WVLG (640 kHz) is a

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to Wildwood, Florida, and serving

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. It is owned by Village Communications and airs a

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. World and national news is provided by

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. By day, WVLG broadcasts at 930

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s, reducing power at night to 860 watts. It uses a non-directional antenna at all times. The station is also heard on two

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stations: W274BR 102.7

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in the northern part of the listening area and W283DK 104.5 in the southern part.

History

In 1986, the station

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as WHOF. It was owned by Walker Heart of Florida Broadcasting, and the station was licensed in Wildwood, Florida but had a studio in

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. In 1987, the station was sold to Jim Patrick, operated as WMZY, and played

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. It changed to WHOF in 1988 and offered

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programming. In 2001 the station was purchased by the Senior Broadcasting Corporation. For a time it concentrated on Adult Standards music, but in the 2000s, the focus switched to Soft

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of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. As of 2002, WVLG played "a lot more

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and

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than

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and

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." In 2011, the station was sold for $750,000 to Villages Communications.

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