WLIM

WLIM
City of license Patchogue, New York
Broadcast area Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) and parts of Southern Connecticut
Branding Polskie Radio
Frequency 1580 kHz
First air date December 1, 1951
Language(s) Polish
Power 10,000 watts (day)
500 watts (night)
Class B
Facility ID 38333
Transmitter coordinates 40°47′45.00″N 72°59′32.00″W / 40.7958333°N 72.9922222°W
Former callsigns WPAC
WSUF
WYFA[1][2]
Owner Polnet Communications, Ltd.
Webcast Listen Live
Website polskieradio.com

WLIM (1580 AM. "Polskie Radio") is a radio station licensed to Patchogue, New York and is one of eight stations owned by Polnet Communications.[3] It broadcasts a World Ethnic format featuring Polish language programming 24 hours a day. Its transmitter site & former studios are located at 45 Pennsylvania Ave in Medford, New York.

The station was previously WYFA and was assigned the WLIM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 13, 1981 after being purchased by Long Island Music Broadcasting.[2] After becoming WLIM, the station began a Big Band/Standards format that ran for almost 20 years.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Long Island Radio History - AM Stations". Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ "AM Query Results". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ http://www.wackradio.com/wlim/

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