WLVL

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WLVL
WLVL 1340AM-105.3FM logo.jpg
Broadcast areaBuffalo-Niagara Falls
Frequency 1340 kHz
BrandingHometown 1340 AM - 105.3 FM
Programming
Format News Talk Information
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Genesis Communications Network
Premiere Networks
USA Radio Network
Niagara Power
Ownership
Owner
  • Bill Yuhnke
  • (Kenmore Broadcasting Communications, Inc.)
WEBR
History
First air date
May 20, 1949 (first license granted)
Former call signs
WUSJ (1949–1975)
Call sign meaning
Lively Voice of Lockport [1]
Technical information
Facility ID 14714
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 43°10′30″N78°42′39″W / 43.17500°N 78.71083°W / 43.17500; -78.71083
Links
Webcast WLVL Webstream
Website wlvl.com

WLVL (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Lockport, New York, United States, the station serves the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area. The station is currently owned by Bill Yuhnke, who also owns WEBR in Niagara Falls. [2] [3]

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History

From at least 1936 until 1948, the 1340 frequency on the Niagara Frontier was occupied by the original WEBR, which moved down the dial to 970 (now WDCZ) in 1948. [4] WLVL went on the air in 1949 as WUSJ, owned by the Lockport Union-Sun and Journal, Inc., the local newspaper that owned it until 1970. The station was sold to Hall Communications in 1970 and became WLVL in 1975.

For most of the 21st century, WLVL was owned by Dick Greene, through his holding company Culver Communications. In September 2022, WLVL owner Dick Greene announced his retirement and the sale of the station to Bill Yuhnke, who owns WEBR and Liberty Yellow Cab, a taxicab service in the Buffalo region. Yuhnke plans no changes to the station's format or staff. [5] [6] Yuhnke's purchase of WLVL closed on January 20, 2023, at a price of $375,000. [7]

Programming

WLVL offers a morning drive time talk show hosted by John Maser with Hank Nevins (a frequent on-again off-again contributor to WLVL over the decades) as newsman, a tradio program, a "Dial-a-Deal" program in which listeners can buy gift certificates at discount prices, and a weekly sports talk program devoted to Niagara County sports teams. The station is affiliated with Premiere Networks, carrying the Glenn Beck Program , The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show , The Sean Hannity Show and Fox Sports Radio; it also carries affiliations with Fox News Radio, The Ramsey Show , Doug Stephan and Bill O'Reilly.

Sports on WLVL include the Niagara Power collegiate summer baseball squad and local high school sports. It is an affiliate of the New York Yankees Radio Network.

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References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ↑ "WLVL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WLVL Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ Buffalo Broadcasting Landmarks Today: 1936 Blaw-Knox Tower In The Larkin District. Buffalo Broadcasters Association. April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  5. ↑ Pfeiffer, Rick (September 22, 2022). "Lockport's WLVL radio is sold to Kenmore Broadcasting". Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  6. ↑ Joe, Benjamin (January 21, 2023). "WLVL-AM's new owner says he likes what he's hearing". Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  7. ↑ Fink, James (January 30, 2023). "Kenmore Broadcasting acquires Lockport's WLVL-AM". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  8. ↑ Cichon, Steve. 100 Years of Buffalo Broadcasting. Excerpt: Irv, Rick & Tom. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  9. ↑ Pollock, Chuch (October 17, 2019). WESB’s Arlington doing his final football broadcast. The Bradford Era. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
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