WPTY
radio station in Calverton-Roanoke, New York
WPTY (105.3 FM, "Party 105") is a rhythmic contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Calverton–Roanoke, New York, and serving eastern Long Island. The station is owned by JVC Media LLC with studios located in Ronkonkoma, New York, and transmitter located in Manorville, New York.
History
The station signed on the air on March 27, 1998, as WXXP under the leadership of WLIR program director Jeff Levine and operations manager Skyy. Their studio was based in the same building as WLIR in Garden City, New York. At first, the station sounded similar to New York City's rhythmic AC WKTU in format as they were playing older dance material. However, as time went on, Party 105's playlist began to add on newer dance music (house music, trance, freestyle), at times being ahead, and began serving the area with a dance direction, which would prove popular with listeners and gave them an alternative to similarly formatted WKTU, which is also heard in the area. Despite being a Dance station it also ventured into the Rhythmic Top 40 arena as well but kept the Dance product intact.
On January 12, 2004, the station picked up the call letters of the former WDRE, but kept the dance format.
On September 15, 2005, owners The Morey Organization (TMO) changed the format of its stations (along with 107.1 WLIR and 98.5 WBON). 105.3 became Top 40 "FM Channel 105, Party Hits".
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