WLVL
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| City of license | Lockport, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Buffalo-Niagara Falls |
| Branding | Hometown 1340 |
| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Audience share | 0.7 (Sp'08 P2, R&R[1]) |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 14714 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°10′30.00″N 78°42′39.00″W / 43.175°N 78.71083°W |
| Callsign meaning | Lively Voice of Lockport[2] |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio |
| Owner | Dick Greene; Culver Communications Corp., Inc. |
| Sister stations | WECK |
| Website | wlvl.com |
WLVL (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Lockport, New York, USA, the station serves the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area. The station is currently owned by Culver Communications Corp., Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio and Business TalkRadio Network.[3][4]
The station is owned by Dick Greene's Culver Communications, which also owns WECK, an adult contemporary music station in Cheektowaga. WECK was a talk radio station like WLVL from 2008 to 2011, and when the station switched to its current format, WLVL picked up some of the displaced programs.
[edit] Programming
- First Light
- Lockport's Early Morning News with Paul Oates (Tim Schmitt with news)
- Tradio
- Niagara's Talking, hosted by Donna Pieszala
- Brian Kahle, former AM Buffalo host
- Dennis Miller, migrated from WECK
- Neal Boortz]
- Business TalkRadio Network
Doug Young, a radio veteran of WGR and the now-defunct WNSA, hosted an interview program on WLVL, but was fired in September 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ "Buffalo-Niagara Falls Market Ratings". Radio & Records. http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Buffalo-Niagara%20Falls&MarketRank=%20.
- ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web. http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html.
- ^ "WLVL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WLVL.
- ^ "WLVL Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WLVL.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WLVL
- Radio-Locator Information on WLVL
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WLVL
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