WIFY

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WIFY
Broadcasts The Point radio network
Broadcast area Champlain Valley
Frequency 93.7 MHz
BrandingThe Point
Programming
Format Adult album alternative
Ownership
Owner
  • Steven Silberberg and Edward Flanagan
  • (Radio Broadcasting Services, Inc.)
WWMP
History
First air date
1999 (1999) [1]
Former call signs
  • WWFY (1997–1999)
  • WRRO (1999–2001)
  • WXAL-FM (2001–2005)
  • WUSX (2005–2010)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 83867
Class C3
ERP 21,000 watts
HAAT 108 meters (354 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 44°13′15.2″N73°24′35.5″W / 44.220889°N 73.409861°W / 44.220889; -73.409861
Links
Public license information
Website www.pointfm.com

WIFY (93.7 FM) is an adult album alternative formatted radio station that is part of The Point radio network. Licensed to Addison, Vermont, United States, the station serves Middlebury, Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, and Plattsburgh, New York. WIFY is owned by Radio Broadcasting Services, Inc. [3]

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History

The station was assigned call sign WWFY on December 8, 1997. On April 30, 1999, the call letters changed to WRRO. When the station launched, it went by the name "The Arrow" and broadcast a classic rock format. The station changed calls and formats again on April 23, 2001, to WXAL-FM with a hot adult contemporary format as "Alice".

In September 2002, WXAL-FM began simulcasting on WLKC (103.3 FM; now WAVJ). The simulcast gave "Alice" a better signal in Burlington. [4] On June 1, 2005, WLKC and WXAL-FM flipped to an adult hits format as "MP 103"; WLKC became WWMP, and station identifications during this time ceased to mention WXAL-FM. [5] That August, the station ended the WWMP simulcast and became classic country station "US 93.7", changing its call sign to WUSX on September 7. [6] [7]

On July 1, 2008, the station changed format from to oldies as "Cruisin' 93.7". The first song was 409 by The Beach Boys. Two years after the station went oldies, the call letters changed yet again on May 24, 2010, to the current WIFY. [8] [9] On September 2, 2014, WIFY dropped the oldies format and became part of the radio network known as The Point, with an adult album alternative format, simulcasting the Montpelier/Burlington network content of WNCS.

References

  1. ↑ "Info" (PDF). www.americanradiohistory.com. 2010.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WIFY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WIFY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ Fybush, Scott (September 10, 2002). "North East RadioWatch" . Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ Fybush, Scott (June 6, 2005). "WCBS-FM: The End". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ Fybush, Scott (August 22, 2005). "So Long, Toronto 1". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  7. ↑ Fybush, Scott (August 29, 2005). "WPEN Heads For The Locker Room". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  8. ↑ "WIFY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  9. ↑ "Making Moves: Wednesday, June 9, 2010". Radio-Info.com. June 9, 2010.


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