WMFV

WMFV
City Cedar Creek, Florida
Broadcast area Ocala and The Villages
Branding 89.5 WMFV
Frequency 89.5 MHz
Format Public radio/Classical music
ERP 22,000 watts
HAAT 114.2 meters
Class C2
Facility ID 9714
Transmitter coordinates 29°11′20.00″N 81°52′52.00″W / 29.1888889°N 81.8811111°W / 29.1888889; -81.8811111
Callsign meaning W-Mid-Florida Educational Radio for The Villages
Former callsigns WKSG (1993-2018)
Affiliations NPR
Owner Community Communications, Inc.
Sister stations WMFE-FM
Website Official website
Soft-launched website

WMFV (89.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a public radio format. Licensed to Cedar Creek, Florida, United States (an unincorporated area near the western entrance of the Ocala National Forest), the station is currently owned by Community Communications of Orlando, which will convert it to a satellite of public radio station WMFE-FM (90.7) in the near future. The station mainly serves The Villages, an age-restricted master planned development, along with Ocala.

After 15 years as one of Ocala’s Contemporary Christian Music stations, the then-WKSG 89.5, known as Daystar Radio 89.5, changed formats New Year’s Day 2008 to a carefully researched and blended mix of big band, smooth jazz and select AAA (Adult Album Alternative) music calling itself "The Boulevard". The station was owned by Daystar Public Radio, Inc (a company completely unrelated to television's Daystar network).

The WKSG call letters were previously used by Detroit-area FM 102.7, now WDKL.

On September 25, 2017, it was announced that WKSG was sold by Daystar to Community Communications. The deal is expected to give access to WMFE's signal in an underserved area of Central Florida, including portions of Lake and Marion counties.[1]

The station changed its call sign to WMFV on January 4, 2018. The sale closed on January 5, 2018.[2]

On Saturday, March 3, 2018, the station soft-launched under CCI management, carrying WMFE programming and NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, with automated classical music outside of that time. The station is currently operating below full-power as the transmitter is calibrated and far from being a mere WMFE repeater as assumed, WMFV will have its own schedule finessed from feedback from listeners and contributing members to serve The Villages and the Ocala region.[3]

The last logo under previous Daystar ownership.

References

  1. ↑ 90.7 WMFE is getting a sister station 90.7 WMFE, September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Boedeker, Hal (5 January 2017). "WMFE deal to buy WKSG completed". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. ↑ 89.5 WMFV is on the air 90.7 WMFE, March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.


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