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WLOV-FM

Coordinates: 29°14′11.00″N 81°04′22.00″W / 29.2363889°N 81.0727778°W / 29.2363889; -81.0727778
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WLOV-FM
Broadcast areaDaytona Beach
Frequency99.5 MHz
Branding99.5 WLOV
Programming
FormatClassic hits
Ownership
Owner
  • Southern Stone Communications
  • (Southern Broadcasting of Pensacola, Inc.)
WHOG-FM, WKRO-FM, WNDB, WVYB
History
First air date
March 21, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-21)
Call sign meaning
"Love"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID189546
ClassA
ERP5,500 watts
HAAT104 meters (341 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
29°14′11.00″N 81°04′22.00″W / 29.2363889°N 81.0727778°W / 29.2363889; -81.0727778
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Website995wlov.com

WLOV-FM (99.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, and serving the Daytona Beach area. The station is owned by Southern Stone Communications and broadcasts a classic hits radio format as "Love 99.5, Daytona's Greatest Hits". The station carries the syndicated program "Intelligence for Your Life with John Tesh" in morning drive time.

WLOV-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 5,500 watts. The radio studios and transmitter are on LPGA Boulevard in Daytona Beach.[2]

History

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Susan Hall bought WLOV-FM before it made it to the airwaves in a Federal Communications Commission auction. The price tag was $416,000, including a "new entrant bidding credit".[3]

WLOV-FM signed on the air on March 21, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-21). In its first 99 days, there were no commercials or on-air personalities. It was part of the Black Crow group.[4] Black Crow also owned classic rock 95.7 WHOG-FM.[3]

Effective March 7, 2019, Susan Hall sold WLOV-FM to Paul Stone's Southern Stone Communications for $650,000.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLOV-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WLOV-FM
  3. ^ a b "FCC auction brings AC WLOV-FM to Daytona Beach". radio-info.com. March 26, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "WLOV-FM 99.5 Daytona Beach Shores". CFLRadio. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
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