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6-621: The station was assigned the call letters WBGA on September 15, 1983. On August 29, 1987, the station changed its call sign to the current WGIG. Many on air personalities have been employed by WGIG in their many years of service. On Air Personalities- Richard Anderson, also known as Rich Thomas (1983–1985) Lauren Nobles, Hosted the local talk show Straight Talk (1996–2012) Scott Ryfun, Current host of local talk show Straight Talk (2012–present) On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WGIG, to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), in

12-479: A transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of WALK AM - FM in Patchogue, New York to Connoisseur Media via Qantum. The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014. This article about a radio station in the state of Georgia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . WLID WLID (1370 AM ) is a radio station licensed to Patchogue, New York . Established in 1952 as WALK,

18-484: The WALK stations' former owner, Clear Channel Communications . Qantum then immediately resold the WALK stations to Connoisseur Media . On September 12, 2014, WALK flipped to a simulcast of WHLI 's adult standards format. On October 30, 2019, it was announced that Connoisseur Media would be donating WALK's license to Cantico Nuevo Ministry, the owner of WNYG Patchogue, New York, and WLIM Medford, New York . As part of

24-553: The air April 20, 1952, as WALK from studios on Colonial Drive in East Patchogue, New York. The station's studios would remain there for more than 62 years. In its early years, WALK played nothing but classical, big-band, and jazz. It was purchased in 1963 by the Island Broadcasting System along with its sister stations, WALK-FM Patchogue, New York and WRIV Riverhead, New York . Island Broadcasting

30-582: The station broadcasts a Spanish language Christian radio format. WLID broadcasts at 500 watts by day. Because radio waves travel farther at night, the station reduces power to 102 watts at sunset to protect other stations on 1370 AM . WLID's transmitter is located at the former WALK studios on Colonial Drive in East Patchogue, New York . The station, initially owned by the Suffolk Broadcasting Corporation, went on

36-516: Was owned in part by NBC News anchorman Chet Huntley . WALK was one of the first stations on Long Island to run a full schedule of Christmas music during the holiday season. The holiday format began in 1995. In later years, it was run on both WALK and WALK-FM. On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would acquire WALK and WALK-FM from the Aloha Station Trust in exchange for transferring its existing 29 stations to

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