WVLG (640 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Wildwood, Florida, and serving The Villages. It is owned by Village Communications and airs a full service classic hits radio format. World and national news is provided by Fox News Radio.
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| Broadcast area | The Villages |
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| Frequency | 640 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Village Communications[1] |
| History | |
First air date | 1986 (as WHOF) |
Former call signs | WHOF (1986-May 1988) WMZY (May-August 1988) WHOF (August 1988-2000) |
Call sign meaning | The ViLlaGes |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70724 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 930 watts (day) 860 watts (night) |
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| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
By day, WVLG broadcasts at 930 watts, reducing power at night to 860 watts. It uses a non-directional antenna at all times.[3] The station is also heard on two FM translator stations: W274BR 102.7 MHz in the northern part of the listening area and W283DK 104.5 in the southern part.[4]
History
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In 1986, the station signed on as WHOF. It was owned by Walker Heart of Florida Broadcasting, and the station was licensed in Wildwood, Florida but had a studio in Leesburg, Florida. In 1987, the station was sold to Jim Patrick, operated as WMZY, and played Contemporary Christian music. It changed to WHOF in 1988 and offered Christian talk and teaching programming.
In 2001 the station was purchased by the Senior Broadcasting Corporation. For a time it concentrated on Adult Standards music, but in the 2000s, the focus switched to Soft Oldies of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. As of 2002, WVLG played "a lot more Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen than Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington."[5]
In 2011, the station was sold for $750,000 to Villages Communications.[6]
References
edit- ^ WVLG Sold by Senior Broadcasting to Village Communications
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVLG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WVLG
- ^ "W274BR-FM 102.7 MHz". Theodric Technologie. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ Kunerth, Jeff (November 24, 2002). "Retiree Dreams Come True at the Villages". Orlando Sentinel. p. A1.
- ^ "Central Florida Radio". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 70724 (WVLG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WVLG in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 157096 (W274BR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W274BR at FCCdata.org
- Facility details for Facility ID 202524 (W283DK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W283DK at FCCdata.org