WLIR-FM
| City | Hampton Bays, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Long Island |
| Branding | Hope Radio |
| Frequency | 107.1 MHz |
| Translator(s) | See table below |
| First air date | 1980 (as WWHB) |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| ERP | 4,100 watts |
| HAAT | 121 meters (397 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 61089 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°53′7.00″N 72°41′33.60″W / 40.8852778°N 72.6926667°W |
| Callsign meaning | We Are Long Island Radio |
| Former callsigns | WWHB (1980–1997) WWVY (1997–1999) WWXY (1999–2003) WBON (2003–2004) |
| Owner | Livingstone Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Website | hoperadiony |
WLIR-FM (107.1 FM, "Hope Radio") is a contemporary Christian music radio station. Licensed to Hampton Bays, New York, WLIR-FM serves the Long Island area. Its transmitter is currently located near East Quogue, New York.
107.1 FM began as WWHB ("HB-107") in the early 1980s, with an adult contemporary format. In 1984, Eddie Simon along with his brother, Paul Simon, purchased the station. Its format then shifted to Top 40. In 1991, it began simulcasting rock station WNEW-FM from New York City. On December 7, 1996, the station became part of the Big City Radio trimulcast (and eventual quadcast) with other 107.1 stations in Briarcliff Manor, New York and northern New Jersey and later, the Allentown/Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania area. WWHB and the other two multicast stations switched formats to country as Y-107. The call sign was changed to WWVY on May 16, 1997, then to WWXY on March 22, 1999 (after 107.1 FM in Briarcliff Manor, New York changed from WWXY to WYNY). On May 9, 2002, after a day of stunting with construction noises, the quadcast adopted a Tropical music format branded Rumba 107. The format was ill-suited to the quadcast suburban signals, and at the end of the year, Big City Radio filed for bankruptcy and sold the quadcast to Nassau Broadcasting, who broke up the quadcast and sold the individual stations.
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