WLIW-FM
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| Broadcast area | Eastern Long Island |
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| Frequency | 88.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 88.3 WLIW-FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public radio |
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| History | |
First air date | March 11, 1980 |
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Former frequencies | 91.3 MHz (1980-1993) |
Call sign meaning | Long Island (taken from sister TV station) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 38340 |
| Class | B1 |
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| HAAT | 66 meters (217 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°53′17.3″N 72°26′41.3″W / 40.888139°N 72.444806°W |
| Translator | 96.9 W245BA (Manorville) |
| Repeater | 88.7 WEER (Montauk) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via TuneIn) |
| Website | www |
WLIW-FM (88.3 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station licensed to Southampton, New York, and serving eastern Long Island and coastal Connecticut. Owned by The WNET Group, it is a sister station to PBS members WLIW channel 21 and WNET channel 13. WLIW-FM features news and information programming weekday mornings and afternoons, with music programs middays, nights and weekends, some coming from NPR, American Public Media and Public Radio Exchange.
WLIW-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 5,900 watts horizontal polarization and 25,000 watts vertical. Its transmitter is located on Stony Brook Southampton's campus. The station broadcasts using HD Radio technology. WLIW-FM is simulcast on co-owned 88.7 WEER in Montauk, and on FM translator W245BA at 96.9 in Manorville.