale was never completed, and WBZB returned to the WBON calls.[18]
In September 2007, WLIR began broadcasting from a new antenna at a location 5 miles to the west of the original.[19] On October 11, 2007, WLIR-FM began simulcasting on a translator in Manorville, W245BA (96.9 FM), expanding its coverage area into western Suffolk County and a portion of eastern Nassau County. On November 18, 2007, this simulcast of WLIR-FM ended with the new simulcast of 98.5 WBON, "La Fiesta", taking over the 96.9 frequency.
On January 3, 2008 in part because of the reach of the new antenna WLIR-FM began simulcasting programming from sister station WDRE (Party 105), fueling speculation that a change in format to ESPN was imminent.[20] On January 21, 2008, WLIR-FM became an ESPN Radio affiliate via a local marketing agreement with New York City radio station WEPN (then on 1050 AM, now on 98.7 FM).[21]
2010s: Jarad sells 107.1 FM
On February 9, 2011, Jarad Broadcasting of Hampton Bays entered into an asset purchase agreement with Holding Out Hope Church d/b/a WLIX Radio to sell the station for $650,000. On February 17, 2011, Holding Out Hope Church assigned the agreement to Livingstone Broadcasting, Inc.[22] On May 25, 2011 the sale of WLIR-FM to Livingstone Broadcasting Inc was completed. On August 1, 2011, WLIR-FM began broadcasting Christian programming as part of the WLIX Hope radio network.
WLIR/WDRE legacy
As of July 2012, a documentary entitled Dare to Be Different - WLIR: The Voice of a Generation by Ellen Goldfarb was in production. It is expected to detail the 1980s format change, the influence the station had, and its battles with the FCC. The stations staff and fans were also to be documented.[23]
The original "World Famous" WLIR alternative music, air personalities, sounders, jingles, shrieks and screamers as well as today's new music can still be found at WLIR.FM.
People, places, and memories
Many WLIR personalities have had continued success and notoriety both on and off the air. Some of these include:
| WLIR/WDRE People and Personalities | |
|---|---|
| Abel Sanchez | Now on-air at WSPK-FM, Poughkeepsie, NY and PULSE87NY.com |
| AJ | Mistress of Modern Rock |
| Alex "Alley Cat" Anthony | Now public address announcer for New York Mets |
| Amy Paige | Now on-air at WSIX-FM, Nashville, TN |
| Andre "The Dredog" Ferro | Now on-air at WBLI-FM, Patchogue, NY and traffic reporter at News 12 Traffic and Weather |
| Armin Laszlo | Overnight jock in the late 1970s |
| Barry (Ravioli) Carollo | Now owner of ADCstudios & Audio Digital Communications |
| Basic Bob ("The Van Man") | WLIR Vinyl Van driver in the early 1980s |
| Beaver Kowalski | DeBella Travesty sports reporter |
| Ben Manilla | Now President of Ben Manilla Productions |
| Bernardo Moronta | Now owner/program director/on-air at PlanetCandela.com |
| Berner (on the beach) | Dennis Boerner, now independent entertainment professional at Den of Thieves, Hollywood, CA |
| Bill Holly | "All Request Morning Show" and Modern Rock Dance Party producer |
| Bill Powers | Now news reader at WRCN-FM, Riverhead, NY and traffic reporter at Metro Traffic - aka Nick Benjamin, Chuck Hesselberg and Dan Story |
| Bob ("The Mighty") Waugh | Now on-air and program director at WRNR-FM, Annapolis, MD |
| Bob Kranes | Now Senior Director Marketing at The Decca Label Group/Universal Music |
| Bob Marrone | Currently Producer of Jazz Stew podcasts |
