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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. ==Programming and history== 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.〔http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2011/110725/nerw.html〕 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〔("Paul Sidney of WLNG Dies at 69" ). Hamptons Online. April 3, 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 FM Goes Stereo" ). WLNG Radio. Facebook.com. January 20, 2011. ("WLNG Stereo 92.1 FM" ). WLNG92. YouTube.com. January 23, 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-26. Erickson, Mike (September 16, 2011). ("WLNG: That SOUND!" ) (Press release). Wheatstone Audio Processing. Retrieved 2013-04-26.〕 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.〔("RADIO; WLNG Found Its Style, And Is Sticking With It" ). ''New York Times''. October 3, 2004.〕 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."〔Hinckley, David (August 22, 1998). ("At Deejay-oriented WLNG, Mike Still Makes Right" ). ''New York Daily News''. p. 63. Retrieved 2013-04-26.〕 The station's target market is the Hamptons and Eastern Long Island,〔("Who We Are" ). WLNG.com. Retrieved September 10, 2012.〕 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.〔 The station is noted for its use of numerous jingles (many from the original PAMS jingle library), which are often aired back-to-back. Paul Sidney, who was with the station since the year following its start in 1963, started the jingle practice. As the use of jingles declined in the 1970s, Sidney "became obsessed with them" and collected over 2000. As he put it in a ''New Yorker'' magazine "Talk of the Town" article in 2002, "We're the only station that when we say 'Here comes fourteen in a row' we're not talking about records."〔Green, Adam (July 22, 2002). ("East End Oldie" ) ''The New Yorker''.〕 WLNG was one of the first radio stations in the country to focus on playing oldies, and identified itself as "The Oldies Station" beginning in the early 1960s despite a consultant's warning. While the station included current hits in rotation for decades and even as recently as 1999, today its playlist is almost all oldies.〔 As of 1988, WLNG competed with 22 other stations in its market.〔Ketcham, Diane (December 25, 1988). ("Radio Redux: Frequencies Are in Demand" ). ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 2012-12-06.〕 In 2005 Edison Research wrote about WLNG's standing in the area: :"...one of the oddest success stories of recent months: WLNG Eastern Long Island, N.Y., whose broad playlist, retro jingles, and endless remotes have made it a radio junkie’s favorite for years. Then the market got its first ratings, and suddenly WLNG was No. 3 12-plus - an individually owned station hanging in when the groups were pulling out, or at least getting nervous."〔Ross, Sean; Silvia, Laura. ed. (January 24, 2005). ("Don’t Drop Oldies Before You’ve Read This" ). Edison Research. Retrieved 2012-12-06.〕 In 1995, the station began leasing transmission tower space to Connecticut-based classical and NPR-affiliate WSHU-FM, during a period of increasing competition for listeners in specific demographics.〔Spiegel, Meryl (May 26, 1996). ("Out East, Fierce Rivalry On Radio Dial" ). ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 2012-12-06.〕 At the time, the station was described by a competitor (WEHM), as probably generating "the most sales in the region", and Sidney stated that "banks regarded WLNG as the most successful station on the East End."〔 On May 29th, 2015 longtime WLNG air personality Rusty Potz ends his run on the "Potz On The Program" that aired weekdays from 3pm to 5pm with the "TV Trivia Quiz" contest each hour. "Mr. Potz, who has been in radio for 52 years, will retire to Sarasota, Florida, with his wife, Margaret, although he will continue to work part-time selling advertising for the station." 〔Stephen J. Kotz (May 29, 2015). ("Rusty Potz, WLNG DJ for 40 Years, Signs Off" ). "Sag Harbor Express".〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WLNG」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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