WWWF-FM (103.1 FM) is a

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radio station owned by

Connoisseur Media Connoisseur Media LLC is an American media company. It is based in Westport, Connecticut and led by Jeff Warshaw. Connoisseur operates radio stations and digital assets in markets across the U.S. cities of Billings, Fredrick, Maryland; Bay Shore, H ...

and licensed to

Bay Shore, New York Bay Shore is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Islip, New York, United States. It is situated on the South Shore of Long Island, adjoining the Great South Bay. The population of the CDP was 29,244 at the time of the 2020 ...

. The station's studios are located at Airport Plaza in

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, and its

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is located on Freeman Avenue in

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History

103.1 FM first signed on the air in February 1993 as WBSI "B-103", broadcasting from studios located on Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore and playing oldies from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The WBSI call sign was dropped only a few months after the station signed on because 106.1

WBLI WBLI (106.1 FM) is a commercial radio station owned by Cox Radio and licensed to Patchogue, New York. It airs a top 40 (CHR) radio format. The station mainly serves Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. Its studios and offices are located o ...

complained the WBSI call sign was too similar and would cause confusion in the

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. WBZO – along with

WHLI WHLI (1100 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Hempstead, New York, and serving Long Island. It is owned by Connoisseur Media and has an oldies radio format made up of hits from the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s. The station's studios and ...

WKJY WKJY (98.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Hempstead, New York, and serving Nassau County, New York. It broadcasts an adult contemporary music format and is owned by Connoisseur Media. WKJY's studios and offices are located at Airport Plaza ...

, and

WWSK WWSK (94.3 FM) is a mainstream rock formatted radio station, licensed to Smithtown, New York and owned by Connoisseur Media. The station's studios are located at Airport Plaza in Farmingdale, New York and its transmitter is located in Brent ...

— was sold by Barnstable Broadcasting to Connoisseur Media effective July 3, 2012, for $23 million. On April 7, 2014, WBZO relaunched its classic hits format, shifting from a 60-70s pop-based music mix to a 70s-80s rock-based music mix. A year later, on May 15, 2015, WBZO rebranded as "103.1 Max FM". In September 2022, the on-air staff was let go due to budget cuts; WBZO would run

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for the rest of the format's run. On March 19, 2024, Connoisseur Media announced that the station would flip to

as "103.1 The Wolf" at 10:31 a.m. the following day. The change took place at the time promised; following a block of departure-themed songs to end the "Max" format (" The Final Countdown" by

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" by

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, " That's All" by

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and "

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" by

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), the station launched the "Wolf" format with "

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" by

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. With the flip, Connoisseur Media applied for a call sign change to WWWF-FM, and the station would officially adopt the call sign on the 26th. The move returns the country format to a majority of the western Long Island area; while the eastern portion is served by

WJVC WJVC (96.1 FM, "My Country 96.1") is a country music radio station, licensed to Center Moriches, New York and serving eastern Long Island. The station is owned by JVC Media LLC with studios located in Ronkonkoma, New York and transmitter lo ...

, it has signal problems in most of Western Suffolk County. In addition, the format had been missing from that region since the flip of New York station

WNSH WXBK (94.7 FM, "94.7 The Block") is a classic hip hop-formatted radio station that is licensed to Newark, New Jersey and serves the New York City area. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. WXBK’s studios are located in the combined Audacy fac ...

(which was able to be picked up in the area) in October 2021.

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