WDRE (AM)

WDRE
Operating under special temporary authority
	Riverhead, New York; United States;
Broadcast area	Eastern Long Island
Frequency	1570 kHz
Programming
Language	English
Format	Dance radio
Ownership
Owner	JVC Broadcasting; (JVC Media LLC);
Sister stations	WBZO; WJVC; WLIM; WPTY; WRCN-FM;
History
First air date	August 8, 1963
Former call signs	WAPC (1963–1967); WHRF (1967–1974); WRCN (1974–1982); WRHD (1983–1990); WRHZ (1990); WRHD (1990–1999); WFOG (1999–2001); WFTU (2001–2024); WBZO (2024–2025);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	18238
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts (daytime); 500 watts (night);
Transmitter coordinates	40°54′48.4″N 72°39′14.3″W / 40.913444°N 72.653972°W
Translator	104.9 W285FX (Riverhead)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.pulse87ny.com

WDRE (1570 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Riverhead, New York. The station is owned and operated by JVC Broadcasting.

History

WDRE began as top 40 WAPC on August 8, 1963, to continue the signal of WPAC (1580 AM) to the east.^[4] It would later become WHRF as "Wharf Radio" and then the AM side of WRCN-FM in 1974 as WRCN.

Five Towns College (2001–2024)

The station occasionally broadcast live music performances from the Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts and the other performance venues on the college campus. It also had a program called "Theatre of the Air," where students re-enacted the old days of radio through old radio dramas. The first of these events had so many on-line listeners, the station's server crashed.^[5]

The station briefly went silent in January 2017^[6] and resumed operations in January 2018.^[7]^[8]

As of 2026, WDRE and 104.9 W285FX began simulcasting Pulse 87.^[9]^{[non-primary source needed]}

References

↑ "Request to Extend a Full Power AM Engineering STA Application". fcc.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
↑ "Facility Technical Data for WDRE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
↑ "Facility ID:202078 W285FX". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
↑ "WHRF" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1969. p. B-117 – via World Radio History.
↑ Snyder, Stephen (April 19, 2007). "Something special on the air...". Newsday. pp. combined ed. B section.
↑ "Request for Extension of Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
↑ "Correspondence Folder". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
↑ "Facilities and Equipment". Five Towns College. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
↑ "Pulse 87 Now on the air on Long Island!!!". Facebook. August 23, 2026.

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 18238 (WDRE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System

WDRE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
"History Cards for WDRE".

FM translator

Facility details for Facility ID 202078 (W285FX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
W285FX at FCCdata.org

[1] "Request to Extend a Full Power AM Engineering STA Application". fcc.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2026.

[FCC-LMS-18238-2] "Facility Technical Data for WDRE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[3] "Facility ID:202078 W285FX". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[4] "WHRF" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1969. p. B-117 – via World Radio History.

[5] Snyder, Stephen (April 19, 2007). "Something special on the air...". Newsday. pp. combined ed. B section.

[6] "Request for Extension of Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved September 4, 2024.

[7] "Correspondence Folder". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved September 4, 2024.

[8] "Facilities and Equipment". Five Towns College. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.

[9] "Pulse 87 Now on the air on Long Island!!!". Facebook. August 23, 2026.

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