WBAB

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WBAB

Broadcast area	Babylon, New York
Branding	WBAB 102.3
Slogan	Long Island's #1 Rock Station
First air date	1958
Frequency	102.3 FM MHz
Format	Classic Rock
ERP	6000 watts
Class	A
Callsign meaning	W BABylon
Owner	Cox Radio
Website	www.wbab.com

WBAB is a radio station on Long Island with a rock format. Located at 102.3 FM, the station is licensed to Babylon, New York and is owned by Cox Radio. The station is also simulcast on 95.3 FM in eastern Suffolk County.

WBAB first went on the air in 1958.

It faces stiff competition from New York City classic rock station WAXQ, which is viewed by many as the superior station. WBAB is known for its heavy play of Pink Floyd (primarily cuts from Dark Side of the Moon), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, and a small bunch of recurring new hits, including Jet's "Cold Hard Bitch" and Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."

1 On-Air Schedule
2 Past Air Personalities
3 Transmitter Problems
4 Recurring Segments
5 References
6 See also
7 External link

[edit] On-Air Schedule

5:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Long Island Rock N' Roll Morning Show with Roger & JP / (Tony Pompeii - 3rd Chair)
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Donna Donna
2 p.m. -10 p.m. Fingers
10p.m. -5 a.m. Monday and Tuesday, Rocky, Weds and Thurs, Jamie
7p.m.to 12mid-Rocky.

Weekend Line Up:

Matt Wolfe

Steady Eddie

Pete Rizzo

Rocky

"Alex"

Matt "The New Guy"

"Raven"

Jamie K

Fingers and Donna Donna alternate.

[edit] Past Air Personalities

Bob Buchmann - Now PD/On-Air at Q104.3 (WAXQ-FM)- New York.

Ralph Tortora - Now On-Air at Q104.3 (WAXQ-FM)- New York and Sirius Satellite Radio, New York.

Gerry Martire - Now On-Air at Q104.3 (WAXQ-FM)- New York.

Tracey Burgess - Now On-Air at THE FANE (WFAN)- New York..News-Gal with "IMUS IN THE MORNING"

"Rockin" Robyn Lane - Now On-Air at 95.9 "The Rat"(WRAT-FM)- New Jersey.

"Gabrielle"

"Domonique" - Now On-Air at Island 94.3 - Long Island, NY.

Dennis Daniel

Ed Banas

AJ Gentile "Axl" -- MTV (XM Satellite) -- Now on Playboy Radio (Sirius Satellite)

Gregg "Opie" Hughes - Now On-Air/Syndicated-Various Markets/"The Opie & Anthony Show"- XM Satellite Radio, WFNY-FM (92-3 FREE FM).

Anthony Cumia - Now On-Air/Syndicated-Various Markets/"The Opie & Anthony Show"- XM Satellite Radio, WFNY-FM (92-3 FREE FM).

Lynda Lopez - Now anchor, WCBS TV, Weekend News.

Bernie Wagenblast - The station's first Shadow Traffic reporter.

Christina Lang (News & Traffic)- Now heard on 1050 WEPN (ESPN RADIO), afternoon's on "The Michael Kay Show".

John Klug - Now On-Air at 100.7 "The Bay" WZBA-FM - Baltimore, MD.

"Kayla" - Now On-Air at Sirius Satellite Radio "Octane" Channel - New York.

Bret Levine (News & Traffic) - Now heard on 97.5 WALK-FM/Morning Drive and Z-100, WHTZ-FM - New York.

"Ally"

Jerry Schaeffer - Now On-Air at 103.9 WRCN-FM - Long Island, NY.

"Captain Kevin" - Now On-Air at 103.9 WRCN-FM - Long Island, NY.

Joe Taggart

Brett "The Brain" Fiumara - Now heard on Cablevision's News 12 Traffic & Weather Channel 61.

Sara Karl

Bob Stei- Now On-Air at 95.1 WZZO-FM Allentown, PA.

Ed Robinson

[edit] Transmitter Problems

On May 17, 2006, WBAB's microwave studio-to-transmitter link (S.T.L.)was jammed for about 90 seconds while the signal jammers aired a song called "Nigger Hatin' Me" by the 1960's-era white supremacist singer known as "Rebel Johnny". The station apologized that same day in a news conference outside the station.

The investigation of this matter is ongoing.

The same incident occurred a couple of weeks earlier when the same song aired on sister station WBLI.

The signal of the competitor RadioX was also hijacked, but in their case it was just a blank signal

[edit] Recurring Segments

"Long Island Led", a block of 3 Led Zeppelin songs introduced by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.

[edit] References

"wbab.com "WBAB radio signal Hijacked." www.wbab.com URL accessed on May 17, 2006

[edit] See also

Opie and Anthony - Opie met Anthony when Anthony submitted a song parody while Opie worked at WBAB

[edit] External link

Radio stations in the Long Island (Nassau-Suffolk) market (Arbitron #18)

See also: The New York and Riverhead-Hamptons Radio markets, which are Arbitron #1 and #260 as many stations will overlap with those two markets.

