WPTY
| City | Calverton-Roanoke, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Long Island |
| Branding | Party 105.3 |
| Slogan | Long Island's New Party Station |
| Frequency | 105.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Translator(s) | W251BY (98.1, Patchogue, relays HD2) |
| First air date | May 27, 1998 (as WXXP) |
| Format | FM/HD1: Rhythmic/Dance Hits HD2: Oldies "Oldies 98" HD3: Alternative "The World Famous WLIR" |
| ERP | 660 watts |
| HAAT | 185 meters (607 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 31754 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°51′18.00″N 72°46′12.00″W / 40.8550000°N 72.7700000°W |
| Callsign meaning | W ParTY |
| Former callsigns | WXXP (1998-2004) WDRE (2004-2009) |
| Owner | JVC Media LLC |
| Sister stations | WBON, WJVC, WRCN-FM |
| Webcast | FM/HD1: Listen Live HD2: Listen Live HD3: Listen Live (via TuneIn) |
| Website | FM/HD1: party105 HD2: oldies98li HD3: wlir |
WPTY (105.3 FM, "Party 105") is a Rhythmic/Dance Hits station serving the Long Island market, mostly throughout Eastern Suffolk County. The JVC Media LLC outlet broadcasts at 105.3 MHz with their antenna based in Manorville, New York at an effective radiated power of 660W and is licensed to Calverton-Roanoke, New York. Its studios are located in Ronkonkoma. Until March 25, 2011, WPTY simulcast its signal via a 10 watt translator at 101.5 MHz based in Plainview. (The 101.5 translator had simulcast sister station WBON "La Nueva Fiesta" during the period when Party FM was relayed on WNYZ-LP TV channel 6 and 87.7 FM in New York City.)
On November 2, 2009 at 6 AM, "Party 105.3" began a simulcast broadcast on 87.7 FM New York, and was reimaged as "PartyFM - Your Party Music Leader". JVC Media LLC replaced Mega Media Group, whose lease from Island Broadcasting on the former "Pulse 87" WNYZ-LP was terminated on October 30 due to Mega Media Group's financial difficulties, but officially ended on January 21, 2010.
The station signed on the air on March 27, 1998 as WXXP under the leadership of 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'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, cutting-edge dance music (house music, trance, freestyle), at times being ahead, and began serving the area with a cutting-edge 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.
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