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| Operating under special temporary authority[1] | |
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Broadcast area | Eastern Long Island |
| Frequency | 1570 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Dance radio |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | August 8, 1963 |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 18238 | |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°54′48.4″N 72°39′14.3″W / 40.913444°N 72.653972°W |
| Translator | 104.9 W285FX (Riverhead)[3] |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WDRE (1570 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Riverhead, New York. The station is owned and operated by JVC Broadcasting.
History
[edit]WDRE began as top 40 WAPC on August 8, 1963, to continue the signal of WPAC (1580 AM) to the east.[4] It would later become WHRF as "Wharf Radio" and then the AM side of WRCN-FM in 1974 as WRCN.
Five Towns College (2001–2024)
[edit]The station occasionally broadcast live music performances from the Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts and the other performance venues on the college campus. It also had a program called "Theatre of the Air," where students re-enacted the old days of radio through old radio dramas. The first of these events had so many on-line listeners, the station's server crashed.[5]
The station briefly went silent in January 2017[6] and resumed operations in January 2018.[7][8]
As of 2026, WDRE and 104.9 W285FX began simulcasting Pulse 87.[9][non-primary source needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Request to Extend a Full Power AM Engineering STA Application". fcc.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WDRE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ "Facility ID:202078 W285FX". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ↑ "WHRF" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1969. p. B-117 – via World Radio History.
- ↑ Snyder, Stephen (April 19, 2007). "Something special on the air...". Newsday. pp. combined ed. B section.
- ↑ "Request for Extension of Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ↑ "Correspondence Folder". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ↑ "Facilities and Equipment". Five Towns College. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Pulse 87 Now on the air on Long Island!!!". Facebook. August 23, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 18238 (WDRE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WDRE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- "History Cards for WDRE".
- FM translator
- Facility details for Facility ID 202078 (W285FX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W285FX at FCCdata.org