WLID

WLID (1370 AM) is a listener-supported non-commercial radio station licensed to Patchogue, New York, and serving Suffolk County. Established in 1952 as WALK, the station is owned by Cantico Nuevo Ministry, Inc. andd broadcasts a Spanish language Christian radio format.

WLID

Patchogue, New York United States
Broadcast area	Suffolk County, New York
Frequency	1370 kHz
Branding	Radio Cantico Nuevo
Programming
Languages	Spanish
Format	Christian radio
Ownership
Owner	Cantico Nuevo Ministry, Inc.
Sister stations	WJDM, WNYG
History
First air date	April 20, 1952; 73 years ago (1952-04-20)
Former call signs	WALK (1952–2019)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10136
Class	D
Power	500 watts (day) 102 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	40°45′14″N 72°59′14″W
Translator(s)	95.7 W239CY (Patchogue)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	radiocanticonuevo.com

WLID broadcasts at 500 watts by day. At night, the station reduces power to 102 watts at sunset to protect other stations on 1370 AM from interference. WLID's transmitter is located at the former WALK studios on Colonial Drive in East Patchogue, New York. Programming is also heard on FM translator W239CY at 95.7 MHz.

History

Early years

The station, initially owned by the Suffolk Broadcasting Corporation, signed on the air on April 20, 1952. The original call sign was WALK, broadcasting from studios on Colonial Drive in East Patchogue.^[2] The station's studios would remain there for more than 62 years. For most of those years, the station was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. It added an FM sister station only seven months later.

In its early years, WALK played classical music, big bands and jazz. It was purchased in 1963 by the Island Broadcasting System along with its sister stations, WALK-FM and WRIV Riverhead. Island Broadcasting was owned in part by NBC News anchorman Chet Huntley.^[3] WALK was one of the first stations on Long Island to run a full schedule of Christmas music for several weeks during the holiday season. The holiday format began in 1995. In later years, it was run on both WALK and WALK-FM as the two stations simulcast.

Changes in ownership

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 the WALK stations' former owner, Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia]]). Qantum then immediately resold the WALK stations to Connoisseur Media.^[4] On September 12, 2014, WALK flipped to a simulcast of co-owned 1100 WHLI's adult standards format.^[5]

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 the deal, Iglesias de Evangelizacion Misionera Jovenus Cristianos de EU Inc. purchased WALK's transmitter site and former studios for $500,000.^[6] The deal was consummated^[7] on December 31, 2019.^[8] Connoisseur retained the rights to the WALK call sign for 97.5 FM,^[6] which prompted 1370's call letters to be changed to WLID.^[9]