WLOF

For the former WLOF stations in Orlando, Florida, see WTLN and WFTV.

WLOF

Broadcast area	Buffalo, New York
Branding	The Station of the Cross
Slogan	"Proclaiming the fullness of truth with clarity and charity."
Frequency	101.7 MHz
First air date	August 15, 1999
Format	Religious (Catholic)
Power	2,800 watts
HAAT	148 meters
Class	A
Callsign meaning	Our Lady Of Fatima
Former callsigns	WBTF WXOX (1998–1999)
Owner	Holy Family Communications
Website	www.thestationofthecross.com

WLOF is a Catholic radio station broadcasting from Elma, New York. WLOF is located at 101.7 on the FM dial and covers much of Western New York, including Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Referred to as The Station of the Cross, WLOF is owned and operated by Holy Family Communications which also owns and operates WHIC in Rochester, New York. The call letters represent Our Lady of Fatima, to whom this station is dedicated. Both stations rely on the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network for the bulk of their programming.

History

101.7 MHz in Elma, New York began its broadcasting life as WBTF "BT Country". It was the sister station to WBTA in Batavia, New York.

Beginning on February 13, 1998, 101.7 FM was acquired by Broben Communications, Inc. and used WXOX as its callsign. WXOX then forced nearby station WHUG in Jamestown to change frequencies in an effort to gain coverage area. While WXOX, 101.7 broadcast modern-rock as "The Spot," supposedly covering "Attica, Amherst and Buffalo" and acting as a challenger to WEDG. It made a significant advertising blitz in the Buffalo market and even created its own "Spotfest" music festival, but it never even registered a measurable audience in the ratings books, let alone make a serious challenge at any Buffalo station, because of its very weak signal (it had 1/15th of the signal strength of another Wyoming County station, WNUC, which was an average station at its best).^[1]

On August 15, 1999 Holy Family Communications acquired WXOX and began broadcasting Catholic programming as WLOF becoming the sixth Catholic Radio station in the United States.^[2]

On August 15, 2009, WLOF celebrated its tenth anniversary by hosting Fr. John Corapi, SOLT at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY. Over 11,000 people attended this celebration.^[3]

You can visit WLOF's website here http://www.wlof.net/

References

↑ Fybush, Scott. New England Radio Watch. January 22, 1999.
↑ Call Sign History
↑ Buffalo News, August 16, 2009

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WLOF

Radio-Locator information on WLOF

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WLOF

Radio stations in Buffalo–Niagara Falls market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.7 91.3 92.9 93.7 94.5 96.1 96.9 98.5 99.5 101.7 102.5 102.9 103.3 104.1 104.7 106.5 107.7

By AM frequency	550 770 930 970 1080 1120 1230 1270 1300 1330 1340 1400 1440 1520

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.525 162.550

By callsign	KEB98 W207BB W275BB W284AP WBBF WBEN WBFO WBLK WBNY WBUF WCOU WDCX-FM WDCZ WECK WEDG WFBF WGCC WGR WGRF WHLD WHTT-FM WJJL WKSE WLKK WLOF WLVL WMSX WNED-FM WNG541 WSPQ WTOR WTSS WUFO WWG32 WWKB WWWS WXRL WYRK

Defunct	WFWO (89.7 FM)

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Coordinates: 42°46′59″N 78°27′29″W / 42.783°N 78.458°W / 42.783; -78.458

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