WNEW-FM

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WNEW-FM

New York, New York United States
Broadcast area	New York metropolitan area
Frequency	102.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	NEW 102.7
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Hot adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc. (Audacy License, LLC, as Debtor-in-Possession)
Sister stations	WCBS, WCBS-FM, WFAN, WFAN-FM, WINS, WINS-FM, WXBK
History
First air date	August 25, 1958 (65 years ago) (1958-08-25)
Former call signs	WWFS (2007–2016)
Call sign meaning	New York
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	25442
Class	B
ERP	6,000 watts (analog) 287 watts (digital)
HAAT	415 meters (1,362 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°44′53″N 73°59′10″W / 40.748°N 73.986°W / 40.748; -73.986
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via Audacy)
Website	www.audacy.com/new1027

WNEW-FM (102.7 FM, NEW 102.7) is a hot adult contemporary-formatted radio station, licensed to New York, New York and owned by Audacy, Inc. The station's studios are located at the Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan. Its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building.

WNEW-FM is best remembered for one of its previous incarnations, a progressive rock radio format that began in 1967 and lasted into the 1990s. That station became influential in the development of rock music during the 1970s and 1980s.

Between 1958 and 1986, the station shared the WNEW call sign with former sister AM station WNEW (1130 kHz) and television station WNEW-TV (channel 5), with all being owned by Metromedia. After WNEW-TV was sold to News Corporation in 1986 and the AM station was sold to Bloomberg L.P. in 1992, 102.7 FM retained the WNEW-FM call sign until it was changed in 2007; the call letters returned to 102.7 on March 15, 2016.

WNEW-FM broadcasts in the HD Radio format.