| Bob Wilson | Now WLIR historian, WLIR.FM internet radio programmer and owner of Next Wave Media |
| Brian Cosgrove | Now Music Director and on-air at WPPB-FM, Southampton, NY |
| Carol Silva | "Mini Close-Up"/news, now on-air morning anchor at News-12 Long Island |
| Caroline Corley | Passed away November 25, 2013 |
| Catherine ("The Cat") McClenahan | Now actor, singer, host and writer in the Los Angeles area |
| Charlie Ahl | Later on-air at WPLJ, WCBS-FM and WHN in NY, host of Westwood One's "Weekly Country Music Countdown" (as Chris Charles), now PD of WBOQ-FM Boston |
| Chris "The Greek" Panaghi | Now President of Amathus Music / DJG |
| Chris (Simmons) Scimone | Now on-air at WBZO-FM, Bayshore, NY |
| Cooper Lawrence | Now news reader and entertainment reporter at WPLJ-FM, NY |
| Couzin Ed | Underground Network, now manager of "The Irish Pol" bar in Philadelphia, PA |
| Dale Reeves | Now President of REVOmedia Productions |
| Dan Binder | Now Senior Research Consultant at Sparknet Research & Consulting and President/CEO Vandalay Communications |
| Dan "CORKY" Posner | Now Senior Project Engineer at Underwriters Laboratories |
| Dan Zako | Former General Manager, now Regional Sales Manager at Pandora |
| Danny Toy | Now General Sales Manager, East Region at Radiate Media |
| Daredrew | |
| Darrin Smith | Now Vice President, Music Progamming at Sirius XM Radio, on-air and Program Director at Sirius XM Radio "1st Wave" |
| Dave "DC" Caggiano | "DC's All Night Diner" died September 8, 2009 |
| Dave Plotkin | Former Production Director - now Production Director at CBS Radio/WINS-AM, New York and WLIR.FM |
| Delphine Blue | Now on-air at WBAI-FM, NY |
| Denis McNamara | Now consultant at NYM, Inc. - Inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2010. In the process of writing his autobiography.[4] |
| Dennis Daniel | |
| Donna Donna | Now on air at WBAB, appeared in the 1988 concert film Depeche Mode 101 and a 2011 rockumentary about The Replacements, "Color Me Obsessed"[24] |
| Doug Frye | |
| Drew Kenyon | Morning show 1999–2000, now owner of Drew Kenyon Productions |
| Drew Scott | News, now on-air weekend anchor at News-12 Long Island |
| Earle Bailey | Now on-air at Sirius Radio "Deep Tracks" |
| Ed Zeidner | News Director |
| Elliot Jacobi | |
| Elton Spitzer | Now involved in the boat industry in North Carolina |
| Eric Bloom | "The Bozo Patrol" |
| Eric "Fly Guy" Davis | "Box" program director - now Chief Operating Officer at National Media Services, Inc. |
| Evan "Funk" Davies | Now Director Business & Operations, VH1 Digital at VH1 and on air at WFMU-FM, Jersey City, NJ |
| Faithful Marianne | |
| Famous Bob | |
| Flo & Eddie | "By The Fireside" |
| Frank Bruno | Now Production Director, Fox News Talk at Fox News Channel |
| Gary Cee | Former Program Director - now Director of Operations and on-air at WNNJ-FM, Newton, NJ and Rock 93.3, Poughkeepsie |
| Gene Pardo | Morning show announcer |
| George Taylor Morris | Died in 2009[25] |
| Hank Fredricks | News |
| Harlan Friedman | Now Owner of The Harlan Group and Sports Correspondent at Live It Up! |
| Heather Schoen | Former Public Affairs Director 1971-1974 - now President at Schoen and Company |
| Hillary Blazer | Now owner of Hillary Blazer-Doyle Voiceovers |
| Howie Greene | ("The Greene Team") |
| Hugh Foley | Now Dr. Hugh Foley - Professor at Rogers State University, OK |
| Jed Morey | Now publisher of the Long Island Press |
| Jeff Berlin | WLIR imaging voice - now owner of Jeff Berlin Creative |
