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| area = [[Northern Virginia]] |
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| city = [[Buckland, Virginia]] |
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| webcast = [http://www.klove.com/listen/player.aspx Listen Live] |
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| website = [http://www.klove.com/ klove.com] |
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Revision as of 20:54, 19 April 2018
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| Broadcast area | Northern Virginia |
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| Frequency | 94.3 MHz |
| Branding | K-Love |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | November 2, 1978 |
Former call signs | WQRA (1978-1996) WINX-FM (1996-1997) WTOP-FM (1997-1998) WUPP (1998-1999)[1] WPLC (1999-2000) WPLC-FM (2000-2001) WBPS-FM (2001-2006) WWXX (2006-2017) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 16819 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 2,000 watts |
| HAAT | 175 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°44′20.98″N 77°50′8.01″W / 38.7391611°N 77.8355583°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | klove.com |
WLZV (94.3 FM) is a contemporary Christian music formatted radio station licensed to Buckland, Virginia and serving the southwestern Washington metropolitan area. The station's programming is a relay of K-Love.
History
WQRA signed on November 2, 1978 as a local station serving Warrenton, Virginia with middle-of-the-road music and local news coverage.[2]
In 1996, the station was sold by Dettra Broadcasting to Bill Parris' Radio Broadcasting Communications, owner of WINX (1600 AM, Rockville, Maryland).[3] Parris flipped the station in September 1996 to WINX-FM, a simulcast of WINX's oldies music.[4]
The station became WTOP-FM in September 1997; it was the first FM outlet of all-news WTOP, which at the time was on 1500 AM.[5] In February 1998, Bonneville International, the owner of WTOP, bought it from Parris. Bonneville then traded this station and cash to Syd Abel for his higher-powered 107.7 FM.[6] The transaction was completed the next month, and Abel moved over his "rocking country" format, branded as WUPP "Up Country".[7] One year later, in April 1999, Abel flipped to WPLC "The Pulse", playing hot adult contemporary crossed with alternative rock hits.[8]
Mega Communications purchased the station in 2000. Mega first broadcast a format of Spanish love songs, renaming the station WPLC-FM as they added a simulcast with 1050 AM in Washington, which became WPLC.[9] The following year, Mega changed the callsign to WBPS-FM and joined it with WBZS-FM (92.7 FM, Prince Frederick, Maryland) in a Spanish adult contemporary simulcast branded as "La Nueva Mega". In 2005, the stations switched to Spanish oldies as "Mega Clasica".[10]
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder bought the two stations, as well as Mega's WKDL (730 AM, Alexandria, Virginia), in 2006. The new three-station network ran a new simulcast as "Triple X ESPN Radio", creating an ESPN Radio-based sports talk competitor to WTEM (980 AM). 94.3 changed to WWXX to reflect the branding.[11] In 2008, Snyder bought WTEM itself, and the network became simply "ESPN 980" with no other changes to the two FM stations.[12]
Snyder began selling off his radio properties during 2017; Educational Media Foundation bought 94.3 FM and flipped it to WLZV with their national K-Love contemporary Christian music programming.[13]
References
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). p. D-471.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1980 (PDF). p. C-242.
- ^ Staff (April 5, 1996). "Newsline". Billboard. p. 106.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (December 17, 1998). "Spanish WINX Is Born December 17". DCRTV.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (May 5, 1998). "WTOP Plans Improved Reception On 107.7". DCRTV.
- ^ Staff (March 16, 1998). "Changing hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 57.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (April 1, 1998). "WTOP Moves To 107.7". DCRTV.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (April 28, 1999). "WUPP Drops Country". DCRTV.
- ^ Staff (April 24, 2000). "Changing hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 61.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (November 17, 2005). "Mega Flips 92.7 & 94.3 To "Classica"". DCRTV.
- ^ Clabaugh, Jeff (January 20, 2006). "Snyder buys three Washington radio stations". Washington Business Journal.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (June 4, 2008). "Snyder To Buy WTEM & Two Talkers From Clear Channel". DCRTV.
- ^ Venta, Lance (May 15, 2017). "EMF Acquires 94.3 WWXX In DC Suburbs". RadioInsight.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID WLZV ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database