WEHM

WEHM (92.9 FM) is an adult album alternative formatted radio station licensed to Manorville, New York and serving Suffolk County, New York. WEHM's programming is simulcast on WEHN (96.9 FM) East Hampton, New York, the station which originally had been home to WEHM when it was located on 96.7 FM. WEHN's signal covers the eastern Long Island and southeastern Connecticut areas.

"WEHN" redirects here. For the London-based German comedian, see Henning Wehn.
WEHM
CityManorville, New York
Broadcast area
Frequency92.9 MHz
Branding92-9 and 96-9 'EHM
SloganProgressive Radio for Long Island
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatAdult album alternative
Ownership
OwnerLauren and Roger Stone
(LRS Radio, LLC)
History
First air date
2003 (2003)
Former call signs
  • WCSO (2001-2003)
  • WWHL (2003)
  • WHBE (2003)[1]
Call sign meaning
East HaMpton
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID52059
ClassA
ERP3,100 watts
HAAT141 meters (463 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°51′18″N 72°46′11″W
Repeater(s)96.9 WEHN (East Hampton)
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Webcast
Websitewww.wehm.com

The stations were purchased in 2013 for $3.2 million and licensed to LRS Radio, LLC, which is owned by WEHM on-air talent Lauren Stone (68.8%) and her father Roger W. Stone (31.2%), the Chairman/CEO of Kapstone Paper & Packaging Company in Northbrook, Illinois,.[2] Both stations broadcast from studios in Water Mill, New York alongside sister stations WBAZ and WBEA.

History
Amagansett studios

WEHM signed on in 1993 at 96.7 MHz licensed in East Hampton to East Hampton Broadcasting. Its ownership was made up of majority owners Leonard Ackerman, a local attorney, and Mickey Shulhof, then Sony America Chairman, with minority interest held by such notables as Billy Joel, Christie Brinkley and others.[3] The station would sign on with an Adult Contemporary format, later changing to a AAA format which proved very successful.

In 2000, then-owner AAA Entertainment obtained a construction permit for a new FM station at 92.9 MHz licensed to Southampton, New York. After several years of planning and development, the 92.9 frequency would sign on in June 2003 and would become WEHM's permanent home that July.[1] At that time, the 96.7 frequency took the WHBE calls[4] and took on a Bloomberg Radio format (a move reportedly done by the influence of Michael Bloomberg).

The two WEHMs would be united in April 2006 when WHBE quietly moved up the dial from 96.7 to 96.9 MHz and began to simulcast WEHM's programming. WHBE changed their call letters to WEHN.

On June 24, 2008, the FCC approved a change in WEHM's community of license from Southampton to Manorville.

Repeater
Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID Class ERP
(W)		 Height
(m (ft))		 Transmitter coordinates First air date Call sign meaning Former call signs
WEHN96.9 FMEast Hampton, New York18218A4,300117 m (384 ft)40°59′37″N 72°10′19″W1993 (1993) (as 96.7 WEHM)East HamptoNWVEH (1990-1991)
WQEH (1991-1992)
WEHM (1992-2003)
WHBE (2003–2006)[4]

References
  1. "WEHM Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  2. "LRS Radio Acquires Long Island Cluster". Radio Insight. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  3. Morris, Bob (May 9, 1993). "THE NIGHT; On the Radio, Weee-ooo". The New York Times (Section 9). p. 6. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  4. "WEHN Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
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