WLFV
| Broadcast area | Greater Richmond Region |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 98.9 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Silent |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
|
| WARV-FM, WWLB-FM, WBBT-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | November 22, 1971 (as WJMA-FM)[1] |
Former call signs | WJMA-FM (1971-1984) WVJZ (1984-1990) WJMA-FM (1990-2004) WCUL (2004-2005) WWLB (2005-2014)[2] |
Call sign meaning | WoLF Virginia (previous format) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 54872 |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 4,800 watts |
| HAAT | 227.4 meters (746 ft) |
WLFV (98.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Midlothian, Virginia and serving the Greater Richmond Region.[3] WLFV is owned and operated by Alpha Media.[4] It is simulcast with 100.3 WARV-FM in Petersburg, Virginia. WLFV covers communities to the north of Richmond and WARV-FM covers communities to the south.
Studios and offices for WLFV and WARV-FM, as well as sister station WBBT-FM are on Arboretum Place in Richmond. WLFV's transmitter is off Basie Road in Henrico, Virginia.[5]
On December 5, 2016, the Educational Media Foundation filed an application with the FCC to purchase both WLFV and WARV, and has already applied to flip both to their K-Love network upon the sale's completion; combined with its recent acquisition of WZEZ, EMF will improve its signal in the River City greatly with the changes.[6]
On March 22, 2017 WLFV began stunting, directing listeners to sister station WWLB (the classic country-formatted "Hank FM").[7] On March 23, 2017, the station went silent in advance of its impending flip to K-Love.[8]
Previous Logo
References
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-252. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ "WLFV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=WLFV-FM
- ^ Alpha Sells Richmond Pair to EMF
- ^ Alpha Shakes Up Richmond Cluster Radioinsight - March 22, 2017
- ^ "Robert Corbin VARTV on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
External links
- WLFV in the FCC FM station database
- WLFV in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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