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Radio station in Wildwood, Florida
WVLG
(640
kHz
) is a
commercial
AM
radio station
licensed
to
Wildwood, Florida
, and serving
The Villages
. It is owned by Village Communications and airs a
full service
classic hits
radio format
. World and national news is provided by
Fox News Radio
.
By day, WVLG broadcasts at 930
watts
, reducing power at night to 860 watts. It uses a
non-directional antenna
at all times.
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The station is also heard on two
FM translator
stations:
W274BR
102.7
MHz
in the northern part of the listening area and
W283DK
104.5 in the southern part.
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History
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In 1986, the station
signed on
as WHOF. It was owned by Walker Heart of Florida Broadcasting, and the station was licensed in
Wildwood, Florida
but had a studio in
Leesburg, Florida
. In 1987, the station was sold to Jim Patrick, operated as WMZY, and played
Contemporary Christian music
. It changed to WHOF in 1988 and offered
Christian talk and teaching
programming.
In 2001 the station was purchased by the Senior Broadcasting Corporation. For a time it concentrated on
Adult Standards
music, but in the 2000s, the focus switched to Soft
Oldies
of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. As of 2002, WVLG played "a lot more
Paul Simon
and
Bruce Springsteen
than
Frank Sinatra
and
Duke Ellington
."
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In 2011, the station was sold for $750,000 to Villages Communications.
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References
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External links
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28°51′19″N
81°58′12″W
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28.85528°N 81.97000°W
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28.85528; -81.97000