WLOF
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Broadcast area | Buffalo metropolitan area |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 101.7 MHz |
| Branding | The Station of the Cross |
| Programming | |
| Format | Catholic radio |
| Affiliations | EWTN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Holy Family Communications |
| WHIC | |
| History | |
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Call sign meaning | Our Lady of Fatima |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 31812 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,800 watts |
| HAAT | 148 meters (486 ft) |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | thestationofthecross |
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WLOF (101.7 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Elma, New York, and serving the Buffalo metropolitan area. It broadcasts a Catholic radio format; referred to as The Station of the Cross, WLOF is owned and operated by Holy Family Communications. The call sign represent Our Lady of Fatima, to whom this station is dedicated.
WLOF has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 2,800 watts. Programming is simulcast on WHIC in Rochester, New York, and WLGU in Lancaster, New York. The stations rely on the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network for much of their programming.
History
The station signed on the air on November 9, 1977.[2] The original call letters were WBTF and it called itself "BT Country," airing a country music format. It was the sister station to WBTA 1490 AM in Batavia, New York. WBTF was originally licensed to Attica.[3]
Beginning on February 13, 1998, 101.7 FM was acquired by Broben Communications, Inc. and used WXOX as its call sign. WXOX then required nearby station WHUG in Jamestown to change frequencies in an effort to gain coverage area. As WXOX, the station broadcast modern rock as "The Spot", supposedly covering "Attica, Amherst and Buffalo" and acting as a challenger to WEDG. It made a significant advertising blitz in the Buffalo media market and even created its own "Spotfest" music festival, but it never even registered a measurable audience in the ratings. WXOX had a weak signal in Buffalo and Niagara Falls.[4]
On August 15, 1999, Holy Family Communications acquired WXOX and began broadcasting Catholic programming as WLOF. It became the sixth Catholic radio station in the United States.[5]
On August 15, 2009, WLOF celebrated its tenth anniversary by hosting Fr. John Corapi, a member of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT), at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. Over 11,000 people attended this celebration.[6]
By 2024, WLOF had acquired a closer signal to Buffalo on FM 90.7, which it granted the call sign WLGU (for Our Lady of Guadalupe). In August of that year, Holy Family Communications opted to keep WLOF instead and spin WLGU (along with a translator in Fredonia) off to CSN International.[7]
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WLOF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-371. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ^ FCC history cards for WLOF. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ Fybush, Scott. New England Radio Watch. January 22, 1999.
- ^ Call Sign History
- ^ Buffalo News, August 16, 2009
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Station Sales Week Of 8/9". RadioInsight. August 9, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
External links
- Official website
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- WLOF in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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