WFME-FM
{{short description|Family Radio station in Garden City, New York}}
{{For|the Newark, New Jersey, radio station that held the WFME call sign from 1964 to 2013|WXBK}}
{{for|the Mount Kisco, New York, radio station that used this call sign from 2014 to 2022|WYMK}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WFME-FM
| logo = File:Family Radio 2017 logo.svg
| logo_size =
| logo_alt =
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| city = Garden City, New York
| country = US
| above =
| area = {{ubl|Long Island|New York City}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|92.7|MHz}}
| branding = Family Radio
| language = English
| format = Christian radio
| subchannels =
| network = Family Radio
| owner = Family Radio
| licensee = Family Stations, Inc
| operator =
| sister_stations = WFME, WFRS, WYMK
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1959|10|28}}
| last_airdate =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WLIR-FM (1959–1987)|WDRE-FM (1987–1996)|WLIR-FM (1996–2004)|WZAA (2004–2007)|WQBU-FM (2007–2022)}}
| callsign_meaning = Where Faith (or Family) Means Everything
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 30573
| class = A
| erp = 2,000 watts
| haat = {{Convert|159|m|ft|sp=us}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|40|45|26|N|73|42|52|W|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
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| webcast = {{listenlive|https://live.mystreamplayer.com/familyradio}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.familyradio.org/}}
}}
WFME-FM (92.7 FM, Family Radio) is a radio station licensed to Garden City, New York, and serving the western Long Island and New York City area. It is owned by Family Stations, Inc and broadcasts a religious format consisting of Calvinist Christian teaching and religious music. The station's transmitter is located at the North Shore Towers in Glen Oaks, Queens.
History
{{details|topic=the history of 92.7 FM from 1959 to 2004|WLIR}}
Univision purchased the station in January of, 2004 and simulcast "Latino Mix" WCAA 105.9 FM licensed to Newark, New Jersey (WCAA would later move to 96.3 FM as the result of a frequency swap with classical music station WQXR).
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On Memorial Day 2005, both stations became "La Kalle," a reggaeton-formatted station. The station at 105.9 became WCAA and 92.7 became WZAA.
In late January 2007, Univision ended the simulcast and changed the call sign to WQBU-FM.
In March 2007, the station announced that they would become the Spanish-language home of the New York Yankees, with Beto Villa as the play-by-play announcer.{{cite web|url=http://musicradio.computer.net/wwwboard/messages/308752.html |title=NY Yankees To Be Broadcast on FM in Spanish |access-date=March 3, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305164226/http://musicradio.computer.net/wwwboard/messages/308752.html |archive-date=March 5, 2007 }}
In 2010, the station became the Spanish language home of the New York Mets, with Juan Alicea and Max Perez Jimenez with the calls.{{cite press release | title = La Que Buena, WQBU 92.7 FM, to broadcast 150 New York Mets Games in 2010 | url = http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100318&content_id=8832146&vkey=pr_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym | date = March 18, 2010 | publisher = New York Mets | access-date = March 29, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120403014853/http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100318&content_id=8832146&vkey=pr_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym | archive-date = April 3, 2012 | url-status = dead }}
On November 15, 2012, WQBU-FM changed their format to Spanish Tropical, branded as "Mami 92.7".{{cite web | url = http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79635/wqbu-new-york-meets-its-mami/ | title = WQBU New York Meets Its Mami | last = Venta | first = Lance | date = November 15, 2012 | work = RadioInsight.com | access-date = March 29, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130317180855/http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79635/wqbu-new-york-meets-its-mami/ | archive-date = March 17, 2013 | url-status = live }}
On March 31, 2014, WQBU-FM switched to a news/talk format nationally syndicated by Univision America. This makes it the 10th station overall and the first FM station in Univision's portfolio to have the Univision America network.[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/88223/wqbu-new-york-flips-to-univision-america/ WQBU New York Flips To Univision America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331161012/http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/88223/wqbu-new-york-flips-to-univision-america/ |date=March 31, 2014 }} - Radio Insight (Published March 31, 2014)
On October 22, 2014, WQBU-FM changed their format to Regional Mexican, branded as "92.7 Nueva York".[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/90526/wqbu-new-york-returning-to-regional-mexican/ WQBU New York Returning to Regional Mexican] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021151551/http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/90526/wqbu-new-york-returning-to-regional-mexican/ |date=October 21, 2014 }} - Radio Insight (Published October 22, 2014)
In March 2016, WQBU-FM rebranded as "Que Buena 92.7".
On August 2, 2019, WQBU-FM changed their format from Regional Mexican to Spanish AC, due to 93.1 Amor having dropped the Spanish AC format in the spring of 2018 in favor of Bachata Music.[http://radioinsight.com/headlines/179382/wqbu-flips-to-spanish-ac/ WQBU Flips to Spanish AC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725130808/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/179382/wqbu-flips-to-spanish-ac/ |date=July 25, 2020 }} - Radio Insight (Published August 2, 2019)
On November 9, 2020, WQBU-FM began adding Salsa romántica titles from artists such as Eddie Santiago, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Grupo Niche, Jerry Rivera, Willie Colón and Rey Ruiz.
On December 3, 2021, it was announced that the station had been purchased by Family Radio.{{Cite web|title=Family Stations To Return To FM In New York With WQBU Purchase|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/215846/family-stations-to-return-to-fm-in-new-york-with-wqbu-purchase/|access-date=December 4, 2021|website=RadioInsight|language=en-US}} Upon completing the sale on January 20, 2022, Family Radio announced that, in addition to relaunching the station with its religious programming, it would change the call sign to WFME-FM.{{Cite web|title=Family Stations Brings WFME-FM Calls Back to New York With WQBU Purchase|url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/family-stations-brings-wfme-fm-calls-back-to-new-york-with-wqbu-purchase/article_1b32dbf4-7a8d-11ec-adc7-132939511838.html|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=InsideRadio|language=en-US}} The station change occurred at midnight on Friday, January 21, 2022, and 92.7 began broadcast of Family Radio East nationally syndicated programming. The call sign change occurred on January 26, 2022.
References
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{officialwebsite|https://www.familyradio.org/}}
{{FM station data|30573|WFME-FM}}
{{Long Island Radio}}
{{New York Radio}}
{{Religious Radio Stations in New York}}
{{Family Radio}}
{{New York Mets broadcasters}}
Category:1959 establishments in New York (state)
Category:Family Radio stations