WPLJ 95.5 Signs Off The Air

[@Tigerman1138]

I’ll never forget that eerie, calm, almost “moment of silence” for WPLJ when 95.5 FM in the NYC area went *silent* Then... ✝️🎼..... 💩 💩

[@jboogie879]

So many heritage radio stations (AM & FM) have said goodbye over the years. It’s truly a sad experience. I do find it heartwarming when a station, and its parent company lets the current and former air staff formally say goodbye, and thank their listeners for their love, and years of loyalty. Wow, such a great station...! I’ve worked for years in the radio industry here in New Orleans. I’ve always heard about WPLJ, but never got to experience the station on 95.5FM. I’ve never been to New York. That was a nice sendoff WPLJ. Cheers, and best wishes to you all!

[@PurgatoryParanormalofNY]

I sat in my car and listened to the very end and I cried. A sad day. Farewell WPLJ. You were NYC.

[@gidzmobug2323]

I sat in the car and listened to KSWD's final signoff here in LA. The Sound also got new ownership and became a Christian music station last year.

[@TekWhizz]

@@gidzmobug2323 Sounds like advertising revenue is lost due to the internet, so commercial stations are going out of business in favor of stations supported by donations, like non commercial Christian stations.

[@gidzmobug2323]

@@TekWhizz I listen on the internet, still get commercials.

[@TekWhizz]

@@gidzmobug2323 Well sure, but I meant that advertising revenue is shifting more to the internet, so over the air stations are losing revenue, and broadcasting on air is quite expensive.

[@gidzmobug2323]

@@TekWhizz Ah! I still listen over the air, too.

[@NJWarriorlady]

Thank you WPLJ, for always being there. I never realized you were there my whole life, since Junior High. Forever in the background, morning shows to wake up to, summers down the shore, drives to work, listening in work, laughing, crying and always entertaining. You are family. Don't become strangers. Will be listening for you on the air waves...

[@5argetech56]

The golden years of rock FM radio are gone. In the 70s I listen to WPLJ 95.5 and 102.7 WNEW New York..... just like in the movie Contact intro, WPLJ sign off will go on and on and on and on and on...❤❤❤❤

[@Ang-yv2gi]

Great Station... R.I.P. WPLJ........... Glad you got this up fast and a clean copy!!!!

[@BeautyQueen79]

95.5...WPLJJJJJJJJ NEW YOOOOOOORK...love singing that😎Miss you..you guys rock 🎸 🎼 ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END...Grew up listening to you guys all my life

[@BrianRP1209]

Last song was "W-P-L-J" (White Port and Lemon Juice). Originally recorded by the Four Deuces in 1956, it inspired the call letters of the radio station in 1971. They played a cover by Hall & Oates.

[@Musicradio77Network]

It was a cover version which was done by Hall & Oates, and it was recorded live in the studio during the final moments of WPLJ. The song was originally done by the Four Deuces in 1955. Here is the original version of "WPLJ (aka 'White Port Lemon Juice')". kzbin.info/www/bejne/jX-llqB8fad1ZpI

[@RustyMuck]

Fun fact, the call letters were to have been WRIF, but the FCC goofed and assigned those calls to their Detroit station, which wanted to be WDAI (that callsign went to Chicago). So they had to literally start from scratch, and took note of the Frank Zappa cover of W-P-L-J.

[@ronkeyes659]

New York's 95.5 as we have known it for years will not be forgotten. To all the on-air personalities and those working behind the scenes at PLJ who have given of their time and God given talent, Thank you!

[@seanpfodera]

Sad day in NYC. They haven't played my kind of music in many years, but it was sweet to hear the last song they played being The End by The Beatles.

[@matthewgiacopelli5788]

Have to say it....the soundtrack of my childhood and adolescence gone. Thanks for many years of great music, for sharing with us, and for making us laugh.

[@jeaninempanzone3249]

Same hear

[@jbFromNYC]

When they played John Lennon's "Imagine", THAT'S when I lost it. #RIP #WPLJ #ThanksForTheMemories ✌️😎🎵

[@russiangopnik9639]

I can't believe it lasted this long. 92.3 K-Rock and Q104.3 changed formats over 20 years ago. As long as there is one genre of music on the radio dial the radio market will survive.

