WNYH

WNYH (740 AM) is a radio station licensed to Huntington,New York, it serves the Long Island area and broadcasts a contemporary Christian / Gospel music format daily, from 12 p.m. to 7 a.m.; the remaining hours feature brokered programming from Korean Christian Broadcasting Network (KCBN). The station is owned by Win Radio Broadcasting Corporation, with studios in Bayside, New York[3] and transmitter in Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

WNYH
CityHuntington, New York
Frequency740 kHz
BrandingInspire AM 740 & 100.7 FM
SloganWe are Inspiration
Programming
Language(s)English / Korean
FormatContemporary Christian / Gospel music
Ownership
OwnerWin Radio Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air dateSeptember 1, 1951 (1951-09-01) (68 years ago) as WGSM
Former call signsWGSM (1951-2005)[1]
World's Greatest Suburban Market[2]
Call sign meaningW New York Huntington[2]
Technical information
Facility ID29259
ClassD
Power25,000 watts (Daytime)
43 watts (Night)
Transmitter coordinates40°51′04″N 73°26′16″W
Translator(s)See § Translators
Links
Websitehttp://wnyhradio.com/

Since 740 AM is a Canadian clear-channel frequency, WNYH reduces its broadcast power to 43 watts at sunset in order to protect CFZM in Toronto. This results in a limited, approximately 20 square-mile coverage area centered upon Huntington Station for the station at night.[4]

History

The station signed on as WGSM on September 1, 1951[5] with studios originally in the Sammis Building on New York Avenue in Huntington. Edward J. Fitzgerald founded the station and Jack Ellsworth (WALK, WLIM) was the original Program Director.[6][7] In early 1968, the station moved its studios and offices to 900 Walt Whitman Road (Rt. 110) in Melville, New York near the Northern State Parkway.[8] In autumn 1968, Bill Ayres (WABC, WPLJ) and Pete Fornatale (WFUV, WNEW-FM, 92.3 K-Rock) hosted a religious show aimed at young people.[9][10] Over the years, the station has sported many formats and been owned by many radio groups.

On May 22, 1995, WGSM switched from soft adult contemporary to country, with local band showcases on the weekend.[11][12] Then the station simulcast WMJC 94.3; a short time later, new ownership and GM approved the station's switch to becoming the New York area's first Radio Disney affiliate in 1997. WGSM lost the Radio Disney affiliation in December 1998 after WQEW became New York City's Radio Disney affiliate. At that time, WGSM began simulcasting the Adult Standards format of sister station WHLI 1100 AM.

In 2001, WGSM was sold to K Communications for $2.5 million. The format was changed to Korean language programming. Over the next few years, WGSM spent a lot of time on and off the air. In 2004, a Korean group was contacted by two local radio broadcasters, to lease the station. The two met in his Flushing broadcast center, and presented a proposal to Kwon and two associates to lease the station---then still known as WGSM, to flip it to country, with a secret formatics (A blend of Country-Rock) to be confidential until the station was announced operational again. The station was playing Korean language and music. The station was then sold to Win Radio Broadcasting Corporation and changed call letters to WNYH on September 1, 2005.

WNYH began playing an oldies format featuring music from the mid-1940s through the early 1980s.

On October 21, 2008, much of WNYH's broadcast day was leased to One Caribbean Radio, who previously bought time on WSNR 620 AM in Jersey City. Self-proclaimed "Global Mix" music aired sunrise – 10 am and 3 pm – sunset. Between the hours of 10 am and 3 pm programming varied and included infomercials, oldies music, Caribbean music, and brokered talk shows. All the One Caribbean Radio programming was terminated in late March 2009 for an unknown reason, and moved to WSKQ 97.9 FM HD2.

On January 1, 2011 the format was replaced by Radio Cantico Nuevo, a Spanish Christian format.

In December 2019 the format was replaced by Korean Christian Broadcasting Network (KCBN). The following month, the format was replaced again with a rhythm and blues/gospel music format under the "Inspiration Radio" moniker.

Translators
Broadcast translators of WNYH
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		ERP
(W)		Height
(m (ft))		ClassTransmitter coordinatesFCC infoNotes
W264DG100.7Islip, New York144440250100 m (330 ft)D40°48′27″N 73°10′46″WFCCLicense granted February 27, 2019
gollark: Ah, but if your kiosk is in an untrusted environment you can *still* view the code on it in a disk drive.
gollark: You can just prevent terminating if we don't allow (somehow) disk-MitM-y attacks.
gollark: What do you mean?
gollark: If your kiosks are in trusted environments you can just stick whatever code you want on them and nobody can look at them *anyway*, but we're assuming they're not. I think.
gollark: Okay, yes, if you don't control the kiosk's code or hardware all you can do is snoop on network traffic.

References
  1. "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  2. "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  3. Main studio location
  4. "Predicted Nighttime Coverage Area for WNYH 740 AM". Theodric Technologies LLC. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  5. "Station WGSM On the Air Today" (PDF). Nassau Daily Review-Star. Freeport New York. September 1, 1951. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  6. "Program Director On New Radio Station" (PDF). The Long Islander. Huntington New York. July 5, 1951. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  7. "Long Island Radio History: AM Stations". Archived from the original on February 16, 2006.
  8. "FOR TRE RECORD" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 25, 1968. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  9. Clergyman Will Air Sounds Of Religion The Babylon Beacon. September 19, 1968
  10. Konig, Susan. "Q&A: Bill Ayres; In Forefront of Fighting World Hunger". The New York Times. March 29, 1998
  11. Radio & Records Magazine
  12. Stark, Phyllis (June 3, 1995). "Vox Jox". Billboard. 107 (22): 104.
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