WLAN-FM
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History | |
First air date | January 1948 |
Former frequencies | 92.3 MHz (1945–47) |
Call sign meaning | Lancaster |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 52259 |
Class | B |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
HAAT | 152 meters (499 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°02′52.3″N 76°27′23.9″W / 40.047861°N 76.456639°W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
Website | fm97 |
WLAN-FM (96.9
History
On December 5, 1945, the Federal Communications Commission granted Peoples Broadcasting Company a construction permit for a new station on 92.3 MHz.[3] Sam Altdoerffer owned Peoples Broadcasting.[4] The station was assigned the WLAN-FM call sign by the FCC on February 27, 1947.[3] On May 14, 1947, the FCC reassigned the station to 96.9 MHz.[3] The station went through several changes in transmitter location, effective radiated power (ERP) and antenna height above average terrain (HAAT) by the time its first license was granted on April 14, 1952.[3]
WLAN-FM was a companion to
On March 20, 1980, the station was granted a construction permit to relocate the transmitter to its current location in
In the early 1990s FM 97 had begun to lose both audience and revenue share to several competing radio stations in the Lancaster, York and Harrisburg radio
The station's license was transferred from Peoples Broadcasting Company to Clear Channel Communications on September 29, 1997.[4][5]
To further insure the station's success, Lontine reconfigured the station's transmission and audio facility with the help of technical and studio engineers Frank Grunstein and Frank Fody.
The original air staff of the "New Sound" was Cadillac Jack as Operations Manager and Morning Show Hosts Patty Ford from Eagle 106/Philadelphia (now WUMR) and Mark Cruz from X104 Fresno, California (KFBT). Today, Cadillac Jack is the afternoon drive host on WOGL in Philadelphia and Patty Ford is a national voice over artist in Boston. Chuck Lontine became a media investment banker and is the managing director of Marconi Media Ventures in Denver.
In April 2018, in response to Cumulus Media moving
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLAN-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "FM Query Results for WLAN". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ a b c d e f "History Cards for WLAN-FM". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ a b "Samuel Martin Altdoerffer Obituary". LNP Media Group. Lancaster, PA. Nov 28, 2010. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ "Assignment of License [WLAN]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ "WHKF Harrisburg Flips To Alternative". RadioInsight. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
External links
- WLAN-FM official website
- WLAN in the FCC FM station database
- WLAN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- FCC History Cards for WLAN-FM