| Jeff Carlson Beck | |
| Jeff Faus | Production staff |
| Jeff Jensen | Now traffic reporter at Cablevision |
| Jeff Levine | Former program director - now President at South Florida Chamber Maps |
| Jerry Rubino | "Left of Center" - now at Weehawken, NJ based The Syndicate marketing and consulting agency |
| Jim Cameron | Evenings and operations manager 1972–1975, now President at Cameron Communications Inc. |
| Jim McGuinn | Now Program Director at KCMP-FM "The Current", Minneapolis, MN |
| Jimmy Howes | Weekend on-air personality 1989, now program director at WGHT-AM, Pompton Lakes, NJ |
| Jodi Vale | Now on-air at WKJY-FM "KJOY", Long Island |
| Joe Bonadonna | Now Program Director at WBGG-FM, Miami, FL |
| Joe Taggart | Morning show (1996–1999), now a Long Island based stand up comic |
| Joel Moss | Former program director in the 1970s progressive era before Denis McNamara; Joined heritage rocker WEBN-FM, Cincinnati in 1984 where he is still Creative Services Director (12/16/11) |
| Joey Salvia | Now technical director/creative director for "The Mike Huckabee Show" |
| John "Johnny McFly" Caracciolo | Now owner of JVC Media LLC |
| John ("Don't call me Johnny") DeBella | Now morning driver at WMGK, Philadelphia |
| John Moschitta | Now operations manager and program director at WDVE and WXDX in Pittsburgh, PA |
| John R. Rieger | Former owner, died of natural causes in August 2005[2] |
| Jon Daniels | Now on-air at WKJY-FM, Hempstead, NY |
| Jonathan Lobdell | Now Director of Marketing at Metropolitan Talent Presents |
| Jonathan Clarke Grevatt | Now on-air at WAXQ-FM, NY |
| Kathi "Domonique" Lee | Now on-air at WBAB-FM, Babylon, NY |
| Ken Kohl | Program Director (1972-1975), now Director Radio Operations DIRECTV Entertainment at DIRECTV |
| Kerin McCue | News, now News Anchor & Reporter at WOR-AM, NY and on-air at WXPK-FM "The Peak", Briarcliff Manor, NY |
| Kim Berk | Now on-air at WWFS-FM "Fresh 102.7", NY |
| Larry "The Duck" Dunn | Now Newsday Sr. Vice President of Advertising Sales and on-air at Sirius Radio "1st Wave" |
| Larry Kleinman | |
| Laurie Gail | Now Vice President Radio & Label Relations for Play MPE |
| Lazlow | "The Technofile" and "Underground Hard Drive" |
| Lenny "Peter Puberty" Diana | Now Brand Manager for WLZX-FM and WAQY-FM, Springfield, MA |
| Linda Joseph | |
| Lisa Ritchie | Morning show co-host and News Director (1989-1993), now traffic reporter at Cablevision and Operations Director at Fitness Education Institute |
| "Long Tall" Andy Geller | Now a national voice over artist - AndyGeller.com |
| Lorraine Rapp | Now co-host/co-producer of Take Care at WRVO Public Media |
| (John) Loscalzo | Now Director of Music at CBS Local (NY) and Founder/Publisher at Brooklyn Bugle Media |
| Lynda Lopez | Now on-air news anchor at WCBS-AM, NY |
| Malibu Sue | Now on-air at WWFS-FM, New York, NY and News 12 Traffic & Weather |
| Maria Chambers | Now on-air host of VH1's syndicated "Best Week Radio Show" and host on OURscene.TV |
| Margaret Locicero | Promotions director (1973-1979), now president of Blame It On Us Marketing & Promotion |
| Mark "The Shark" Drucker | died February 23, 2005 |
| Matt Cord | Now evenings on-air at WMMR-FM, Philadelphia |
| Matt Wolfe | Now music director and on-air at WBAB |
| Max "The Mighty Maximizer" Leinwand | Now Director of programming at MediaPlace |
| Meg Griffin | Now on-air at Sirius Radio "The Loft" and "Classic Rewind" |
