WLIM

WLIM
City 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
Format World Ethnic
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 / 40.7958333; -72.9922222
Former callsigns WPAC
WSUF
WYFA[1][2]
Owner Polnet Communications, Ltd.
Website WLIM

WLIM (1580 AM. "Polskie Radio") is a radio station licensed to Patchogue, New York and is one of eight radio 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.

History

The station went on the air on December 1, 1951 as WPAC. Its first studios and offices were located in the Mills Building on Main St. in Patchogue. Transmitting facilities were located on the former Bailey's Mill property on West Ave. in Patchogue.[4] In the early hours of February 10, 1956 fire destroyed the Mills Building which housed the WPAC studios at the time.[5] The station was able to continue broadcasting from their transmitter site off the Patchogue River, until new studios were built at 31 W Main St in Patchogue.[6] The station would become the highest powered station on Long Island, when it increased power from its original 250 watts to 1000 watts in February 1956.[7] Rick Sklar who, while at New York City's WABC, was one of the originators of the Top 40 radio format, began his career at WPAC. The station changed call letters to WSUF in July 1972 and went dark for 3 years beginning in 1975. The station returned to the air in 1978 with the new call letters WYFA. The station 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.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Long Island Radio History - AM Stations". Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ "AM Query Results". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ "WPAC ON THE AIR" (PDF). The Suffolk County News. Sayville New York. December 7, 1951. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ "FIRE RAZES BLOCK IN PATCHOGUE" (PDF). The Suffolk County News. Sayville New York. February 10, 1956. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mills Bldg. To Be Replaced; Tenants Plan Relocation" (PDF). The Suffolk County News. Sayville New York. February 17, 1956. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  7. ↑ "WPAC Is Highest Powered Station On Long Island" (PDF). The Suffolk County News. Sayville New York. February 24, 1956. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  8. ↑ WLIM Tribute


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