[2] Operated by Babylon-Bay Shore Broadcasting Company, the station initially played Jazz and featured a large news department as well as extensive community affairs programs.
Upon receiving nighttime authorization in 1987, WNYG dropped the 14 Gold format and became "Long Island's Good Time Oldies" on January 1, 1988.
The station switched to a Tex-Mex format that featured sporting events and news targeted towards the growing Hispanic population in the area.
On November 2, 2009, the agreement between Multicultural and Free-Indeed concluded and WNYG ceased broadcasting the eight-year-old Contemporary Christian format that had been branded "The Spirit of New York".
On June 28, 2012, WNYG was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to add night operation with 196 watts using a directional antenna.
On March 31, 2023, Commercial Assets, Inc. announced the sale of WLIM, and translator station, W227CL, in Port Jefferson, to JVC Media LLC for $500,000.
On June 27, 2023, WLIM (as a result of the sale closing the day prior)[7] switched to a simulcast of classic hits-formatted WPTY-HD2, branded as "Big 98.1".