[@edwardfights4900]

Great memories. I spent a lot of nights doing my thing to this in the 80s. It's not the same. It will never be the same.

[@theprowrestlingguy6851]

R.I.P. WPLJ I missed this radio station so much!

[@thepresh]

I grew up in NJ and WPLJ was one of my favorite radio stations (once FM started being more popular than AM radio ;)

[@Tigerman1138]

I remember experiencing something I never heard before-silence on the band, the frequency of 95.5Mhz in the Tri-state area was not broadcasting. A true moment of silence. Eerie, sad, calming, and in a way a great send off, and literally a moment of silence. A fellow 📻 station, amateur radio, my callsign KC2DVT, I salute you and your final broadcast. “....Here’s to PLJ and for one final time,’From high atop of Madison Square Garden this is the world-famous WPLJ, New York’.” 📻 ........” 🙇

[@bigbear5981]

It's sad to see another good radio station go out in New York. I will miss the montage from the 70s when I was a kid . But we still have rock and roll on Q104.3 NY... WPDH 101.5 NY... I-95 95.1 CT.. WBAB 102.3 NY. WDHA 105.5 NJ . I won't forget those great DJ's on rock WPLJ. Long live rock.. 🐻🇺🇸🎸

[@Jean-qu3ru]

I went to a bunch of the Scott and Todd Friday Morning Blastoff shows in the '90s, and a bunch of the morning concerts in the '80s. I remember Katrina and the Waves at the Automat in particular. Such fun, and so much a part of my life growing up. So sorry to see this NYC legend shut down. 😪

[@ericscholl1073]

Thank you for posting the last minutes, much appreciated!

[@tvradio1972]

I'll remember WPLJ most as a Top 40/CHR station 1983-1992, especially on Sunday morning when they aired AT40 with Casey Kasem and later on Shadoe Stevens. I didn't listen to it as much when they were Hot AC. Never the less, I will miss WPLJ.

[@jeaninempanzone3249]

So sad 😞 to see wplj go off the air. My teenage years are gone

[@chriskavasilas8716]

If you've lived in New York for your entire life like I have, you've seen and heard the transformations of many people, places and things. WPLJ went from a radio powerhouse with a backdrop song like, "My Sweetheart" by Focus as its anthem to a station that somehow felt the need to conform to entertaining a totally different demographic and philosophy. How sad. In case anyone hasn't noticed, the AOR format lives quite well in New York no matter what station decides to run with it. It is now in the hands of Q-104.3. From a pillar of music identity in New York City, PLJ lived up to its letters in the end.....PLJ...Plotzed Like Jello. What a shame.

[@Musicradio77Network]

This is the song that should've ended with the final song ever played called "My Sweetheart" by Focus, the theme to WPLJ. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZzFeX-Oj7mHr8k

[@nicoleangerhauser4552]

I grew up with PLJ all thru the 90’s, so sad 😞

[@josephmay4937]

I loved this station and am lucky to have known and listened to all the radio programs on plj I will greatly miss it now what will I listen to

[@garytitone853]

"Who Could Immagine".After 48 years WPLJ 95.5 has signed off the air. DJ closing with accapella The End by the Beatles, raised a toast of white port lemon juice. WPLJ had used Frank Zappa's 1970 cover of The Four Deuces WPLJ. Countless hours of my youth time calling WPLJ requesting FZ WPLJ. Glass of WPLJ raised high.

[@extremephotoworks3124]

I have listened to PLJ my entire life. The sad truth is that nothing lasts forever and change sometimes is good. Embrace it.As for the employees of PLJ this is only another chapter in life, Maybe next chapter is better and think about all those great years. You will all be fine ! First thing I did this morning was delete the preset from my car radio and will never be programmed again.

[@alainvincent1309]

Another Part Of My Childhood Turns To Dust

[@theprowrestlingguy6851]

I missed listening to Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve on 95.5 PLJ, I've heard that song last year in December and it was very good, is sad that WPLJ went off the air!

[@Tigerman1138]

I was wondering if they were going to do an old 📺 broadcast: “From high above Madison Square Garden this is the world-famous 95.5 WPLJ...signing off.” 😢

[@americangiant1003]

How cool that the final song on PLJ was White Pour and Leather Juice.

[@Musicradio77Network]

It's "White Port Lemon Juice", not "White Pour and Leather Juice". Hall & Oates did a great cover version of this song done in acapella. The original version was done by the Four Deuces in the 1950's.

