WLOF
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| Broadcast area | Buffalo, New York |
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| Branding | The Station of the Cross |
| Frequency | 101.7 MHz |
| Format | Religious (Catholic) |
| Power | 3,200 watts |
| Class | A |
| Callsign meaning | Our Lady of Fatima |
| Owner | Holy Family Communications (Roman Catholic Church) |
| Website | www.thestationofthecross.com |
Dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima, WLOF is a Catholic radio station broadcasting from Attica, New York. WLOF is located at 101.7 on the FM dial and covers much of Western New York, including Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Referred to as The Station of the Cross, WLOF is owned and operated by Holy Family Communications.
[edit] History
101.7 MHz in Attica, New York began its broadcasting life as WBTF "BT Country". It was the sister station to WBTA in Batavia, New York.
Beginning on February 13, 1998 101.7 FM was acquired by Broben Communications, Inc. and used WXOX as its callsign. WXOX then forced nearby station WHUG in Jamestown to change frequencies in an effort to gain coverage area. While WXOX, 101.7 broadcast modern-rock as "The Spot," supposedly covering "Attica, Amherst and Buffalo" and acting as a challenger to WEDG. It made a significant advertising blitz in the Buffalo market and even created its own "Spotfest" music festival, but it never even registered a measurable audience in the ratings books, let alone make a serious challenge at any Buffalo station, because of its very weak signal (it had 1/15th of the signal strength of another Wyoming County station, WNUC, which was an average station at its best).[1]
On August 15, 1999 Holy Family Communications acquired WXOX and began broadcasting Catholic programming as WLOF becoming the sixth Catholic Radio station in the United States.[2]
Prior to this, the callsign WLOF was used for Orlando Florida's Second radio station. [3] This station began broadcasting on 1230Khz AM on October 26, 1940. It switched to 950Khz and continued to broadcast under this call sign until 1989. During the 1960s and 1970s this station was the leading rock and roll station in Orlando. [4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Fybush, Scott. New England Radio Watch. 22 January 1999.
- ^ Call Sign History
- ^ WLOF-AM 950 Orlando
- ^ WLOF Channel 95 opening page
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