| Michael "Eppy" Epstein | Punky reggae party and owner of "My Father's Place" |
| Michael Ross | Former part-timer and on air at WPLJ-FM, WSHE-FM, WZTA-FM and WBGG-FM, died January 1, 2000 |
| Michael Tapes | Tuesday Night Concert Series producer, now owner of Michael Tapes Design, Melbourne, FL |
| Mike "Kidman" DeFosses | Underground Network Morning Show, now a realtor in Glastonbury, CT |
| Mike Jones | "The man with a face for radio" |
| Michael R. Glaser | WLIR Hempstead Assistant Chief Engineer, NBC-TV New York, Now with Barnstable Broadcasting, Long Island Radio Group Engineering Manager / Chief Engineer |
| Mina Greene ("The Greene Team") | Now weekend news anchor at WBZ-AM, Boston |
| Mindy Barstein | Owner WXUR-FM AND WRNS-AM in Utica /Rome, NY |
| Morgan "Morgasm" Thomas | Now looking for her next broadcasting challenge |
| Mrs. Gyrtlebaumer "Mr. Hand" (Eric Wasserman) | |
| Nancy Abramson | Now at Clear Channel Media as director, digital affiliates for national media groups |
| Orli - The English Muffin | |
| Otis Finn (Jim Finnemore) | |
| Pam Merly | now on-air at Sirius Radio "Deep Tracks" |
| Pat McCormilla | |
| Paul Cavalconte | now on-air at WFUV-FM, New York and WQXR-FM, Newark, NJ |
| Paul W Robinson | PD - Mid-days - Founder & CEO Emerald City Radio Partners |
| Pete "Captain Traffic" Tauriello | Now traffic reporter at Metro Networks |
| Peter Schacknow | News, now senior producer at CNBC |
| Ray White | Now on-air at Classical 102.1 KDFC-FM, San Francisco |
| Richard Neer | Now announcer at WFAN AM & FM[3] |
| Rob Rush | Now on-air at WWSK ("94.3 The Shark"), Smithtown, NY and production/voiceovers Connoisseur Media Long Island |
| Ron "RJ" Morey | Now CEO of the Morey Organization |
| Russ Mottla | Former program director - now announcer at Encisage Radio Group, San Marcos, CA |
| Scott "DJ Bird" Peacock | "sitting in" - now owner/editor of Hockeybird.com |
| Sean "The Brain" Ross | Now VP of Music and Programming at Edison Research and Top 40 Update columnist at Billboard |
| Sharon "at the Shore" Sperber | Now President/Co-Owner of Trailhead Marketing |
| Shelley Miller | Former music director - now on-air at KTCZ-FM, Minneapolis, MN |
| Sid Zimet | Audio by Zimet, Workshop Recording Studio - died March 4, 1988 |
| "Smokin" Joe Belsito | |
| Spicey McHugh | Traffic reporter |
| Stacey Cahn | News Anchor/Reporter, "Mini Close-ups", Now Time in a Bottle Video Productions |
| Steve "The Pistol" Jones | Now VP ABC News Radio |
| Steve Kass (Kastenbaum) | Now New York-based correspondent for CNN Radio |
| Steve Morrison | Now on-air at WMMR-FM, Philadelphia, PA |
| Steve North | "Mini Close-Up"/News Director, now Broadcast Writer, CBS This Morning at CBS News |
| Steve Reggie | News, now traffic reporter at Metro Traffic |
| Steven Starr | Volunteer/news volunteer (1974-5), now CEO of CitizenGlobal.com |
| Susan Browning | Former Island morning show host - now radio personality at WHUD-FM, Peekskill, NY and Hotel Concierge at City Experts/New York Guest |
| Ted Taylor | Now new media and artistic director at House of Rock Entertainment |
| The Unknown DJ | |
| "Tokyo" Rose Pisani | Former music director, now SVP Marketing for WE TV & Wedding Central |
| Tom Calderone | Now President of VH1 |
| Tommy "DJ Tarnax" Nappi | Now on-air at WKTU-FM, Lake Success, NY and VP/Promotion for Warner Bros. Records |
| Trulia Child | "Platter D'Jour" |
| Vin Scelsa | Now on-air at WFUV, New York, NY and on Sirius Radio "The Loft" |
