WLFP

WLFP

City	Germantown, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Memphis, Tennessee
Branding	94.1 The Wolf
Slogan	Memphis' New Country
Frequency	94.1 MHz
First air date	1978 (as WLVS-FM)
Format	Country
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	144 meters (472 ft)
Class	C2
Facility ID	2686
Callsign meaning	WoLF P
Former callsigns	WLVS-FM (1978-1983) WEZI (1983-1989) WODZ-FM (1989-1993) WOGY (1993) WOGY-FM (1993-2001) WMBZ (2001-2006) WSNA (2006-2008) WKQK (2008-2014)
Owner	Entercom (Entercom License, LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	941thewolf.com

WLFP is a country music radio station. It is licensed to Germantown, Tennessee, and serves the Memphis area. The station broadcasts at 94.1 MHz frequency.

WLFP is a Class C2 FM station that transmits with an ERP of 50,000 watts from a tower just south of the Mississippi state line, near Olive Branch, Mississippi, and its studios are located in Southeast Memphis.

History

The station's original owner was Sam Phillips, who founded Memphis' Sun Records in the 1950s, and is credited with discovering Elvis Presley. The station was originally WLVS-FM (named in honor of Elvis Presley) and had offered a Rock music format when it signed on in 1978, when it was at 94.3. That was until 1979, when it flipped to country. It flipped to Beautiful music as WEZI in 1983, but would drop the format by the end of the decade for Oldies as WODZ, and by 1992, they would switch frequencies to 94.1. In February 1993, they would go Country as WOGY with the branding of "Froggy 94," and they would continue in that direction into the new millennium.^[1] However, after Entercom bought the station in 2000, change was in the air at 94.1. While it was rumored that the station would flip formats by the holidays that year, the format remained.

Finally, on January 24, 2001, at 10:05 a.m., Froggy signed off with "All the Good Ones Are Gone" by Pam Tillis, and 94.1 began stunting with the sound of a ticking clock. At 2:35 p.m., after a few delays, they flipped to Modern AC as "94.1 The Buzz", with the callsign soon changed to WMBZ. The first song on "The Buzz" was "Even Flow" by Pearl Jam.^[2]

While at the outset the change did attract a lot of listener attention, the effect was not as long-lived as Entercom would hope. While The Buzz did manage to sound the death knell for then-WKSL and spark minor format tweaks at then-rival WMC-FM, overall it was not enough. Despite later adding Kidd Kraddick for morning drive, The Buzz began a slide in 2004 that would last the remainder of the format's tenure.

On October 27, 2006, at 5 p.m., the station began stunting with a robotic countdown to 10 a.m. on the following Monday, October 30 (as well as putting in occasional non-sequiturs in between numbers.) At the same time, the former Buzz website was replaced with a similar countdown clock, promoting that "The most interesting and exciting 24 hour entertainment channel in Memphis radio history" would launch at that time. At the time promised, 94.1 flipped to Rhythmic AC as WSNA, "Snap! 94.1, The Rhythm Of Memphis", with the first song on "Snap!" being "Let's Get It Started" by The Black Eyed Peas.^[3]^[4]^[5]

On October 17, 2008, at 2 p.m., after playing "Bye Bye Bye" by 'N Sync, WSNA flipped to classic hits as "Classic Hits 94.1 KQK". The station's call letters were changed to WKQK. The first song played on "94.1 KQK" was Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll." The station played music from the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. The new format's morning team would include long-time WMC-FM hosts Steve Conley and Karen Perrin. Snap!'s website was never taken down; rather, it was replaced with a banner ad promoting the change to KQK, and it remains as such today, even after the classic hits format ended.^[6]^[7]^[8]

On September 26, 2014, at 6 PM, after playing "Last Dance" by Donna Summer WKQK flipped back to country as "94.1 The Wolf". The first song on "The Wolf" was "This Is How We Roll" by Florida-Georgia Line. On October 3, WKQK changed their call letters to WLFP to go with the "Wolf" branding.^[9]

