WYLY
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| City | Bellaire, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Wheeling, West Virginia |
| Branding | "Willie 100.1/1290" |
| Slogan | Best Country of the 80s & 90s |
| Frequency | 1290 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 100.1 W261DH (Wheeling) |
| First air date | 1947 (as WTRF) |
| Format | Classic country |
| Power |
1,000 Watts day 33 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 3038 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°02′09″N 80°46′16″W / 40.03583°N 80.77111°WCoordinates: 40°02′09″N 80°46′16″W / 40.03583°N 80.77111°W |
| Former callsigns |
WTRF (1947-1959) WTRX (1959) WOMP (1959-2017) WLEJ (2017) |
| Owner |
Forever Media (FM Radio Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WRQY, WSTV, WUKL |
| Website | WYLY Online |
WYLY (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Bellaire, Ohio, United States, it serves the Wheeling area. The station is currently owned by Forever Media, through licensee FM Radio Licenses, LLC.
Originally known as WTRF, the station signed on the air for the first time in 1947 on both the AM and FM bands. Fittingly, the call sign stood for "Two Radio Frequencies." It briefly became WTRX then, in 1959, WOMP.
On June 5, 2017, WOMP changed their format from sports to classic country, branded as "Lejends 100.1/1290" (simulcast on FM translator W261DH 100.1 FM Wheeling West Virginia).[1] The station changed its call sign to WLEJ on June 12, 2017. The station changed its call sign and branding again on September 8, 2017, to WYLY, "Willie 100.1/1290".
References
- ↑ Forever Brings Classic Country Lejends to Wheeling Radioinsight - June 13, 2017
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WYLY
- Radio-Locator Information on WYLY
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WYLY
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W261DH