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| Broadcast area | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Frequency | 92.3MHz |
| Branding | I-92 Country |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
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| History | |
First air date | July 15,1969 (as WCOV-FM)[1] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 12318 |
| Class | C0 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 334 meters (1,096 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°24′13.5″N86°11′46.9″W / 32.403750°N 86.196361°W /32.403750; -86.196361 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WLWI-FM (92.3FM, "I-92") is a radio stationlicensed to serveMontgomery, Alabama, United States. The station is owned byCumulus Media and the broadcast license is held by Cumulus Licensing, Inc.[3] The WLWI studios are located on the third floor of The Colonial Financial Center in downtown Montgomery, and the transmitter tower is in Montgomery's northeast side.
WLWI-FM broadcasts acountry music format to theMontgomery metropolitan area.[4] The station has a sisternews/talkAM station known asWLWI (AM).
I-92 WLWI is the home of Auburn Tigers football and men's basketball.
The I-92 WLWI studios are located in Suite 300 at One Commerce Street in downtown Montgomery, Alabama.
This station first began broadcasting on July 15, 1969, as WCOV-FM, the FM partner to AM station WCOV (nowWGMP) and television stationWCOV-TV.[5] The station was acquired by Griffin Broadcasting Corporation in April 1973 and the callsign was changed to WKLH.[6] This callsign would also prove short-lived as the station was acquired by the Colonial Broadcasting Company in December 1977 and the call letters were changed to WLWI.[1]
The company changed the call letters of newly acquired AM station WBAM (nowWMSP) to WLWI on March 11, 1985, so the FM station was assigned the current WLWI-FM call letters by the FCC on the same day.[7]
In September 1994, Colonial Company, Inc., the holding company that owned WLWI-FM licensee Colonial Broadcasting Company, Inc., reached an agreement to sell control of the licensee corporation to Robert E. Lowder. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 8, 1994, and the transaction was consummated on March 8, 1995.[8]
In January 1998, Robert E. Lowder agreed to sell licensee Colonial Broadcasting Company, Inc., to Cumulus Holdings, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 10, 1998.[9] In December 1998, the license for WLWI-FM was transferred to Cumulus Licensing Corp. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 12, 1998, and the transaction was finalized on December 31, 1998.[10]
On July 14, 2010, WLWI-FM added the syndicatedRick and Bubba morning show, formerly onsister stationWHHY-FM.
In 1984, WLWI-FM was named "Radio Station of the Year (Small Market)" by theAcademy of Country Music.[11]
A long-timecountry music formatted station, WLWI-FM has seen its on-air personalities nominated forCountry Music Association Awards as Medium Market or Small Market Broadcast Personality of the Year many times over the years. Sam Faulk was nominated in 1981 and won the award in 1989.[12]Warren "Rhubarb" Jones won in 1983.[13] Darlene Dixon was nominated in 1992 and 1999.[14] John Boy was nominated in 1995.[15]
"Rhubarb" Jones won the award for Disc Jockey of the Year in 1983 from the Academy of Country Music.[11][16]
In 2004, WLWI host Bill Roberts was named Favorite Southern Gospel DJ for a Medium Market at the Singing News Fan Awards.[17][18]