WLFZ

Radio station in Springfield, Illinois

Springfield, Illinois

Broadcast areaCentral IllinoisFrequency101.9 MHzBranding101.9 The WolfProgrammingFormatCountryAffiliationsWestwood OneOwnershipOwnerSaga Communications

Sister stations

WTAX-FM, WDBR, WYMG, WTAXHistory

First air date

September 1, 1965; 58 years ago (1965-09-01)

Former call signs

WVEM (1965–1993)
WQQL (1993–2013)

Call sign meaning

"Wolf"Technical informationFacility ID58549ClassBERP50,000 wattsHAAT83 meters (272 feet)LinksWebcastListen liveWebsitecapitolwolf.com

WLFZ (101.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Springfield, Illinois, and serving Central Illinois. It is owned by Saga Communications, operating as part of its Capitol Radio Group, and has a country music radio format. The radio studios and offices are on East Sangamon Avenue in Springfield.^[1]

WLFZ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the current maximum for most FM stations in Illinois. The transmitter is on Canadian Cross Road in Springfield, near Exit 90 of Interstate 55.^[2]

History

On September 1, 1965; 58 years ago (1965-09-01), the station first signed on the air. Its original call sign was WVEM and it broadcast a middle of the road music format that was mostly automated.

In 1993, it was purchased by Saga Communications, which switched the call letters to WQQL. It aired an oldies format as "Cool 101.9". It continued with its oldies sound for the next two decades.

Saga Communications changed the format to country music and the call letters to WLFZ on October 2, 2013. The 101.9 frequency's WQQL call letters were moved to 93.9 and the format was, in the process, changed to classic hits as "Cool 93.9". Concurrently, the adult hits format of the 93.9 signal, "93.9 ABE FM", was moved to translator 101.1 FM (W266BZ-FM at 250 Watts), which is now known as classic country "101.1 The Outlaw." It also broadcasts on WDBR-HD2 featuring the same format and branding. WLFZ's has one country competitor in the Springfield market, 104.5 WFMB-FM, owned by Neuhoff Media.

References

^ Capitolwolf.com/contact-us
^ Radio-Locator.com/WLFZ

External links

WLFZ in the FCC FM station database
WLFZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
Saga Communications Website

Radio stations in the Springfield, Illinois, metropolitan area

By AM frequency

970
1180
1240
1370
1410
1450

By FM frequency

Translators	92.3 93.5 94.7 101.1 102.5 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio
frequency

162.400

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

By call sign

Defunct

WLJX-LP (107.9 FM)

Nearby regions: Bloomington; Champaign-Urbana; Decatur; Peoria; St. Louis; Quincy/Hannibal

See also: List of radio stations in Illinois

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By FM frequency	92.1 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.3 94.3 94.9 95.1 95.3 95.7 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.3 97.5 97.7 98.3 98.3 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.3 100.5 100.9 101.3 101.7 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.1 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.5 102.7 103.7 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 105.9 106.1 106.5 107.3 107.7
By callsign	KSGM – Chester WAAG – Galesburg WAKO - Lawrenceville WALS – Oglesby WAUR - Somonauk WBBA-FM – Pittsfield WBWN – Le Roy WCAZ – Macomb WCCI – Savanna WCCQ – Crest Hill WCOY – Quincy WCRC – Effingham WDDD-FM – Johnston City WDUK – Havana WDZQ – Decatur WEBQ – Harrisburg WFMB-FM – Springfield WFPS – Freeport WFRL – Freeport WFYR – Elmwood WGEL – Greenville WGKC – Mahomet WGLC-FM – Mendota WHCO – Sparta WHET – West Frankfort WHPO – Hoopeston WIBH – Anna WIBK - Watseka WIBL – Fairbury WIBV – Mount Vernon WIXY – Champaign WJBC-FM – Pontiac WJDK-FM – Seneca WJRE – Galva WJVO – South Jacksonville WKJT – Teutopolis WLCN – Atlanta WLFZ – Springfield WLIQ – Quincy WLLR-FM – Davenport, Iowa WLUV – Loves Park WLWF – Marseilles WMCI – Mattoon WMCL – McLeansboro WMIX-FM – Mount Vernon WMKR – Pana WMOK – Metropolis WNLF - Macomb WOKZ – Fairfield WOOZ-FM – Harrisburg WRAM – Monmouth WRCV – Dixon WRIK – Brookport WRMJ – Aledo WRMS-FM – Beardstown WRUL – Carmi WRTB – Winnebago WRVY-FM – Henry WSEI – Olney WSIQ - Salem WSMI – Litchfield WSMI-FM – Litchfield WSVZ – Tower Hill WUSN – Chicago WXCL – Pekin WXLC - Waukegan WXNU – Saint Anne WXXQ – Freeport WYOT – Rochelle WYUR – Gilman WYXY – Savoy WZUS – Macon WZZT - Morrison
Defunct	WQQW - Highland (1510 AM)
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