WHLI
| City | Hempstead, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Long Island |
| Branding | 1100 AM WHLI |
| Slogan | Playing The Hits of a Lifetime |
| Frequency | 1100 kHz |
| First air date | July 22, 1947 |
| Format | Oldies (simulcasts on WALK) |
| Power | 10,000 watts (day) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 38337 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°41′6.00″N 73°36′36.00″W / 40.6850000°N 73.6100000°W |
| Callsign meaning | We're Hempstead Long Island |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Owner |
Connoisseur Media (Connoisseur Media Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WALK, WALK-FM, WBZO, WKJY, WWSK |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WHLI (1100 AM) is a radio station licensed to Hempstead, New York which for decades broadcast a standards format. The station's studios are located at 234 Airport Plaza Suite 5 in Farmingdale, New York and is owned by Connoisseur Media. The format was modified gradually from 2009 to 2015 to soft Oldies and today the station offers a diversified oldies format of hits from the 50's through the 80's.
WHLI was first licensed in 1947 to Paul and Elias Godofsky, the owners of WLIB in New York City from 1942 to 1944. WHLI began broadcasting local radio just as the nearby potato fields of Island Trees, Long Island were being replaced by houses in Levittown, New York. Long Island was becoming one of America's most lucrative markets. It was one of the first AM/FM pairs. Its FM sister at 98.3FM actually first went on air a short while before WHLI as WHNY. (98.3 FM would assume the WHLI-FM calls on January 1, 1948, later becoming WIOK and today is known as WKJY).
WHLI began as a 250-watt non-directional AM station at 1100 and was given permission to raise its power to the current 10 kW two-tower directional signal by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1960. It is a "daytimer" and must either reduce power or sign-off at local sunset as it broadcasts on the same frequency as WTAM in Cleveland. The WHLI towers are located next to the Southern State Parkway in Hempstead near the Baldwin Road/Grand Avenue exit. They are a popular landmark as signage touting the WHLI call letters and dial position (1100) have been mounted on the main tower for decades for passing motorists to see. The historic signs were removed temporarily from the WHLI Tower #2 on August 13, 2010 (Friday the 13th) at 11:00AM to allow for minor repairs and upgrades to the transmission facilities. Note the odd occurrence that they were removed at 11:00AM from the towers that broadcast on 1100 kHz on the AM band.
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