WBEA

For the Montauk, New York radio station that held the call sign WBEA at 104.7 FM from 1993 until 2001, see WELJ.
WBEA
Broadcast areaEastern Long Island
Frequency101.7 MHz
Branding101-7 The Beach
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatMainstream Top 40
Ownership
Owner
  • Lauren Roger Stone
  • (LRS Radio, LLC)
WBAZ, WEHM, WEHN
History
First air date
July 3, 1985; 39 years ago (1985-07-03)
Former call signs
  • WBAZ (1985–2001)
  • WCSO (2001)[1]
Call sign meaning
  • BEAch
  • BEAt (former name)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID52060
ClassA
ERP6,000 watts
HAAT86.4 meters (283 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°52′10″N 72°34′37″W / 40.86944°N 72.57694°W / 40.86944; -72.57694
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Websitebeachradio1017.com Edit this at Wikidata

WBEA (101.7 FM, "101-7 THE BEACH") is a Mainstream Top 40 radio station licensed to Southold, New York and serving eastern Long Island. The station is licensed to LRS Radio, LLC, which is owned by WEHM on-air talent Lauren Stone (68.8%) and her father Roger W. Stone (31.2%), the Chairman/CEO of Kapstone Paper & Packaging Company in Northbrook, Illinois.[3] Its transmitter is located in East Quogue, New York.

The station broadcasts from studios in Water Mill, New York shared by WBAZ and WEHM/WEHN.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fcc1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBEA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "LRS Radio Acquires Long Island Cluster". Radio Insight. Retrieved October 13, 2017.