WLBW
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| Broadcast area | Ocean City, Maryland |
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| Frequency | 92.1MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Network | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | April 1, 1994[1] |
Call signmeaning | Former simulcaster ofWLVWinSalisbury, Maryland |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 28170 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3 kW |
| HAAT | 143 m (469 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°25′20″N75°8′23″W/ 38.42222°N 75.13972°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
WLBWis aradio stationin theFenwick Island/Ocean Cityarea ofDelawareandMarylandand broadcasting at 92.1MHz.The station plays acontemporary Christian musicformat as part of theK-Lovenetwork. The station is owned by theEducational Media Foundation.
History
[edit]HVS Partners acquired the construction permit for WADD before it went to air, changed the call letters to WLBW, and signed the station on with anoldiesformat known as "The Wave" on April 1, 1994,[1]simulcastingWLVW-FMinSalisbury, Maryland.[3]The move allowed WLVW's oldies format to expand its reach.[4]HVS Partners sold its stations in the Ocean City-Salisbury market toCumulus Broadcastingin 1997—including WLBW, three additional FM outlets and an AM station—in a $9.2 million transaction;[5]earlier in the year, Cumulus had entered into alocal marketing agreementto run them.[6]
Clear Channel Communicationsacquired WLBW, WLVW-FM, and the other Cumulus Ocean City stations in 2000, amid financial problems at Cumulus.[7]Clear Channel would flip WLVW-FM tocontemporary hit radioin 2004 as WDKZ, breaking the two-station simulcast, with WLBW retaining the oldies format. After a private equity buyout byBain Capitalin 2007, Clear Channel was required to spin off stations from a series of grandfathered clusters, including the Salisbury–Ocean City market, due to ownership limits;[8]it chose to place WLBW and WDKZ in theAloha Station Trust.The trust sold both stations to EMF in November 2010 for $400,000.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ab"WLBW(FM)"(PDF).Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995.p. B-74 (234).RetrievedJuly 8,2020.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WLBW".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Format Changes & Updates"(PDF).M Street Journal.April 20, 1994. p. 1 (17).RetrievedJuly 8,2020.
- ^"Airwaves attract trio of new radio stations".Baltimore Sun.April 10, 1997. p. 7.RetrievedJuly 8,2020.
- ^"Transactions"(PDF).Radio & Records.September 12, 1997. p. 6.RetrievedJuly 8,2020.
- ^"Format Changes & Updates"(PDF).M Street Journal.January 15, 1997. p. 2 (38).RetrievedJuly 8,2020.
- ^"Elsewhere"(PDF).M Street Journal.May 10, 2000. p. 8 (18).RetrievedJuly 8,2020.
- ^ab"Radio trading: Beachfront property scored by EMF".RBR.November 24, 2010.RetrievedJuly 8,2020.
- ^Venta, Lance (February 9, 2011)."Will Kiss Survive In Salisbury/Ocean City?".RadioInsight.RetrievedJuly 8,2020.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 28170 (WLBW)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WLBWinNielsen Audio's FM station database