WELV-LP (107.9 FM) is a

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broadcasting an adult hits music format. Licensed to

Ellenville, New York Ellenville is a village within the town of Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York, United States. Its population was 4,135 at the 2010 census. Geography The village of Ellenville is about 90 miles northwest of New York City and 90 miles southwest ...

, United States, the station is owned by Ellenville Central School District.

History

The

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issued a

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for the station on October 29, 2003. The station was assigned the WELV-LP

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on December 13, 2004, began testing in April 2005, and received its license to cover on September 30, 2005. The station's call sign dates back to the early 1960s, when it was originated by Ellenville's commercial station (now WRWD (AM)), and often used by its FM sister station (now

WRWB-FM WRWB-FM (99.3 Hertz, MHz) is a radio station licensed to Ellenville, New York and serving an area including much of the Hudson Valley and the eastern parts of the Catskills. WRWB-FM is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and broadcasts with 115 watts eff ...

). The station is operated by Ellenville Central School District students and staff, who developed the station as an extension of the existing cable television programming, which included WELV's precursor, Radio Ellenville. The station's morning show, "Dennis In The Morning," debuted in February 2006, hosted by Dennis Warner and ECSD broadcasting students. Warner and the show have won regional awards from Hudson Valley Magazine in 2006 and 2007, and the Times Herald-Record in 2008.

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* * ELV-LP Adult hits radio stations in the United States ELV-LP Radio stations established in 2005 {{NewYork-radio-station-stub