WLVJ (1020

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) is a

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to Boynton Beach, Florida, and serving the

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. The station airs a Haitian Creole

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. WLVJ is owned by Actualidad Media Group. The weekday schedule is made up of

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blocks along with talk programs in the daytime and sports shows in the evening. Some hours, the station carries the audio from

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. WLVJ is powered at 4,700

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s by day. Because AM 1020 is a clear channel frequency, reserved for Class A KDKA

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, WLVJ must reduce power at night to 1,500 watts, when AM radio waves travel further. The station uses a directional antenna at all times. The

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is off U.S. Route 441 (State Route 7) in

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History

The station went on the air as WAOP on November 3, 1995. On December 1, 1995, the station changed its

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to WRBF, on February 1, 2001, to WRHB, on November 5, 2008, to WURN, and on December 6, 2016, to the current WLVJ. In 2017, Actualidad Radio flipped the frequencies of WLVJ and WURN. WLVJ moved to AM 1020 and WURN moved to

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