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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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WVLY-FM

WVLY-FM (100.9 MHz, "The Valley") is a commercial radio station licensed to Milton, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation with studios on County Line Road in Selinsgrove. The station broadcasts a radio format mixing adult contemporary music and classic hits. Local DJs are heard on weekdays. Two nationally syndicated shows air at night, Delilah with dedications and call-ins, and Intelligence for Your Life with John Tesh, with tips on health and relationships. WVLY-FM plays smooth jazz on Sunday mornings, including the syndicated Dave Koz Radio Show.

WVLY-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,300 watts as a Class A station. Its transmitter and broadcast tower are on Tower Road in Danville.

History

The Federal Communications Commission granted WMLP, Inc. a construction permit for a new FM station on July 5, 1967. It was the sister station to WMLP 1380 AM. The station's call sign was WMLP-FM. The construction was completed and the license was granted on January 11, 1968; 56 years ago (January 11, 1968). In its early years, it mostly simulcast the programming on WMLP 1380 AM. It later had an automated country music format.

The FM station's call sign was changed to WOEZ-FM on October 1, 1979. It began broadcasting an easy listening format. Then on September 23, 1994, the call sign was changed to WVLY, followed by a change to WVLY-FM on January 22, 2001.

Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation purchased the assets of WVLY-FM from Milton/Lewisburg Broadcasting Corporation on March 6, 2006.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVLY-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WVLY-FM
  3. ^ "History Cards for WVLY-FM". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  4. ^ "History". Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2015-07-19.

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