WLLY-FM

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WLLY-FM
Broadcast area West Palm Beach, Florida
Frequency 99.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingLa Ley 99.5
Programming
Language Spanish
Format Regional Mexican
Subchannels
"Yo! 107.1"
Ownership
OwnerGlades Media Group
WWRF
History
First air date
July 2, 1979 (1979-7-2)
Former call signs
  • WAFC (1979–1984)
  • WAFC-FM (1984–2010)
Former frequencies
106.3 MHz (1979–2001)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 24230
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 26°45′43″N80°04′41″W / 26.762°N 80.078083°W / 26.762; -80.078083
Translator(s)
  • HD2: 103.7 W279DG (West Palm Beach)
  • HD3: 107.1 W296AW (Mangonia Park)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Website

WLLY-FM (99.5 MHz, "La Ley 99.5") is a commercial radio station licensed to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Owned by Glades Media Group, It serves the West Palm Beach radio market, and airs a Regional Mexican radio format.

Contents

The studios and offices are on South Congress Avenue in Palm Springs, and the transmitter is on Hill Avenue, in West Palm Beach. [2]

History

WLLY-FM launched as WAFC-FM 106.3 in Clewiston, Florida, on July 2, 1979. [3] It was owned by Tri-County Stereo and broadcast a modern country format.

WAFC-FM moved to 99.5 MHz and upgraded to a Class C3 station in 2001. It then moved to Palm Beach Gardens and downgraded back to Class A in 2009, allowing it to enter the West Palm Beach radio market.

HD Radio

On September 6, 2018, WLLY launched a classic hip hop format on its HD3 subchannel, branded as "Yo! 107.1" (simulcast on translator W296AW 107.1 FM Mangonia Park). [4] That translator and the format are owned by Black Media Works, which used the translator to rebroadcast WJFP in Fort Pierce, Florida.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WLLY-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WLLY-FM
  3. ↑ "WAFC (FM)" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1981. p. C-44 (322). Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ Venta, Lance (September 6, 2018). "Yo! Classic Hip Hop Comes to West Palm Beach". RadioInsight.
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