WEER (FM)

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on March 21, 2002.^[6] The new station, originally owned by WPKN, Inc. was assigned the WPKM call sign by the FCC on November 26, 2004.^[7][1] WPKM received its license to cover from the FCC on August 30, 2006,^[8] and began simulcasting WPKN, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

In October 2010, license holder WPKN, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Hamptons Community Radio Corporation for $60,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 8, 2010, and the transaction was consummated on June 6, 2011.^[9] The station changed its call sign to WEER on June 16, 2011, with a call sign swap with the now-defunct WEEG.^[1]

On October 1, 2011, WEER went silent for financial reasons and the licensee filed a request with the FCC for special temporary authority to remain silent. The Commission granted this authority on January 2, 2012, with a scheduled expiration of July 2, 2012.^[10] Just days before that deadline, a new application was filed and silent authority was extended through October 2, 2012.^[11] Under the terms of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as a matter of law a radio station's broadcast license is subject to automatic forfeiture and cancellation if they fail to broadcast for one full year.^[12]

The station reported that it returned to normal broadcast operations on September 27, 2012.^[13] However, power loss and damage from Hurricane Sandy knocked the station off the air again on October 29, 2012.^[14] On January 29, 2013, the station was granted a new authority to remain silent with an expiration date on July 28, 2013.^[14]

In October 2013 the station was returned to the air, and sold to Eastern Tower Corporation. The sale was consummated on January 22, 2014. In February 2019, WEER began broadcasting a soft adult contemporary format with music from the 1960s through the 1980s.

On January 16, 2023, it was announced that The WNET Group would acquire WEER for $100,000, making it a sister to Long Island NPR member station WLIW-FM.^[15] The deal closed on October 10, 2023.^[16] On October 13, 2023, WEER filed a request with the FCC for special temporary authority to remain silent, while it processed the purchasing and installing of equipment, so that it could simulcast WLIW-FM.^[17]

• Facility details for Facility ID 91175 (WEER) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WEER in Nielsen Audio's FM station database