WLIR - Wikipedia WLIR was best known as an influential radio station that launched the careers of many music acts and disc jockeys from the 1970s through the 1990s In 1970, it changed to a progressive rock format before switching to a new music modern rock format in 1982
The World Famous LIR Music you grew up on, new music you love, and everything with an upbeat edge This is the World Famous LIR! Cranberries Guitarist, Noel Hogan Teams Up with Brazilian Singer, Mell Peck to Form "The Puro"
History - DARE FM 2025 WLIR was the only place to hear the Police, the B-52’s, Duran Duran, the Cure, and many others Listener response was sensational and WLIR became the birthplace of careers Many of these artists, such as the Police, the Pretenders and U-2 eventually forced their way into the mainstream
Information for WLIR WDRE - Rocklists. com When WLIR 92 7 went off the air in 2004, the call letters were kept by Jarad Broadcasting and ended up on hard-rock station 107 1 "The Box " Three former WLIR DJ's went on to join Island 94 3 FM On December 10, 2005, WLIR came back on the air with a 2-hour flashback show weekdays from 12-2PM
WLIR 92. 7 DJs to reunite, kick off show - The Island Now While the station is no longer broadcasting on FM radio, many of these famed WLIR personalities are still on the air today You can hear Larry the Duck on Sirius XM, Rob Rush on
92. 7 WLIR: Screamer of the Week - Rate Your Music Every Screamer of the Week pre-1982 and post-1982 when the station's format changed WLIR was a influential Long Island radio station that played new wave hits before any other station played them in America WLIR had a rabid fan-base until their demise in 1987
Surfing the New Wave - Rock and Roll Globe For nine years (1982 – 1991) WLIR was the hottest, hippest radio station in America Although not widely known in the rest of the country, their loyal fans worshiped the station, the music it played and the men and women who played it One of those fans, director Ellen Goldfarb, made a film about the station and its place in music history
LIR DARE FM - donyc. com Introducing new music to the New York Metro for over 40 years, WLIR was the nation's first Alternative Rock radio station in 1980 Now streaming today's cutting edge New Music along with the New Wave, Classic Alternative, and Modern Rock that made 92 7 WLIR WDRE World Famous!
92. 7 WLIR – Garden City (Long Island), NY – 11 27 97 – Lynda Lopez “The World Famous” WDRE WLIR was one suburban New York’s greatest treasures until its sale to the predecessors of Univision in 2003 The station at one time was home base for a syndicated Modern Rock format known as “ The Underground Network ” and was heard in such cities as Albany, Little Rock, and Philadelphia