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Long Island's Holiday Music Station (Nov-Dec.) |
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'''WALK-FM''' (97.5 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "WALK 97.5") is a radio station on [[Long Island]] with a [[hot adult contemporary]] format. Located on 97.5 [[Frequency modulation|FM]], the station is licensed to [[Patchogue, New York]]. The stations slogan is "Real Variety from the 90's,2K and Today!" It can be heard on air frequently during commercials and ends with "WALK 97.5." Its transmitter is located on [[Telescope Hill]] in [[Farmingville, New York]]. The |
'''WALK-FM''' (97.5 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "WALK 97.5") is a radio station on [[Long Island]] with a [[hot adult contemporary]] format. Located on 97.5 [[Frequency modulation|FM]], the station is licensed to [[Patchogue, New York]]. The stations slogan is "Real Variety from the 90's, 2K and Today!" It can be heard on air frequently during commercials and ends with "WALK 97.5." Its transmitter is located on [[Telescope Hill]] in [[Farmingville, New York]]. The station's signal reaches most of Long Island as well as much of Connecticut, reaching into the greater Hartford area. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Revision as of 01:47, 5 January 2015
| Broadcast area | Long Island |
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| Frequency | 97.5 MHz (HD Radio)
97.5 HD-2 "Long Island Country 97.5" |
| Branding | WALK 97.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hot Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Aloha Station Trust, LLC (sale to Connoisseur Media pending) |
| WALK | |
| History | |
First air date | 1952 |
Call sign meaning | Derived from its sister AM station |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 10137 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 39,000 watts |
| HAAT | 169 meters (554 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°50′41.00″N 73°02′1.00″W / 40.8447222°N 73.0336111°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WALK-FM (97.5 FM, "WALK 97.5") is a radio station on Long Island with a hot adult contemporary format. Located on 97.5 FM, the station is licensed to Patchogue, New York. The stations slogan is "Real Variety from the 90's, 2K and Today!" It can be heard on air frequently during commercials and ends with "WALK 97.5." Its transmitter is located on Telescope Hill in Farmingville, New York. The station's signal reaches most of Long Island as well as much of Connecticut, reaching into the greater Hartford area.
History
Beginnings
WALK-FM, which first went on the air in 1952 as part of the Island Broadcasting System, is a Clear Channel Communications radio station. As has its sister station in New York City, WLTW, WALK has in recent years run a full schedule of Christmas music during the holiday season.
One of WALK-FM's longest running shows was "Klein til 9 and again til 10" hosted by Bob Klein.
WALK-FM on Good Morning America
The WALK Breakfast Club, the weekday morning show hosted by Mark Daniels and Cindy, was featured on ABC's Good Morning America in December 2005. It was a live report from the WALK-FM studios as the host of GMA asked Mark and Cindy about Holiday music on radio stations. After the report, Cindy accused Mark of paying off the cameraman since the camera was only focusing on Mark.[1]
WALK-FM Today
In mid-2006, WALK-FM started broadcasting in HD Radio. Weeks after, WALK-FM released a second channel on the HD signal (HD-2), a country station, which Clear Channel states that WALK-FM HD-2 is the first country station on Long Island in years. The station can be heard through a HD Radio Device or on the WALK-FM website.[2]
WALK-FM is one of the hundreds of Clear Channel stations that are up for sale after an announcement from the company that it is planning to go private.[3] WALK-FM was purchased by Clear Channel in 2000.
Long-time WALK-FM veteran Dave Shnayer, known as JD Howard on-air, died after a four-year battle with lymphoma. The death was announced the following afternoon by Holly Levis.[4][5]
WALK-FM dropped "yesterday and today" of its slogan "Long Island's Best Variety" in May 2010. Around that time, the station began decreasing the amount of music from the 1970s to one-to-two songs per hour, basically making the station a borderline Hot AC station.
On May 16, 2011, Longtime veteran KT Mills was replaced by Nick Parker. Parker was weekend Air Talent at WALK-FM, as well as an On-Air Personality on Z100, New York.
By July 2012, the station dropped its longtime adult contemporary format for a hot adult contemporary format as Mediabase moved it to the hot AC panel. Even after the July 2012 format change, WALK-FM is still on the Nielsen BDS AC panel.
On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would acquire WALK-FM and WALK from the Aloha Station Trust in exchange for transferring its existing 29 stations to Clear Channel. Qantum will then immediately resell the WALK stations to Connoisseur Media, making it a sister station to competing station WKJY.[6]
Awards
In 2007, the station was nominated for the top 25 markets Adult Contemporary station of the year award by Radio & Records magazine. Other nominees included WMJX in Boston, KOST in Los Angeles, WLTW in New York, WBEB, in Philadelphia, and KEZK-FM in St. Louis.[7]
See also
References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ Clear Channel Sale
- ^ [3][dead link]
- ^ [4][dead link]
- ^ Venta, Lance (May 15, 2014). "Qantum Sells To Clear Channel; Connoisseur Expands In Long Island". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- ^ "2007 Industry Achievement Awards". Radio and Records. September 28, 2008.
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External links
- WALK-FM Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID WALK ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Total Traffic Network website