It broadcasts on VHF channel 6, commonly known as an "FM6 operation" because the audio portion of the signal lies at 87.75 MHz, receivable by analog FM radios, tuned to the 87.75 frequency.
The new owner dropped its religious format, and began operating WNYZ as an FM radio station.
[citation needed] In November 2008, Island Broadcasting installed an Axcera DT325B digital VHF transmitter with the Axciter/Bandwidth Enhancement Technology (BET) option, which permitted WNYZ-LP to simultaneously transmit a single 480i SD digital stream using virtual channel 1.1, along with the analog audio carrier on 87.75 MHz.
At first, WNYZ broadcast color bars, a legal ID, and a message telling viewers to listen to 87.7 FM.
[citation needed] From February 11, 2008, to October 30, 2009, WNYZ-LP was leased to Brooklyn-based Mega Media Group, that programmed the station with a rhythmic contemporary format, branded as Pulse 87.
This came to a head on August 12, 2009, when Mega Media filed for bankruptcy, reporting $3.5 million in liabilities against assets of just $180,000.
Pulse 87's audience, which had grown to over 1 million listeners per week before they went off the air,[citation needed] eventually stopped tuning in, and the inability of many potential listeners in the New York area to tune into the 87.7 signal made the simulcast unprofitable for JVC Broadcasting.
[10] Island Broadcasting let the signal go silent for one day and then began playing dance music for two hours the next morning.
Later in the day, a filler format of jazz and blues standards with station identification aired until January 27, 2010.
[citation needed] The station implemented an independent music format on its audio channel known as the "Indie Darkroom".
On July 25, 2010, the station began airing Korean programing simulcast from WWRU in Jersey City.
[13] The station ended its programing on July 13, 2021, at 11:14 p.m. as part of the FCC mandated shutdown, permanently shutting down its transmitters just hours later.
[15] On October 22, 2021, WNYZ-LP returned to the air with a new digital transmitter (the station had delays in receiving the equipment due to the COVID-19 pandemic).