WVLY-FM (100.9

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, "The Valley") is a commercial

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licensed to serve

Milton, Pennsylvania Milton is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the West Branch Susquehanna River, north of Harrisburg, located in Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley. It is approximately 10 miles upriver from the mouth ...

. The station is owned by Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation and broadcasts an

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. Its broadcast tower is located southeast of Milton.

History

The

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granted WMLP, Inc. a construction permit for the station on July 5, 1967 with the WMLP-FM call sign. The station's first license was granted on January 11, 1968. The station's call sign was changed to WOEZ-FM on October 1, 1979. On September 23, 1994, the call sign was changed to WVLY, followed by a change to WVLY-FM on January 22, 2001. Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation purchased the assets of WVLY-FM from Milton/Lewisburg Broadcasting Corporation on March 6, 2006.

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* * {{coord, 40.953, N, 76.751, W, type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC, display=title VLY Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1967