WZLF

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WZLF
Broadcast area Claremont, New Hampshire and Springfield, Vermont
Frequency 107.1 MHz
Branding95.3 and 107.1 The Wolf
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
Owner
  • Binnie Media
  • (WBIN Media Co., Inc.)
WXLF
History
First air date
 1981 (as WTIJ)
Former call signs
  • WTIJ (1981–1983)
  • WBFL (1983–1996)
  • WZSH (1996–2005) [1]
Call sign meaning
"Wolf"
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 69493
Class A
ERP 1,150 watts
HAAT 162 meters (532 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 43°12′33″N72°19′58″W / 43.20917°N 72.33278°W / 43.20917; -72.33278
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website 953thewolf.com

WZLF (107.1 FM, "95.3 and 107.1 The Wolf") is a radio station licensed to serve Bellows Falls, Vermont transmitting from Alstead, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Binnie Media. It airs a country music format, simulcast with WXLF (95.3 FM) in Hartford. [3]

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The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since March 1, 2005. [1]

History

The station signed on in 1981 as WTIJ, a religious station owned by Brian Dodge. WTIJ was sold in 1983 to local residents Brad and Evelyn Weeks, who flipped it to country as WBFL. Dodge's mother Etta, owned WBFL's translator station in Keene, New Hampshire, W288AM (105.5 FM). On January 1, 1990, WBFL flipped again to classic rock as "B-107". That format, despite ratings success, was not profitable and ended two years later, and signaled the end of locally originated programming on 107.1. The station struggled into the mid 1990s with an adult album alternative format, then a simulcast of Marlboro station WSSH as WZSH until 1996 under new owner Dynacom. That was followed by country simulcasting under Dynacom and Vox, then Nassau Broadcasting Partners.

WZLF, along with 16 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by WBIN Media Company, a company controlled by Bill Binnie, on May 22, 2012. Binnie already owned WBIN-TV in Derry, New Hampshire. [4] [5] The deal was completed on November 30, 2012. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WZLF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations". All Access. May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  5. ↑ "WBIN Media acquires 17 N.E. radio stations". New Hampshire Union Leader . May 23, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  6. ↑ Kitch, Michael (December 1, 2012). "Binnie closes on purchase of WLNH". Laconia Daily Sun . Retrieved December 1, 2012.


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