[@americangiant1003]

@@Musicradio77Network Sorry my bad. Mistyped. LOL. Anyhow i saw that in an online article thanks for clearing it up.

[@hamburg1306]

1 year ago today. A reminder of what we lost in nyc.

[@willduguid2593]

Living on Long Island is gonna be tough now without PLJ, now all I have left with radio is WBAB and WFAN. 😭sad to se PLJ go😢

[@katr7969]

I grew up on LI. WPLJ and WBAB were everything back then.

[@geraldobrien7323]

Listen to satellite radio. They’re much better than broadcast radio, and they’re the reason why stations like WPLJ are going the way of the dinosaurs. Pretty soon broadcast radio will be all news, talk and religion

[@theprowrestlingguy6851]

I also live in Long Island too

[@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN]

@@geraldobrien7323 news, talk & religion is on satellite radio too...

[@marchoffman6878]

the song white port lemon juice is by daryl hall without john oates and is one of the last songs wplj 95.5 fm played.

[@pogo9876]

Wow. Just wow.

[@Catsrock-u7y]

I will always remember 95.5 WPLJ as New York’s best Rock...

[@DaniRadioCat]

I could only imagine if it was something like Z100 or WBLS that was going away... but really, WPLJ has been struggling for years and EMF was the only buyer they could find (and I figure most of the listeners moved on to stations like Z100, Lite 106.7, WNEW 102.7 and even stuff like KTU or WBLS)

[@P00katube]

Cumulus Media sold WPLJ to EMF like it was conducted like a fire sale.

[@PhantomPraetor]

92.3 AMP went the same way; shitty corporate decision. F

[@lizgreenspan4883]

Its hard to believe😥😭😢💔😪😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@joshjoseph7628]

I am still sad that plj is gone

[@Tigerman1138]

One week ago. It seems like so much longer.

[@Channel-hg6rt]

I love These last words

[@crabbyeric900]

PLJ might have had some terrible music in its final years but its still better than K-LOVE

[@YTLawnGnome]

I will miss Saturday Night '80s on WPLJ. Someone please get more phone scams up on KZbin!

[@mariosnum1fan]

Wait so 95.5 plj is gone? How? I’m listening to the station right now with songs playing...

[@ZLFProductions]

MariosNum OneFan it’s religious music called K Love

[@annikee5925]

So sad to see it go.

[@mikeadellic]

R.I.P WPLJ

[@GROVERBOX]

RIP WPLJ!

[@crazieehorsie]

Sadly another childhood radio station gone!!! So sad!!😪😪

[@bryoonie1]

Rock Lived!

[@contentwithchaz8916]

I guess that means I gotta take this station off my car radio :(

[@kitkatbar2246]

They should have kept the rock format.

[@kascnef]

How sad that plj ended when jeopardy began on tv and the Yankees played ball

[@nickrenzo6285]

Terrible. Rip WPLJ.

[@marchoffman6878]

wplj 95.5 fm was for me.

[@gidzmobug2323]

Why did it sign off? New ownership, lack of funds....what happened?

[@P00katube]

It was a fire sale.

[@kitkatbar2246]

Now if Z 100 would change their format. The Metropolitan area needs a rock station that plays a better varierty of classic rock and gives exposure to more newer rock bands. IMO 104.3 is no longer cutting it. I gave up on terresterrestrial radio a long time ago.

[@PhantomPraetor]

You cannot budge a Colossus such as Z100. Sucks to say, but that’s the truth.

[@billm47645]

This is because in the US, the demographics are changing. Smart professionals are not having enough children (too expensive for them), while the wrong demographics are having the children because they have nothing to lose. Norway and Sweden realized this a decade ago, and so they changed their laws and now give incentives for working professionals to have kids. We are no longer a progressive country, we are losing our intellect through poor social planning and monetary policy. In a couple of hundred years, we may be like the Middle East. This is almost a propaganda radio station. They have poor people in middle America donating to spend hundreds of millions to buy up radio stations. Seems to me, the people could use that money for themselves in their prime demographic. It’s these people who work for and vote for people who make them poorer over time. Nothing political here - both parties are bad in their own respects.

