WZLF

WZLF
Bellows Falls, Vermont; United States;
Broadcast area	Claremont, New Hampshire and Springfield, Vermont
Frequency	107.1 MHz
Branding	95.3 and 107.1 The Wolf
Programming
Format	Country
Ownership
Owner	Binnie Media; (WBIN Media Co., Inc.);
Sister stations	WXLF
History
First air date	1981 (as WTIJ)
Former call signs	WTIJ (1981–1983); WBFL (1983–1996); WZSH (1996–2005);
Call sign meaning	"Wolf"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	69493
Class	A
ERP	1,150 watts
HAAT	162 meters (531 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°12′33.2″N 72°19′56.3″W / 43.209222°N 72.332306°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	953thewolf.com

WZLF (107.1 FM, "95.3 and 107.1 The Wolf") is a radio station licensed to serve Bellows Falls, Vermont, transmitting from Alstead, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Binnie Media. It airs a country music format, simulcast with WXLF (95.3 FM) in Hartford.^[3]

The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since March 1, 2005.^[1]

History

The station signed on in 1981 as WTIJ, a religious station owned by Brian Dodge. WTIJ was sold in 1983 to local residents Brad and Evelyn Weeks, who flipped it to country as WBFL. Dodge's mother Etta, owned WBFL's translator station in Keene, New Hampshire, W288AM (105.5 FM). On January 1, 1990, WBFL flipped again to classic rock as "B-107". That format, despite ratings success, was not profitable and ended two years later, and signaled the end of locally originated programming on 107.1. The station struggled into the mid 1990s with an adult album alternative format, then a simulcast of Marlboro station WSSH as WZSH until 1996 under new owner Dynacom. That was followed by country simulcasting under Dynacom and Vox, then Nassau Broadcasting Partners.

WZLF, along with 16 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by WBIN Media Company, a company controlled by Bill Binnie, on May 22, 2012. Binnie already owned WBIN-TV in Derry, New Hampshire.^[4]^[5] The deal was completed on November 30, 2012.^[6]