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| Broadcast area | Ocean City, Maryland |
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| Frequency | 92.1MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Network | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | April 1, 1994 (1994-04-01)[1] |
Call sign meaning | Former simulcaster ofWLVW inSalisbury, Maryland |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 28170 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3 kW |
| HAAT | 143 m (469 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°25′20″N75°8′23″W / 38.42222°N 75.13972°W /38.42222; -75.13972 |
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Public license information | |
WLBW is aradio station in theFenwick Island /Ocean City area ofDelaware andMaryland and broadcasting at 92.1MHz. The station plays acontemporary Christian music format as part of theK-Love network. The station is owned by theEducational Media Foundation.
HVS Partners acquired the construction permit for WADD before it went to air, changed the call letters to WLBW, and signed the station on with anoldies format known as "The Wave" on April 1, 1994,[1] simulcastingWLVW-FM inSalisbury, Maryland.[3] The move allowed WLVW's oldies format to expand its reach.[4] HVS Partners sold its stations in the Ocean City-Salisbury market toCumulus Broadcasting in 1997—including WLBW, three additional FM outlets and an AM station—in a $9.2 million transaction;[5] earlier in the year, Cumulus had entered into alocal marketing agreement to run them.[6]
Clear Channel Communications acquired WLBW, WLVW-FM, and the other Cumulus Ocean City stations in 2000, amid financial problems at Cumulus.[7] Clear Channel would flip WLVW-FM tocontemporary hit radio in 2004 as WDKZ, breaking the two-station simulcast, with WLBW retaining the oldies format. After a private equity buyout byBain Capital in 2007, Clear Channel was required to spin off stations from a series of grandfathered clusters, including the Salisbury–Ocean City market, due to ownership limits;[8] it chose to place WLBW and WDKZ in theAloha Station Trust. The trust sold both stations to EMF in November 2010 for $400,000.[8][9]