WLIB
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WLIB is a radio station located at 1190 kHz on the AM band in New York City. It is the flagship station for Air America Radio, which leases air-time from owner Inner City Broadcasting.
Before WLIB switched to Air America, it carried programming aimed at New York's Afro-Caribbean community. The switch was controversial, with many in the community seeing the switch as replacing black activist programming with Air America's primarily white liberal on-air personalities. (Karen Juanita Carillo, Air America Will Displace Black Talk on WLIB[link], accessed May 27, 2006) The station's nighttime power was increased to 50,000 watts in the early 2000s, in a swap with radio station WOWO in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which was also owned by Inner City Broadcasting.
From 12AM-5AM every night, WLIB airs a slate of local black-oriented talk programming originated by owners of the station, I.C.B.C. Holdings. Principal among the late night shows is the Global Black Experience by Imhotep Gary Byrd. Also produced by I.C.B.C. are two Sunday morning programs, featuring The Rev. Al Sharpton and former NYC Mayor David Dinkins. [link] Generally, from 5AM onward, Air America programs are carried on WLIB. However, the apolitical Satellite Sisters supplants the Mike Malloy show on WLIB from 10PM to Midnight.
Air America programming will reportedly be dropped from WLIB after August 31, 2006, effective with the expiration of the Air America-Inner City lease. (As of early July, the impending expiration of Air America on WLIB is not being noted on-air.) The liberal talk format will likely be retained using local hosts and syndicated talker Ed Schultz. [link]
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| By frequency | 570 | 620 | 660 | 710 | 770 | 820 | 880 | 930 | 970 | 1010 | 1050 | 1130 | 1190 | 1280 | 1330 | 1380 | 1430 | 1480 | 1560 | 1600 | 1660 |
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Based on a list from [the New York Radio Guide].
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