WLTF explained

WLTF
City:Martinsburg, West Virginia
Branding:Today's 97-5
Frequency:97.5 MHz
Format:Adult contemporary
Haat:316m (1,037feet)
Class:B
Licensing Authority:FCC
Facility Id:53486
Callsign Meaning:Sounds like "Lite" (Former branding)
Owner:WVRC Media
Licensee:West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies
Sister Stations:WEPM,WICL,WXDC, WCST

WLTF is a radio station licensed to Martinsburg, West Virginia. Owned by WVRC Media, it currently broadcasts an adult contemporary format.

Its signal covers the "four state" region, east into Washington, DC, south to Luray, Virginia, west into Grantsville, Maryland, and north into Altoona, Pennsylvania, although the station primarily targets Martinsburg.

History

On October 31, 2014, Prettyman Broadcasting announced the sale of WLTF to West Virginia Radio Corporation (WVRC) for an unknown sum.[1] Included in the same were sister stations WEPM and WICL.[1] WVRC assumed control of the stations, through a Local marketing agreement, on November 1.[1] The purchase was consummated on February 13, 2015, at a price of $3 million.

On November 24, 2017, the station flipped back to a CHR format and changed its call sign back to WKMZ-FM. The station was unable to reclaim its legacy WKMZ callsign due to the existence of WKMZ-LP in Ruckersville, Virginia.[2]

On April 24, 2019, the station changed its call sign back to WLTF.

On April 30, 2019, WLTF dropped its contemporary hit radio format as "97.5 WKMZ" and began stunting with Christmas music as "Santa 97.5".[3] At Midnight, on May 1, 2019, the stunting ended and the format of WLTF flipped back to adult contemporary branded as "Today's 97-5".[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: West Virginia Radio Corporation Expands Into Martinsburg/Hagerstown/. October 30, 2014. radioinsight.com. October 30, 2014.
  2. Web site: WKMZ Returns To Hagerstown With CHR. radioinsight.com. en-US. November 24, 2017.
  3. Web site: Today's 97.5 WLTF Returns To Martinsburg/Hagerstown. May 1, 2019. radioinsight.com. May 1, 2019.