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High Island is a small island next to City Island, Bronx, New York.
It is connected to City Island by a small private bridge and a permanent sandbar that emerges at low tide.
It has two AM Radio Stations sharing both transmitting towers.
One radio station is WCBS Newsradio 88 AM (CBS) 880 Khz and the other is WFAN Sportsradio 66 AM (NBC) 660 Khz in New York City.
It was a privately owned island before it was puchased in the late 1950's.
The island is not inhabited, but workers are there 24 hours a day.
The island is mostly an outcrop of bedrock with many trees.
It is privately owned by Time Warner Inc. and a Restricted Area.
130 years ago it was called Spectacle Island.