NY/LI area - 80's WLIR Is Back for Labor Day!!

[Blaster]

... Well, sort of.
Found this blurb below on the 'net.
It's ashame that the Eastern Long Island FM 107.1 (now using the former 92.7 WLIR callsign), does not reach far enough west to even cover almost ANY of the original WLIR's listening area. It can't be heard in Nassau LI, New Jersey (me), or NYC at all. (I would love to hear the old commercials & jingles, as well as the music!!)
But for those of you on Eastern LI, You have a treat this Labor Day weekend!! (See Below)........

"...The original WLIR/LONG ISLAND makes a return this LABOR DAY weekend. Beginning FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3rd at noon, TMO Alternative WLIR (107.1 THE BOX) will flashback for four days with all the original station imaging and programming. That's right, from the basement of the 'LIR-chives are thousands of old reel-to-reels, carts, and tapes from twenty years ago. They will air original jocks, original jingles, original commercials, vintage live concerts & artist interviews, SHREEKS & SCREAMERS, along with Alternative songs from the `80s & `90s.
"This weekend is intended to be a complete replica of the original WLIR," said JOHN CARACCIOLO, President of the former WLIR 92.7 and the new WLIR (107.1 THE BOX). "Listeners will feel as though they've stepped back into the `80's and `90s. I'm sure many of our biggest fans will find themselves looking twice at their stereos to see if they are tuned to 92.7........."

[marie3]

That would be great to hear but unfortunately I live in Nassau county and don't get The Box here. Don't even get me started on this subject...I still have my old cassete tapes I made back in the day, that will have to do.[V]

[ebbhead]

[rant]Screw TMO! Their lame ass sounds-like-K-Rock sh*tty station is failing and they decide to pay some overdue respect to the format they took a crap all over when they sold the 92.7 frequency to finance that idiot Jed Morey's failed run for mayor of G

[ghosty]

This sounds to me like an exact duplicate of what WABC AM does every Labor Day weekend. They break out the old aircheck tapes and jingles and play nothing but Top 40 hits from the 60's and 70's.

The Box is by far the worst radio station I've ever heard

[phillyidol]

Figures! I'm in Brooklyn and can't get it. I almost makes you want to go to the Hamptons. On second thought, no. I loved the station but I can't take that Hamptons crowd! Know what I'm sayin?

[skinnytie]

I dunno, I'd love to hear all those bad 'LIR commercials again, especially the ones where the DJ's tried to do schtick in them. Not to mention all those "Spize, the Elvis of dance clubs" ads as well. [:)]

[marie3]

AMEN EBBHEAD!
I thought I mas mad [:(!] The one thing I would love to hear were the "You are an idiot" segments. I don't know if anyone remembers them, but they were funny. Doesn't matter anyway. I can't get the station here. Come to think of it I

[Eeyore2]

[quote]Originally posted by Blaster
"This weekend is intended to be a complete replica of the original WLIR," said JOHN CARACCIOLO,

[theaboo1961]

Hi. I am also very sad about WLIR not being around anymore. I am 43 years old and was raised on Long Island. I now live in Dutchess County, upstate. I have tons of tapes I made while listening to WLIR and WDRE during the 80's. They are the only thing