WRLE-LP

WRLE-LP
City of license	Dunnellon, Florida
Branding	EZ Favorites
Frequency	94.9 MHz
First air date	2004
Format	Soft Adult Contemporary
ERP	72 watts
HAAT	35 meters (115 ft)
Class	L1
Facility ID	133335
Transmitter coordinates	29°8′58.00″N 82°30′25.00″W / 29.1494444°N 82.5069444°W / 29.1494444; -82.5069444Coordinates: 29°8′58.00″N 82°30′25.00″W / 29.1494444°N 82.5069444°W / 29.1494444; -82.5069444
Owner	Power Ministries
Website	Official website

WRLE-LP (94.9 FM, "EZ Favorites") is a radio station broadcasting a soft adult contemporary music format.^[1] Licensed to Dunnellon, Florida, USA, the station is currently owned by Power Ministries.^[2]

History

The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station on May 28, 2002.^[3] The station was issued the WRLE-LP call sign on June 5, 2002,^[4] and received its license to cover on February 3, 2004.^[5]

WRLE-LP began regular broadcasts in 2002 after longtime area broadcaster Tony Downes received a construction permit for the new low-power FM station. Downes wanted a community outreach radio station primarily to serve the residents of Rainbow Lakes Estate near Dunnellon in West Marion County. The call letters, WRLE, stand for Rainbow Lakes Estates. In 2002, WRLE went on the air. The original format was contemporary hits, known as “The Heat”, with some religious programming on Sundays and other times during the weekends. However, since most of the residents living within the WRLE listening area are over 45, in 2003 the format was switched to soft adult contemporary. The Sunday morning programming includes Day One and The Lutheran Hour. According to Downes, this brought the station's programming more in tune with the station's desired target audience which has a median age of 45. The strategy has worked. WRLE is well received by the area residents and enjoyed by many.

High school sports is another big part of WRLE’s success. Each Friday evening during the football season, Dunnellon’s Tiger football can be heard live over WRLE with Downes calling the play-by-play action. No other radio station in the area carries any local sports.

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
↑ "WRLE-LP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
↑ "Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
↑ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 3, 2009.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WRLE

Radio-Locator information on WRLE-LP

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WRLE

Radio stations in the Gainesville / Ocala market

By AM frequency	640 850 900 980 1230 1240 1370 1390 1430

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.3 91.7 91.9 92.5 92.9 93.7 94.7 (WGLJ-LP) 94.7 (WGOT-LP) 94.7 (WVFP-LP) 94.9 95.3 95.5 95.7 96.3 96.7 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.5 99.7 100.5 100.7 100.9 101.3 101.7 102.3 103.3 103.7 104.3 104.7 104.9 105.3 106.3 106.9 107.5 107.9

By callsign	W237EJ W244BC WAJD WAQV WDVH WDVH-FM WERF-LP WFJV-LP WGGG WGHR WGLJ-LP WGMA WGMW WGOT-LP WHGN WHHZ WHIJ WITG-LP WJLF WJND-LP WJUF WKTK WMOP WMFQ WNDD WNDN WNDT WOCA WOGK WPLL WPZM-LP WRLE-LP WRUF WRUF-FM WSKY-FM WTMG WTMN WTRS WUFT-FM WVFP-LP WVLG WWLC WXOF WXJZ WYFB WYFZ WYGC WYKE WYKS WZCC

Defunct stations	WCFI

Future stations	WURB (TBA)

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Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Florida

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