WICL
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Broadcast area | Hagerstown metropolitan area |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 95.9 MHz |
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| Branding | 95-9 The Big Dawg |
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| LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from text | English |
| Format | Classic country |
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Call sign meaning | "Cool" (former branding) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,300 watts |
| HAAT | 91 meters (299 ft) |
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WICL (95.9 MHz) is a classic country formatted broadcast commercial radio station licensed to Williamsport, Maryland, serving the Hagerstown metropolitan area. WICL is owned and operated by John and David Raese, through licensee West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies.
History
The station was started as WYII, a country music station, by Ken Smith on November 15, 1972. It operated this way until 2000, when it was bought by Prettyman Broadcasting Company. Also on December 26 of that year, it became soft adult contemporary formatted WLTF (which is now on 97.5).
On September 15, 2001, WLTF moved to 97.5 and then classic rocker WKMZ moved to 95.9. In 2005, WKMZ dropped its classic rock format for oldies and picked up the WICL calls. WICL dropped all on-air talent in 2008, airing programming directly from the True Oldies Channel network from ABC Radio.[2] On July 4, 2012, WICL switched formats from oldies to classic hits under the branding "95.9 The Greatest Hits Of All Time".
On September 24, 2012, WICL switched from classic hits to classic country, a format previously abandoned by WNUZ (then WPPT) earlier in 2012, changing their branding to simply "95-9". On September 28, the station rebranded as "95-9 The Big Dawg" and morphed back into a country music format playing both classic and new country music.
Location
While the station is licensed to Williamsport, Maryland, the studios for WICL are located in Martinsburg, West Virginia and the tower is located just south of Hagerstown, Maryland.
Sale
On October 31, 2014, Prettyman Broadcasting announced the sale of WICL to West Virginia Radio Corporation (WVRC) for an unknown sum.[3] Included in the same are sister stations WEPM and WLTF.[3] WVRC assumed control of the stations, through a Local marketing agreement, on November 1.[3] The purchase was consummated on February 13, 2015, at a price of $3 million.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WICL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Radio Stations". Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel. Archived from the original on July 28, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."West Virginia Radio Corporation Expands Into Martinsburg/Hagerstown/". Radioinsight. October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
External links
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- WICL in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- 95-9 The Big Dawg on Facebook
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