WLVF (AM)
Frequency | 930 kHz |
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Programming | |
Format | Defunct (was Southern Gospel) |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | September 9, 1960[1] (as WHAN) |
Last air date | August 30, 2010[2] |
Former call signs | WHAN (1960–1979) WFXI (1979–1984) WTHN (1984–1986) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 36501 |
Class | D |
Power | 500 watts day 13 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 28°4′52.00″N 81°38′23.00″W / 28.0811111°N 81.6397222°W |
Links | |
Website | gospel903.com |
WLVF (930 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel format. Licensed to Haines City, Florida, United States, the station was owned by Landmark Baptist Church.[3] During its final years, the station served as a simulcast of its sister station, WLVF-FM, which is still broadcasting the Gospel in central Florida.
History
[edit]The station went on the air as WHAN[4] on September 9, 1960.[1] It then became WFXI on February 9, 1979.[4][5] On July 23, 1984, the station changed its call sign to WTHN; on March 26, 1986, the station changed to WLVF.[5] WLVF went silent August 30, 2010 after losing its transmitter site;[2] after determining that there were no sites available to return the station to the air, Landmark Baptist Church turned in the license for WLVF on May 18, 2011.[6] The license was cancelled on June 7, 2011.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-89. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ a b "Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 28, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "WLVF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ a b "WFXI (DWLVF) history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ a b "WLVF Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Belisle, Joseph A. (May 18, 2011). "Re: Station WLVF(AM), Facility ID 36501" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Station Search Details (DWLVF)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
External links
[edit]- FCC Station Search Details: DWLVF (Facility ID: 36501)
- FCC History Cards for WLVF (covering 1957-1980 as WHAN / WFXI)
- Radio stations in Florida
- Radio stations established in 1960
- Radio stations disestablished in 2011
- Defunct radio stations in the United States
- 1960 establishments in Florida
- 2011 disestablishments in Florida
- Defunct religious radio stations in the United States
- Defunct mass media in Florida
- Florida radio station stubs