WLUV

WLUV
Loves Park, Illinois;
Broadcast area	Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois
Frequency	1520 kHz
Branding	Luv Radio
Programming
Format	Classic country / sports radio / talk radio
Affiliations	CBS Radio, Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Angelo Joseph Salvi
History
First air date	February 14, 1963
Call sign meaning	"W Loves Park"
Technical information
Facility ID	2255
Class	D
Power	500 watts day; 13 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	42°19′48″N 89°4′58″W / 42.33000°N 89.08278°W

WLUV (1520 AM) is a radio station licensed to Loves Park, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Rockford area. Originally a daytime-only station, WLUV operates with reduced power at night. The station carries a Classic country, Sports and Talk format. WLUV is currently owned by Angelo Joseph Salvi, and broadcasts CBS Radio news. A sister station, WLUV-FM operated at 96.7 MHz, but is now known as WKGL-FM and is owned by Cumulus Media.^[1]^[2]

1520 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WWKB in Buffalo, New York and KOKC in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma share Class A status. WLUV must drastically reduce nighttime power in order to protect the nighttime skywave signals of the Class A stations.

Translator

In addition to the main AM station, WLUV is relayed by an FM translator to provide stereo with improved sound and wider nighttime coverage; WLUV transmits with 13 watts of nighttime power.

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	FCC info
W287BY	105.3 FM	Rockford, Illinois	151837	135	90 m (295 ft)	D	LMS

References

^ "WLUV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ "WLUV Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

External links

Facility details for Facility ID WLUV ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
{{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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[1] "WLUV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[2] "WLUV Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

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