WKJY
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| City | Hempstead, New York |
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| Broadcast area |
Long Island Eastern New York City & suburbs |
| Branding | K 98.3 |
| Slogan | Music That Makes You Feel Good |
| Frequency | 98.3 MHz |
| First air date | 1947 |
| Format |
Adult Contemporary Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.) |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters (330 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 38338 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°41′8.00″N 73°36′37.00″W / 40.6855556°N 73.6102778°W |
| Callsign meaning |
W K-JoY (reference to former branding as "K-Joy 98.3") |
| Former callsigns | WHNY (1947-1948) WHLI-FM (1948-1975) WIOK (1975-1980) WKJY (1980-1986) WMGG (7/1/1986-7/2/1986) |
| Owner |
Connoisseur Media (Connoisseur Media Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WALK, WALK-FM, WBZO, WHLI, WWSK |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WKJY (98.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Hempstead, New York. It broadcasts an adult contemporary format. The station, whose studios are located at 234 Airport Plaza Suite 5 in Farmingdale, New York, is owned by Connoisseur Media.
While the majority of the station's focus is on Long Island (predominantly Nassau and Western Suffolk), it also provides city-grade coverage to the eastern portion of New York City--specifically, Queens and eastern Brooklyn. It provides grade B coverage to most of the rest of New York City, though in some parts in interferes with similarly-formatted station WMGQ of New Brunswick, New Jersey, owned by Greater Media and also on 98.3.
Along with WBZO, WHLI, and WIGX, WKJY was purchased by Connoisseur from Barnstable Broadcasting for $23 million in 2012.
Local competitors with the same format and similar playlists in the New York Metro area include WLTW, 106.7 Lite FM, as well as hot adult contemporary stations WPLJ & WWFS. By 2012, WKJY became one of two Mainstream AC stations transmitting to Long Island following rival WALK-FM's shift to hot adult contemporary. (The other is WBAZ 102.5, although the two have vastly different signal coverage).
Previously known as "K-Joy 98.3," the station changed its branding to the current "K 98.3" in July 2013. This might have something to do with the station known as KJOY in .
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