WLNG
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| City | Sag Harbor, New York |
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| Broadcast area | The Hamptons Eastern Long Island |
| Branding |
WLNG 92.1 FM Radio Eastern Long Island |
| Slogan | The Oldies Station |
| Frequency | 92.1 MHz |
| First air date | August 13, 1963 |
| Format | Oldies |
| ERP | 5,300 watts |
| HAAT | 106 meters (348 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 39640 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°58′19.00″N 72°20′54.00″W / 40.9719444°N 72.3483333°W |
| Callsign meaning | W LoNG Island |
| Former callsigns | WLNG-FM (1969-2000) |
| Affiliations | Westwood One (current) |
| Owner | Gary Sapine, Rebecca Johnson, and Raymond A. Nelson, Trustees |
| Webcast | Listen Live (via TuneIn) |
| Website | www |
WLNG (92.1 FM) is an oldies formatted, full-service broadcast radio station licensed to Sag Harbor, New York, serving The Hamptons and Eastern Long Island. WLNG is owned and operated by Gary Sapiane, Rebecca Johnson, and Raymond A. Nelson, Trustees.
WLNG started on AM at 1600 kHz. In 1996 the 1600 frequency was sold to WWRL so that they could increase the power of their station which was on the same frequency closer to New York City. WLNG has been broadcasting on FM since 1969. Its FM transmitter is located on a hill in Noyack, New York which disc jockeys call "Mount Sidney" after longtime station president Paul Sidney (1940–2009). The station's call letters come from Long Island. It transmitted in monaural until January 20, 2011, a rarity on the FM band which is mostly stereo.
WLNG has earned a reputation as a throwback to an earlier era with its frequent use of jingles, reverb, frequent remote broadcasts at local events, and personality disc jockeys. In 1998, on the occasion of the station's 35th anniversary on the air, and president Paul Sidney's 34th year there, he stated "The key to staying around for 35 years is pretty simple: Be local, in news, sound and music."
The station's target market is the Hamptons and Eastern Long Island, though the station has been noted as being heard "from Mastic to Montauk; the signal even reaches parts of Rhode Island and Connecticut." According to Sidney and local business people, the station built good relationships with local establishments, and as of 2004 was producing 250 remote broadcasts per year from community locales, events and businesses.
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