WLMZ-FM
Broadcast area | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton |
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Frequency | 102.3MHz(HD Radio) |
Branding | La Mega 102.3 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Format | Tropical music |
Subchannels | HD2:Channel Q |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | 1983 |
Former call signs |
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Call signmeaning | "La Mega" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 22925 |
Class | A |
ERP | |
HAAT | 22 meters (72 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°18′20.3″N75°45′36.7″W/ 41.305639°N 75.760194°W |
Repeater(s) | 1300WLMZ(West Hazleton) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live(viaAudacy) |
Website | www |
WLMZ-FM(102.3MHz,"La Mega 102.3" ) is a commercialradio stationlicensed to servePittston, Pennsylvania.The station is owned byAudacy, Inc.,through licensee Audacy License, LLC, and airs aSpanish tropicalformat[3]branded as "La Mega 102.3". Its broadcast tower is located nearDupont, Pennsylvania,at (41°18′20.0″N75°45′37.0″W/ 41.305556°N 75.760278°W).[4]Its programming is also simulcast onWLMZ(1300 AM) inWest Hazleton.
WLMZ-FM usesHD Radioand broadcasts Audacy'sLGBTQtalkanddance musicservice branded as "Channel Q"on its HD2 subchannel.[5]
History
[edit]The station signed on for the first time in 1983 as WTLQ, aCHRstation branded as "Q102". It would later change its calls to WSKS in 1993, then to WWSH in 1994. After briefly holding the WILK-FM callsign in 1998, the calls would later switch to WSHG that same year. In 2001, the calls would switch to WUBZ, then WBZJ that same year.
In 2002, WBZJ flipped to aAAAformat branded as "102.3 the Mountain". It would soon change its calls to WDMT soon after.
In 2013, WDMT flipped toSportsas "102.3 The Sports Hub".
On April 10, 2015, at 7:00AM, after dropping the sports format andstuntingwith random people counting up to 5000, WHBS flipped to a Rock-leaningACformat as "Max 102", with the call letters changing to WMQX. The first song on Max 102 was "Sweet Child o’ Mine"byGuns N’ Roses.[6]The format would later shift toClassic Hitsa few years later.
On October 13, 2023, WMQX flipped to a Spanish tropical format, branded "La Mega 102.3" and simulcasting onWODS(1300 AM) inWest Hazleton."La Mega" had previously aired onthe second HD Radio channelofWGGYand on twoFM translators.[7]
The station changed its call sign to WLMZ-FM on October 25, 2023.
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WLMZ-FM".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Digital Radio Notification [WDMT]".fcc.gov.Federal Communications Commission.October 18, 2010.Retrieved2018-11-20.
- ^"Entercom Markets Wilkes-Barre/Scranton".entercom.Retrieved2018-11-20.
- ^"FM Query Results for WLMZ-FM".fcc.gov.Federal Communications Commission.Retrieved2018-11-20.
- ^InsideRadio "Channel Q Expands to Nine More Radio Markets" August 15, 2019
- ^WHBS Becomes Max 102
- ^Venta, Lance (October 13, 2023)."Audacy Launches La Mega 102.3 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre".RadioInsight.RetrievedOctober 13,2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 22925 (WLMZ-FM)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WLMZ-FMinNielsen Audio's FM station database