References

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WLFP

Radio-Locator information on WLFP

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WLFP

Radio stations in the Memphis, Tennessee market
By FM frequency	87.7 88.1 88.1 88.5 89.3 89.9 90.5 91.1 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.7 92.9 93.3 93.5 (Covington) 93.5 (South Memphis) 93.7 93.9 94.1 94.7 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.3 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.3 99.7 100.1 100.5 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.5 106.7 107.1 107.3 107.3 107.5 107.9
By AM frequency	560 600 640 680 730 790 830 860 910 950 990 1030 1070 1180 1210 1240 1250 1340 1380 1400 1430 1480 1600
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475
By callsign	K213CN W257CY KAKJ KAMJ KARH KCJF KERL KHLS KJMS KLCN KLJK KOSE KQPN KQXF KWAM KWNW KWYN KWYN-FM KXHT KXJK WAVN WBBP WCRV WDIA WEBL WEGR WEVL WGKX WGSF WGUE WHAL-FM WHBQ WHBQ-FM WHRK WIVG WKBL WKBQ WKIM WKNO-FM WKRA-FM WKVF WLFP WLOK WLRM WMC WMC-FM WMFS WMFS-FM WMPS WMQM WOWW WPGF-LP WQOX WRBO WREC WRVR WUMR WUMY WURC WXK49 WXMX WYPL
Defunct	WSTN 1410 AM
Nearby radio markets Cape Girardeau-Sikeston Clarksdale Jackson Jonesboro Little Rock Oxford Tupelo See also List of radio stations in Tennessee List of radio stations in Mississippi List of radio stations in Arkansas

Country radio stations in the state of Tennessee
Stations	KYTN – Union City WAKM – Franklin WANT – Lebanon WBEJ – Elizabethton WBRY – Woodbury WCOR – Lebanon WCYQ – Oak Ridge WDEB-FM – Jamestown WDKN – Dickson WDKW – Maryville WDXE – Lawrenceburg WECO-FM – Wartburg WEIO – Huntingdon WEKR – Fayetteville WEPG – South Pittsburg WEYE – Surgoinsville WFWL – Camden WGAP – Maryville WGKX – Memphis WGOC – Kingsport WGSQ – Cookeville WHMT - Tullahoma WIKQ – Tusculum WIVK-FM – Knoxville WJDT – Rogersville WJJM-FM – Lewisburg WJLE – Smithville WJLE-FM – Smithville WJSQ – Athens WKBQ – Covington WKDF – Nashville WKJQ-FM – Parsons WKOS – Kingsport WKSR – Pulaski WKVL - Knoxville WKWX – Savannah WKXD-FM – Monterey WLAR – Athens WLCT – Lafayette WLFP – Germantown/Memphis WLIL – Lenoir City WLIV – Livingston WLIV-FM – Monterey WLLI - Jackson WLLI-FM - Dyer WLLX – Lawrenceburg WLNQ – White Pine WLNT-LP – Loudon WLOD – Loudon WLVS-FM – Clifton WLXA - Loretto WMCP – Columbia WMCT – Mountain City WMOD – Bolivar WMTN – Morristown WMUF – Henry WMYL – Halls Crossroads WNCK - Cookeville WNKX-FM – Centerville WNOX – Karns WNPC – Newport WOGT – East Ridge WOGY – Jackson WOOP-LP – Cleveland WOPC - Linden WORM-FM – Savannah WOWF – Crossville WPFT – Pigeon Forge WQLA - La Follette WRGS – Rogersville WSBI – Static WSDQ – Dunlap WSIB - Selmer WSIX-FM – Nashville WSM – Nashville WSM-FM – Nashville WTNK – Hartsville WTNV – Tiptonville WTRB – Ripley WUCZ – Carthage WUSY – Cleveland WVFB – Celina WWLX – Lawrenceburg WWYN – Mckenzie WXOQ – Selmer WYSH – Clinton WYTM-FM – Fayetteville WZLT – Lexington
Defunct	WAXO – Lewisburg
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Tennessee

Coordinates: 34°59′24″N 89°51′47″W / 34.990°N 89.863°W / 34.990; -89.863

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