WYLR
K-LOVE) | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | Educational Media Foundation) |
WLVX | |
History | |
First air date | 1995 |
Former call signs | WRBP (1992-1998) WBTJ (1998-2001) WRBP (2001-2013) |
Call sign meaning | We're Youngstown's Love Radio |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 63498 |
Class | A |
ERP | 3,000 watts |
HAAT | 100 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°5′29.00″N 80°30′5.00″W / 41.0913889°N 80.5013889°W (Evergreen Road, New Bedford, Pennsylvania) |
Links | |
Website | klove.com |
WYLR is a radio station in the
The station signed on as a result of a construction permit issued on January 31, 1992 by Columbus atty. Percey Squire and local broadcaster Mr. Frankie 'Lucky" Halfacre who was the first African-American DJ in the greater Youngstown area who got his start on WNIO-1540 in the 1960s.
From 1998 until 2001, the station was operated by
After settling in court, where Clear Channel paid a $25,000 fine to Stop 26 for unauthorized transfer of control of WBTJ, the "Beat" format was moved to the
's adult standards programming was briefly simulcast until Stop 26 could re-assume control of the station. When that happened, the WRBP call letters, which were used prior to Jacor/Clear Channel's LMA, were revived.Stop 26/Riverbend declared bankruptcy in 2006, and Bernard Radio purchased almost all of their stations, including WRBP, WASN and WGFT.
The sale of Jamz 101.9
On June 13, 2012, it was announced by radioinsight that EMF Broadcasting will soon expand its Christian AC “K-Love” to 101.9. The company has acquired WRBP Hubbard from Bernard Radio for $500,000. It was confirmed by the FCC on the same day. The FCC link is below. The last day for the urban format was December 31, 2012, at which time the station began to feature the K-LOVE contemporary Christian format. As a result of the sale, the station became a non-commercial license. On January 24, 2013, the call letters were changed to WYLR.
External links
- K-Love website
- Valley 24.com Jamz 101.9 sold; to get Christian format
- WYLR in the FCC FM station database
- WYLR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- FCC filing of WRBP purchase