WLIR 92.7 FM Goes Off the Air - Dec. 18, 1987 Radio

[gewglesux]

it's weird hearing Donna Donna  on WBAB playing that format..

[abfive]

Also I remember they went back to WLIR after a few years of WDRE...memory not that good anymore the late 80's Miami Vice was all the rage and we supported Columbia's gross import..

[abfive]

1987 when was the call sign switched to WDRE....they had some of the same music format...

[444Bam]

WOW I remember this day, sad to say it was like a funeral ...

and it was also the year I gave up my music career

[BJSteigner]

WLIR also played cutting edge dance music that commercial radio wouldn't touch. That's what I love about WLIR

[Pookatube]

Beaner Radio has GOT TO GO!!!!

BRING BACK 92.7 WLIR!!!

[BJSteigner]

@Pookatube Beaner Radio?? I say it's Fart Radio because Regional Mexican format really stinks.

[eddiev54]

The Screamer Of The Week (I still have the complete list LIR sent me in 1988!) - John DelBello in teh morning (before he went to Philadelphia) the many live shows the did on Tuesday nights from My Father's Place, Ralph Newman, the News Blimp (solenoid... you will next hear the News Blimp at ...) It is indeed sad that this had to end, especially as it did.

[Lunabot3000]

WOW. I had this exact moment on a Maxell audio tape for years and it snapped in my tape player. I still have it somewhere... it just needs to be spliced. Anyway, AWESOME. I literally cried when WLIR went off the air. Best radio station in the history of radio, as far as I'm concerned!

[CLOVEDROP]

Without a doubt the best station there ever was or ever will be. all the awesome nights at malibu, all the awesome bands that played

there. great times.

[gewglesux]

@CLOVEDROP

MALIBU!!! I had the best times there... I drive by the old place 2- 3 times a week... holds many memories..

[canyon59]

Great station....the very short lived WPIX-FM was even better...PIX Penthouse Party

[Wenchofradio]

What a great station... Ben Manilla, Willobee - gosh the contests, the concerts - what a great station that really connected with their listeners! MISS this station!

[subalfie]

I had the WLIR bumper sticker on my car during high school in the 80's. Now that was a great radio station. I want to be Forever Young....

[blakebabies]

Larry the Duck, Donna Donna, Fujiyama Mama, The Smiths, REM, the Replacements - Do You Dare? I still Miss this station - the best format, best jocks, best station EVER!!!

WLIR

[MDBUTLER0]

classic DORk headphones gotta luv em'

[divadaneen]

Ah yes...Screamer of the Week :( or was it Shriek of the Week? It was one or the other, once WDRE came on the scene.

[jahraytv]

WLIR, the station that dared to be different..... and they did!

[PrincePurple]

Yeah, but they lied to us. I remember EVERYONE being bummed out over this that night. Damn near suicidal. Then very next morning you tuned in to 92.7 just to see what was on there...and it was WDRE, same format as LIR. Happy again.

[ChasBeauregarde]

I'm pretty sure it was a Friday night when 'LIR went off the air. My ex wife gave me the boot 1 month before and then this. Dark days indeed - and although WDRE tried to be like 'LIR I think music was changing - although they played "alternative" it morphed into a different sound by 1990. The hey day of WLIR was 1981 -'84.

[chriso99]

this was quite a moment- they were the best station - party out of bounds!

[arnelg67]

LIR was the shit!!!! Best damn radio station ever!!!!

[anthonydevito]

Ugh watching this actually made me cry. I don't know what I would have done without this station.

[Lunabot3000]

I know, I totally misted up when I heard the beginning of My Way, haha! I was so devastated. I think I remember tuning in shortly after they went off the air and was possibly receiving a spanish station. I don't know how long that went on... I was pretty much a kid at the time so it's kind of hazy.

[pwuttke21]

Wow, this was a big moment during my aolescence! The station switched call letters, but was never really the same.

Never could you recreate great alternative music with a witty, intelligent and daring radio station again! R.I.P. WLIR.

P.S. Great to see my favorite all time DJ- Donna Donna in this clip. Thanks to whoever posted this.

[Hockeybird94]

I just love seeing the old studio....thanks for posting this!

DJ Bird

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[fonna]

Greatest radio station of the 80's New Wave music.

[JTM1123]

Finally after all these years! I knew there had to be video of this signoff. What a great station that was!