WLVY (94.3 FM) is a

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broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Elmira- Corning area. The station is currently owned by Tower Broadcasting LLC and features programming from

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History

The station was signed on by Frank Saia on August 1, 1966, as WEHH-FM, a sister station of

WEHH WEHH (1600 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station which is licensed to two adjacent cities in the Southern Tier of New York, Elmira Heights and Horseheads, New York. It is owned by Tower Broadcasting and airs an Top 40 (CHR) radio format, si ...

. It was

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's first FM

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. The station broadcast mainly

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and

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along with a bit of

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in the mornings, "The Ralph Emery Show". In the 1970s, WEHH-FM broadcast Elmira City Council meetings live, with Tony Volino handling the remote duties from the Council Chambers. In 1976, Saia sold the station to Condit Communications, then-owner of crosstown rival

WELM WELM signed on in 1947 as Chemung County's second radio station and the Elmira-Corning, New York market's third. It broadcasts on 1410 kHz. The station uses a three-tower array, broadcasting with 5,000 watts from a single tower until sundown, wh ...

. Condit changed the call sign to WLVY on March 3, 1976, and the format changed to AOR. The station first was known as ''"The New Y94 FM"'' but then later it was changed into known as ''"The Love Rock 94 FM"'', presumably because of the existence of Y94 in relatively nearby

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. Eventually, the station came to be known simply as ''"The New 94 Rock, WLVY"''. In the early to mid-1980s, the station's programming evolved into more of a

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/ CHR format first with a rock, new wave/modern rock, and heavy metal emphasis first and then with a dash of bubblegum pop, dance, R&B, freestyle, and hip-hop emphasis to the mix. Since the 1980s, 94 Rock had been consistently among the market leaders in the

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ratings. On October 3, 2022, Tower Broadcasting, LLC filed paperwork with the FCC to transfer the license of WLVY to the

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, a large regional Christian radio operator out of nearby Bath. On January 2, 2023, it was announced that the station's format would move to

and

Translators

WLVY recently obtained the frequency 93.7 for Waverly listeners. The 120-watt translator improves the station's signal in "The Valley," which consists of Waverly and South Waverly, Sayre and

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. It can be received in an area roughly bounded by

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and Owego in New York and

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. The station has a 50-watt translator on 93.7 in Corning. It can be received roughly between Big Flats, Lindley,

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and the Schuyler County line in and around the Meads Creek Valley.

References

External links

Tower Broadcasting Radio Stations
* {{Contemporary Hit Radio Stations in New York LVY Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1966 1966 establishments in New York (state)