WBLI

WBLI (106.1 FM, "106.1 'BLI") is a Top 40 (CHR) music formatted radio station which mainly serves Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island. It can also be heard in the Hudson Valley, the South Shore of Connecticut, and the Jersey Shore. Its transmitter is located in Selden, New York, and studios are located on Sunrise Highway (NY 27) in West Babylon.

History

The station went on the air on December 13, 1957 as WPAC-FM, but gained fame in the 1970s under their new call letters "The New 106 WBLI". BLI jocks from the 1970s & 1980s included Barry Neal, Randi Taylor, Bruce Michaels, Nick O'Neil, Chris Tyler, Bill Terry (was PD in the 1980s), Jeff Thomas (also the PD), Scott Taylor, Don Nelson, Rick Sommers, Keith Allen (who moved over to WBZO after BLI), Rob McLean, Mary "J.J. Kennedy" Ann of WPLJ and WLTW/New York City, Carl Dayton, TK Townsend, Brooke Daniels, Larry Adams, Ken Rhodes-Rosato former WBLI news director and now WABC-TV/Channel 7 news anchor, Scott Miller and Kelly Hart. WBLI had a Saturday Night dance show called "Club 106" during the disco days, hosted by Long Island club DJ Rory J. Thompson, and a Sunday Night Oldies show known as "Only Gold" during the 1970s through the mid-1980s hosted by Bruce Michaels, Jerry St. James and then Don Nelson. Although technically a CHR/Top 40, WBLI had a more adult contemporary sound in certain dayparts and avoided such harder-rocking CHR hits, such as "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, during their initial chart runs.

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The road ahead is a mystery
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The road ahead is a mystery
Your love is here
Oh and I believe inside of me
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