WHFM (95.3 FM) is a

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radio station

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Southampton, New York Southampton, officially the Town of Southampton, is a town in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, partly on the South Fork of Long Island. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the town had a population of 69,036. Southampton is included in the stret ...

, and serving

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. It is owned by

Cox Radio CMG Media Corporation (doing business as Cox Media Group) is an American media conglomerate principally owned by Apollo Global Management in conjunction with Cox Enterprises, which maintains a 29% minority stake in the company. The company pri ...

and

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WBAB WBAB (102.3 FM) is a classic rock radio station licensed to Babylon, New York and owned by Cox Radio. The station is also simulcast on WHFM (95.3 FM) licensed to Southampton, New York and serving eastern Long Island. History WBAB first went o ...

History

The station began broadcasting as WWRJ on October 28, 1971, airing a

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format.
1973 Broadcasting Yearbook
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, 1973. p. B-139. Retrieved September 15, 2020.Herbeck, Ray, Jr.
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''. August 26, 1978. p. 42. Retrieved September 15, 2020.History Cards for WHFM
fcc.gov. Retrieved September 15, 2020. In 1979, it was sold to Beach Broadcasting for $700,000. In March 1979, its call sign was changed to WSBH, and it began airing an

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format.
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, 1980. p. C-159. Retrieved September 15, 2020. In 1985, the station was sold to a subsidiary of Faircom Inc. for $2,150,000. In 1987, its call sign was changed to WHFM. In June 1992, WHFM adopted a rock format, simulcasting WBAB. In 1994, the station was sold to Liberty Broadcasting for $1,850,000. In 1998, it was sold to Cox Radio.Brown, Sara.
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* {{COXMG Classic rock radio stations in the United States Cox Media Group HFM Mass media in Suffolk County, New York Radio stations established in 1971 1971 establishments in New York (state)