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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 93.3MHz |
| Branding | 93.3 WFLS |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Country music[1] |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | June 12, 1962 (62 years ago) (1962-06-12)[2] |
Call sign meaning | Free Lance–Star (former owner) |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 65641 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters (490 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°18′46.4″N77°26′18.9″W / 38.312889°N 77.438583°W /38.312889; -77.438583 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WFLS-FM is acountry music formatted broadcast radio station licensed toFredericksburg, Virginia, servingNorthern Virginia, Central Virginia, andSouthern Maryland.[1] WFLS-FM is owned and operated byAlpha Media.[4]
WFLS was founded, and initially owned and operated by,The Free Lance–Star newspaper. WFLS began broadcasting as an AM station (on 1350 AM), on July 15, 1960.[5]
Adopting amiddle-of-the-road format, WFLS-FM launched on June 12, 1962. The station switched to an all-Country music format in 1975. It started broadcasting inHD Radio in May 2006.[6] It started with the slogan "Virginia's Best Country", used until early 2006. Then "Real Country Variety" used from early 2006 to April 2, 2012, and has been using "Today's Country" since then.[7]
On April 16, 2013, W243BS (96.5 FM) dropped its simulcast of sister stationWNTX for a simulcast of WFLS-FM HD2 carrying afreeform format.[8] The "FredFM" format was dropped in early March 2014, when W243BS resumed simulcasting sister station WNTX. As of May 2024, the HD2 feed is from sister stationWWUZ 96.9 (classic rock) inBowling Green, Virginia.
On January 23, 2015,Alpha Media "entered into a definitive agreement" to purchase WFLS and sister stations WNTX,WVBX, and WWUZ from Free Lance-Star License, Inc. for an unknown sum.[9] The purchase was consummated on May 1, at a price of $8.1 million.