| Willobee (Carlan) | Now Director of Broadcast Operations at Shamrock Communications, Reno, NV |
| Zim Barstein | Former General Manager, now Sales Manager at Arnold Aerial Advertising in Manhattan |
WLIR had many memorable and unique shows. Some of these include:
| WLIR/WDRE Memorable Moments and Shows | |
|---|---|
| Party in the Park | August 21, 1979 |
| Party in the Park II | August 23, 1980 |
| Tuesday Night Concert Series | |
| "Off The Boat" | Sunday night import show |
| "Party Out Of Bounds" | Weekends |
| "Midnight Snack" | with Ben Manilla |
| "The News Blimp" | |
| Segue contests | |
| WLIR "Heavy Hitters" | Softball team (featuring Billy Joel) |
| "Donna Donna's Spotlight Dance Dance" | at Malibu Beach Club |
| "All Request Morning Show" | with Malibu Sue and producer Bill Holly |
| "The Bozo Patrol" | with Ben Manilla and Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult) |
| "The History of Modern Rock" | |
| "Airline Club" and "DaREline" | |
| "WLIR-kives" | |
| Audio by Zimet | |
| "WLIR Non-Conformal Ball" | April 1985 |
| "Left of Center" | |
| "DRE After Dark" | |
| "LIR After Dark" | |
| "LIR After Hours" | |
| "Saturday Night Modern Rock Dance Party at Malibu" | |
| "Friday Night 80's Dance Party at Malibu" | |
WLIR music and bands were featured at many Long Island venues. Some of these include:
| WLIR/WDRE Clubs and Venues | |
|---|---|
| My Fathers Place | Village of Old Roslyn, NY |
| "Spize" | Huntington, NY |
| "The Angle" | Mineola, NY |
| Calderone Concert Hall | Hempstead, NY |
| "007" | Franklin Square, NY |
| Malibu Night Club | Lido Beach, NY (last night open September 12, 1996) |
| The Dublin Pub | New Hyde Park, NY |
| Paris, NY | Huntington, NY |
| Spit | Levittown, NY |
| Chevy's | Bayshore, NY |
| The Oak Beach Inn | Oak Beach, NY |
| The Oak Beach Inn West | Island Park, NY |
| The Ritz | New York City, NY |
| The 1890s Club | Baldwin, NY |
| Speaks | Island Park, NY |
| Reds | Levittown, NY |
| Ultrasonic Recording Studios | Hempstead, NY |
| Uncle Sam's | East Meadow, NY |
| Luxe | Levittown, NY (final simulcast venue on Saturday nights) |
See also
- List of Internet stations
- WQBU-FM — the current Garden City, New York radio station at 92.7 FM
- WBON — the current Westhampton, New York radio station at 98.5 FM
- WLIR-FM — the current Hampton Bays, New York radio station at 107.1 FM
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- ↑ Seyler, Dave (February 28, 2011). "Jarad sells Hampton Bays FM". Radio Business Report. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
- ↑ "'Dare To Be Different' The WLIR Documentary". New Wave Outpost. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ↑ Amorim, Kevin (November 20, 2012). "'Color Me Obsessed,' Replacements documentary out today". Newsday. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ↑ "George Taylor Morris passes away at age 62". Orbitcast. August 2, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
External links
- WLIR.FM — New York's Original Alternative Station streaming "The World Famous" WLIR
- WLIR.fm Internet Radio on Facebook
- Greg Morey at iMedia Connection
- WLIR Loses Its License (December 18, 1987) — audio clip of the last day of 92.7 WLIR in 1987
Fan websites
- 92.7 Archive & Aircheck Registry
- Official WLIR Fan Website
- WLIR Screamers & Shrieks lists
- Hockeybird.com (history of 92.7 WLIR)
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