The station is noted for its use of numerous jingles ( many from the original PAMS jingle library ) , which are often aired back-to-back . Paul Sidney , who was with the station beginning in 1964 , started the jingle practice . As the use of jingles declined in the 1970s , Sidney " became obsessed with them " and collected over 2,000 . As he put it in a '' New Yorker '' magazine " Talk of the Town " article in 2002 , " We 're the only station that when we say ' Here comes fourteen in a row ' we 're not talking about records . " WLNG was one of the first radio stations in the country to focus on playing oldies , and identified itself as " The Oldies Station " beginning in the early 1960s despite a consultant 's warning . While the station included current hits in rotation for decades and even as recently as 1999 , today its playlist is almost all oldies . As of 1988 , WLNG competed with 22 other stations in its market . In 2005 Edison Research wrote about WLNG 's standing in the area : In 1995 , the station began leasing transmission tower space to Connecticut-based classical and NPR-affiliate WSHU-FM , during a period of increasing competition for listeners in specific demographics . At the time , the station was described by a competitor ( WEHM ) , as probably generating " the most sales in the region " , and Sidney stated that " banks regarded WLNG as the most successful station on the East End . " On May 29 , 2015 longtime WLNG air personality Rusty Potz ended his run on the " Potz On The Program " . " Mr. Potz , who has been in radio for 52 years , will retire to Sarasota , Florida , with his wife , Margaret , although he will continue to work part-time selling advertising for the station . " At the start of 2019 , with Evans and Foschi taking over the station two months prior , the station 's format was refined to Classic Hits with a more commercial , modern approach , which drew controversy from the station 's fans . Local news and community service was scaled back and the classic PAMS jingles that defined the station were removed . WLNG 's local news coverage , according to the station 's vice president in 2007 , is considered the best by many locals and is famous for being the definitive source " with close to a 90 % share " for weather information during major storms . On July 17 , 1996 , the station was broadcasting a live remote from Jamesport , New York when TWA Flight 800 crashed into the nearby Atlantic Ocean , and states that it was the first to break news of the event
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