WLVF (AM)

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WLVF
Frequency 930 kHz
Programming
Format Defunct (was Southern Gospel)
Ownership
Owner
  • Landmark Baptist Church
  • (Landmark Baptist Church, Inc.)
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″N81°38′23.00″W / 28.0811111°N 81.6397222°W / 28.0811111; -81.6397222
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.

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History

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

  1. 1 2 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-89. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 28, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "WLVF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. 1 2 "WFXI (DWLVF) history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "WLVF Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  6. ↑ Belisle, Joseph A. (May 18, 2011). "Re: Station WLVF(AM), Facility ID 36501" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Station Search Details (DWLVF)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved May 1, 2017.


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