WLVO (FM)
History | |
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First air date | June 5, 1955 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Love" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 7313 |
Class | B |
ERP | 18,500 watts |
HAAT | 139 meters (456 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°49′40.3″N 71°22′7.1″W / 41.827861°N 71.368639°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
WLVO (95.5
History
WJAR-FM (1948–1953)
The first occupant of 95.5 FM in Providence was WJAR-FM, owned by The Outlet Company along with WJAR (920 AM, now WHJJ) and starting in 1949, longtime NBC affiliate WJAR-TV (then on channel 11, now on channel 10).[2] WJAR-FM signed on in May 1948[3] as a full-time simulcast of the AM station; its transmitter location in Rehoboth, Massachusetts was shared with WJAR-TV, which went on the air the following year.[2] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cancelled the WJAR-FM license at Outlet's request on January 19, 1953.[4]
WPFM (1955–1965)
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WBRU (1966–2017)
Golden Gate Corp. purchased
Sale to Educational Media Foundation; switch to K-Love
In March 2017, the station's board of directors passed a resolution to begin seeking a buyer for the station, after 50 years of being owned and operated by the independent non-profit Brown Broadcasting Service, Inc. organization.[17] Several alumni of the station opposed the resolution.[17]
On August 25, 2017, it was announced that Brown Broadcasting Service had sold the 95.5 FM license to
WBRU aired for the last time on 95.5 FM at 11:59 p.m. on August 31 and was replaced on that frequency by Educational Media Foundation's K-Love Christian adult contemporary network.[21] The callsign was changed to WLVO on September 1, 2017.[22]
The day of WBRU's final broadcast on FM radio, former Brown Broadcasting Service station member Tucker Hamilton alleged that the sale of the station's license was coerced; Hamilton and other members of a WBRU alumni group have asked Rhode Island attorney general Peter Kilmartin to block the sale to Educational Media Foundation.[23] According to the attorney general's office, they met "with alumni and their attorney as a courtesy, but as our attorneys explained, Rhode Island statute and regulation does not give the attorney general any legal authority to intervene, as is the case in nearly all private sales."[24] The sale was approved by the FCC on October 24, 2017,[25] and completed on November 1.[26]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLVO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b Gallant, Joseph. "WJAR-TV: Video Pioneer in the Ocean State". History of American Broadcasting. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ Broadcasting-Telecasting Yearbook Number 1949 (PDF). 1949. p. 314. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting-Telecasting. January 26, 1953. p. 90. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting-Telecasting. May 30, 1955. p. 115. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ a b 1961–62 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). 1961. p. B-148. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 11, 1958. p. 94. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ "Station Shorts" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 8, 1958. p. 85. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ 1964 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). 1963. p. B-138. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ "Changing hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 1, 1964. pp. 70–1. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1965. p. 74. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 9, 1965. p. 78. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ Edmonston, Jack. "The History of WBRU FM". WBRU, Brown University 1960s Memories. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^ Mitchell, Martha. "Encyclopedia Brunoniana | WBRU". www.brown.edu. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ "The 1960s". From Gaspipes to Websites: Radio at Brown. Brown University. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^ "Influential Station WBRU-Providence to Be Sold to Christian Radio Organization". Variety. August 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Smith, Andy. "WBRU radio station may be going up for sale soon". providencejournal.com. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ Venta, Lance (August 25, 2017). "EXCLUSIVE: Educational Media Foundation To Acquire WBRU Providence - RadioInsight". RadioInsight. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ Bender, John. "WBRU Could Soon Be Home For Contemporary Christian Rock". Rhode Island Public Radio. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ "Updates | 95.5 WBRU". 95.5 WBRU. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ Smith, Andy. "Listeners tune in as WBRU tunes out". providencejournal.com. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- ^ "Call Sign History (WLVO)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^ GoLocal Live; August 31, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- ^ Borowski, Kyle (September 26, 2017). "WBRU alums contest sale of FM signal". Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ Kalunian, Kim (October 24, 2017). "FCC approves sale of 95.5 FM license". WPRI 12 Eyewitness News. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
- ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
External links
- Official website
- WLVO in the FCC FM station database
- WLVO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database