WALK (AM)

WALK
City Patchogue, New York
Branding 1100 AM WHLI
Slogan Playing The Hits Of A Lifetime
Frequency 1370 kHz
First air date April 20, 1952
Format Adult Standards (simulcasts WHLI)
Power 500 watts (day)
102 watts (night)
Class D
Facility ID 10136
Transmitter coordinates 40°45′14.00″N 72°59′14.00″W / 40.7538889°N 72.9872222°W / 40.7538889; -72.9872222
Owner Connoisseur Media
(Connoisseur Media Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations WALK-FM, WHLI, WBZO, WKJY, WWSK
Webcast Listen Live
Website whli.com

WALK (1370 AM) is a radio station licensed to Patchogue, New York. The station, initially owned by the Suffolk Broadcasting Corporation, went on the air on Sunday April 20, 1952 from the infamous 'fish-bowl' studios on Colonial Drive in East Patchogue.[1] The station's studios would remain there for more than 62 years until they were sold to current owner Connoisseur Media. For years WALK played nothing but classical, big-band, and jazz. It was purchased in 1963 by the Island Broadcasting System along with its sister stations, WALK-FM Patchogue & WRIV Riverhead. Island Broadcasting was owned in part by NBC News anchorman Chet Huntley. [2] WALK was one of the first stations on Long Island to run a full schedule of Christmas music during the holiday season. The Holiday format began in 1995. In later years it was run on both WALK AM & FM. It continues to run on WALK-FM annually from around Thanksgiving through Christmas. The station currently broadcasts an adult standards format, simulcasting WHLI 1100 AM Hempstead, New York.[3]


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References

  1. ↑ "WALK Goes on Air First Time Sunday From E. Patchogue" (PDF). The Patchogue Advance (Patchogue New York). April 24, 1952. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Peconic Resident Buys Macy Radio Stations" (PDF). The Long Island Traveler Mattituck Watchman (Southold New York). November 7, 1963. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ "AM Query Results". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 9, 2013.

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