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| Broadcast area | Lebanon/Hanover, New Hampshire andWhite River Junction, Vermont |
| Frequency | 95.3MHz |
| Branding | 95.3 and 107.1 The Wolf |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
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| WZLF | |
| History | |
First air date | February 1,1969 (as WNHV-FM) |
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Call sign meaning | "Wolf" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 17801 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 87 meters (285 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°39′14.3″N72°17′42.3″W / 43.653972°N 72.295083°W /43.653972; -72.295083 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 953thewolf |
WXLF (95.3FM, "95.3 and 107.1 The Wolf") is a radio station licensed to serveHartford, Vermont. The station is owned by Binnie Media. It airs acountry musicformat.[3] The station is simulcast onWZLF (107.1 FM) inBellows Falls, Vermont.
The station has been assigned these call letters by theFederal Communications Commission since March 1, 2005.[1]
WXLF started in 1969 as WNHV-FM, a simulcast of itsdaytime-only sisterWNHV (910 AM) owned by television announcer and Reynolds Aluminum spokesmanRex Marshall. Eventually the signals were split and WNHV-FM became WKXE-FM, otherwise known as "95-3 KXE", with a very eclectic presentation of theadult album alternative format, with elements by day, and entire programs by night, presentingblues,jazz,folk,Celtic andworld music.
In the Upper Valley's first duopoly, WKXE and WNHV were sold to Dynacom Corporation, who also ownedWHDQ (106.1 FM) andWTSV (1230 AM) in Claremont, New Hampshire. Amid huge protest, Dynacom flipped the AAA station to asoft adult contemporary format as "Lite 95-3". Over time, "Lite 95-3" evolved into "Wish"; in 1998, the call letters were changed to WWSH. "Wish" was initially a 'trimulcast' of WKXE/WWSH, WZSH (107.1 FM) in Bellows Falls, and WSSH (101.5 FM) inMarlboro. The WSSH signal served theBrattleboro area, and maintained a sales office and FCC legal studio on Main Street in downtown Brattleboro. For a time in 1997, "Wish" programming was added to a fourth station, WVAY (100.7 FM, nowWTHK) inWilmington, Vermont, which subsequently began to simulcast the AAA format ofWRSI inGreenfield, Massachusetts, as WMTT. In 2001, shortly after Vox Radio Group acquired the "Wish" stations, WSSH becameWRSY, simulcasting WRSI (serving the same function WVAY/WMTT had done in bringing its AAA programming to Brattleboro before WVAY changed to a simulcast ofWEXP); the WSSH call letters were then moved to the White River Junction station. WSSH and WZSH subsequently dropped the AC format and went to country and took the "Bob Country" handle formerly used by WMXR (93.9 FM, nowWWOD) inWoodstock and WCFR-FM (93.5 FM) inSpringfield (nowWEEY inSwanzey, New Hampshire) prior to their purchase byClear Channel Communications, owner of competing country stationWXXK (100.5 FM). After Vox sold WSSH and WZSH toNassau Broadcasting Partners, the "Bob Country" branding was dropped in favor of "The Wolf".
Its signature voice is John Willyard, voice of the CMA Awards since 1996, whose signature voice work is heard on many notable Country stations across North America.
WXLF, along with 16 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by WBIN Media Company, a company controlled byBill Binnie, on May 22, 2012. Binnie already ownedWBIN-TV inDerry, New Hampshire.[4][5] The deal was completed on November 30, 2012.[6]
Big D & Bubba host the morning show, syndicated fromNashville, Tennessee. Harrison Hinman is heard middays. Michelle Taylor hosts afternoons. Andy Austin can be heard on weekends.