In Market Stations: (FM) 88.7 | 88.9 | 90.1 | 90.3 | 91.9 | 94.3 | 95.1 | 97.5 | 98.3 | 99.9 | 102.3 | 103.1 | 106.1 | (AM) 540 | 740 | 1100 | 1240 | 1520
Stamford: 95.9 | 96.7 New Haven: 99.1 Bridgeport: 107.9
New York City: (FM) 89.1 | 89.9 | 90.7 | 91.5 | 92.3 | 92.7 | 93.1 | 93.9 | 94.7 | 95.5 | 96.3 | 97.1 | 97.9 | 98.7 | 99.5
100.3 | 101.1 | 101.9 | 102.7 | 103.5 | 104.3 | 105.1 | 106.7 | 107.5 | (AM) 570 | 620 | 660 | 710 | 770 | 820 | 880 | 930 | 1010 | 1050 | 1130 | 1190 | 1280 | 1600 | 1560

New York State Radio Markets Albany (AM) (FM) · Binghamton · Buffalo (AM) (FM) · Elmira-Corning · Ithaca · Jamestown-Dunkirk · Long Island New York City (AM) (FM) · Newburgh-Middletown · Olean · Plattsburgh · Poughkeepsie · Riverhead Rochester (AM) (FM) · Saratoga · Syracuse (AM) (FM) · Utica (AM) (FM) · Watertown

See also: List of radio stations in New York and List of United States radio markets

FM radio stations in the New York market (Arbitron #1)
By area
New York City (Arbitron #1)	88.9 \| 89.1 \| 89.9 \| 90.3 \| 90.3 \| 90.7 \| 91.5 \| 92.3 \| 93.9 \| 95.5 \| 96.3 \| 97.1 \| 97.9 \| 98.7 \| 99.5 \| 101.1 \| 101.5 \| 101.9 \| 102.7 \| 104.3 \| 105.1 \| 106.7 \| 107.5
Long Island (Arbitron #18)	88.1 \| 88.7 \| 90.1 \| 90.3 \| 92.1 \| 92.7 \| 94.3 \| 95.3 \| 97.5 \| 98.3 \| 102.3 \| 103.1 \| 103.5 \| 103.9 \| 106.1 \| 107.1 \| (See also: Long Island Radio)
New Jersey (Middlesex-Somerset-Union) (Arbitron #39)	88.3 \| 89.1 \| 89.5 \| 91.1 \| 93.1 \| 94.7 \| 98.3 \| 99.1 \| 100.3 \| 103.1 \| 105.5 \| 105.9 \| 107.1 \| (See also: Middlesex Radio)
Connecticut (Bridgeport and Stamford-Norwalk) (Arbitron #121 and 145)	88.5 \| 95.1 \| 95.9 \| 96.7 \| (See also: Bridgeport Radio and Stamford-Norwalk Radio)
Upstate New York (Poughkeepsie) (Arbitron #163)	93.5 \| 100.7 \| 103.9 \| 107.1 \| (See also: Poughkeepsie Radio)
By callsign
Operating stations	WALK \| WAWZ \| WAXQ \| WBAB \| WBAI \| WBGO \| WBLI \| WBLS \| WBZO \| WCAA \| WCBS \| WCTZ \| WCWP \| WDHA \| WFAS \| WFDU \| WFME \| WFMU \| WFNY \| WFUV \| WHCR \| WHFM \| WHPC \| WHTZ \| WHUD \| WKCR \| WKJY \| WKRB \| WKTU \| WKXW \| WLIR \| WLNG \| WLTW \| WMGQ \| WMJC \| WNYC \| WNYE \| WNYU \| WPAT \| WPLJ \| WQBU \| WQCD \| WQHT \| WQXR \| WRCN \| WRDR \| WRKS \| WRHU \| WSIA \| WSOU \| WSKQ \| WUSB \| WVIP \| WWFS \| WWPR \| WWZY \| WXPK Satellite Radio Local Traffic/Weather: XM Channel 211 \| Sirius Channel 148
Defunct stations	WNBC \| WPIX \| WYNY
Other New York (state) markets	New York State Radio Markets Albany (AM) (FM) · Binghamton · Buffalo (AM) (FM) · Elmira-Corning · Ithaca · Jamestown-Dunkirk · Long Island New York City (AM) (FM) · Newburgh-Middletown · Olean · Plattsburgh · Poughkeepsie · Riverhead Rochester (AM) (FM) · Saratoga · Syracuse (AM) (FM) · Utica (AM) (FM) · Watertown See also: List of radio stations in New York and List of United States radio markets See also: New York (FM) (AM)