[@geraldobrien7323]

Sad, I guess, but for the last thirty years of its existence, I found no reason to listen to them. It’s nice, though, that they acknowledged their past by playing the song WPLJ, which inspired their call letters. Back in the 70s, they would do audio montages, and they would always include a clip of the Frank Zappa version. I like that phrase, “smile because it happened”.

[@marchoffman6878]

WPLJ 95.5 FM

[@scarosone14]

Too bad but there were too many stations like this in NYC area. PLJ just couldn't compete anymore.

[@joenax777]

Do we really need an evangelical Christian radio station in NYC metro area??? Like......this isn't Arkansas

[@Tigerman1138]

.... 10:08 .... 😢

[@blacklightning1771]

What's happened to New York Radio? This is the Number 1 market.

[@tonebeatz24]

Radio is becoming an end to a era. All we have is crap top 40 songs and rap. FM is a mess run by corporate greed looking for what makes them a profitable.

[@Tigerman1138]

I had a Stan Marsh moment on “South Park” when everything started to sound and look like 💩. “Brought by the people like you the sound of Jesus...” All I heard was 💩 💩 💩

[@marchoffman6878]

wplj 95.5 fm

[@Mahoromatic]

You're gonna carry that weight.

[@marchoffman6017]

Wplj 95 5 FM

[@bak-mariterry9143]

Their is a station in Chesapeake , VA . - WFOS that is part of the Chesapeake School System that is being ignored . They train people to be DJ'S and to be able to work the board's . There transmission is weak because the school system is TOO DAMN CHEAP to fix it . Please contact the Chesapeake School System and tell them too TIGHTEN UP .

[@eavitale055]

In the end, this whole matter disgusts me. I have no problem with the business of radio taking its course, but now, on the commercial FM airwaves, we are going to be subjected to this Christian blather. Syndicated Christian crap. The FCC has set up all the frequencies up to 92.0 for this material, so it's not as if they don't have some airwaves to get out their message(s) Not only have they bought the 95.5 frequency here in New York City, but Cumulus sold, for pennies on the dollar, the Mix 107.3 frequency in Washington, DC. So now we will have WPL-Jesus ... wonderful .... rock radio was in enough trouble here in New York City. This sort of puts a huge nail in the coffin. First, we lose WNEW-FM, then WLIR-FM and now this ... it is sad and disgusting and I hope they find an early failure to this claptrap

[@PhantomPraetor]

Forget not WXRK. Never knew about it until after it became 92.3 Now, but I’m sure it must have been a huge loss for you.

[@kevindavis4709]

Should've been a good a shout and cheer before it went off.

[@Catsrock-u7y]

No one should Pledge or Donate any Money to EMF if you have heart and soul, you would understand the number of families they put out on the streets when they purchase radio stations using YOUR Money 💰 and they pay no taxes. Once they purchase these stations there are no more local people just some people in Northern California who just push buttons that’s it. EMF the Lord will punish you for lying and hurting families.

[@Jean-qu3ru]

😪

[@frankdestefano4040]

A Christian Station...Really???? Bye my childhood....RIP PLJ

[@hamburg1306]

It’s a non profit no taxes so has advantages in being able to purchase stations. More to come as IHeart and Entcomm struggle.

[@frankdeste7941]

@@hamburg1306 I agree...

[@frankdeste7941]

@@courtneyfigueroa9815 Now it is a powerhouse station....like a monopoly

[@marchoffman6878]

no klove for me.

[@godofwargodofwar2363]

WPLJ died in 1983 after that I didn’t care about them. Going from the best music in the country ROCK music. 60’s -70’s and early 80’s music was the best. The even had live concerts from bands like The Who, Led Zeppelin, beatles, kinks, every Sunday afternoon was full of great music. I listened when they turned it into this pop crap. It went silent and the right to pop music. Me and my brother looked at each other like the f happen? People were calling in pissed off. They lost a whole generation of 60’s fans in one hour. So good riddance WPLJ!!! Welcome Jesus!! To our new station! I will be listening to this format for sure. Enough Evil in the world enjoy NEWYORK!!! Hahahahahaha

[@marchoffman6878]

klove 95.5 fm is not for me.

[@trenbolognasandwich6021]

Wtf is this happening for??? For a fucking Christian station in NJ????? Who is the maniac in charge of this?? U will be bankrupt in two weeks!!! This nonsense needs to stop in this country!!

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