WLMS (88.3 FM) was a

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broadcasting a

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format until October 2008, licensed to

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, United States. The station was owned by the

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from 1992 to 2008, simulcasting programs from WBVM in Tampa. In October 2008, the license for WLMS was sold to Central Florida Educational Foundation and WLMS ceased broadcasting to enable a power increase by

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, also owned by Central Florida Educational Foundation. Following WLMS's closure, a new radio station in Cross City, WWLC 88.5 FM, would be established as its replacement.

History

The station went on the air as WZQF on March 8, 1991, changing its call sign to WDSP on March 2, 1992, and then WLMS on May 1, 1992, where it broadcast a

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format. As of July 2009, WLMS is no longer in the FCC database.

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Defunct radio stations in the United States

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