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WLTF

Martinsburg, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia Potomac Highlands of West Virginia Central Maryland Northern Shenandoah Valley Northern Virginia
Frequency	97.5 MHz
Branding	Today's 97-5
Programming
Format	Adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner	WVRC Media (West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies)
Sister stations	WEPM WICL WXDC WCST
History
First air date	1949 (75 years ago) (1949)
Former call signs	WEPM-FM (1949–1973) WESM (1973–1981) WKMZ (1981–2001) WLTF (2001–2017) WKMZ-FM (2017–2019)
Former frequencies	94.3 MHz (1949–1962)
Call sign meaning	Sounds like "Lite" (Former branding)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	53486
Class	B
ERP	11,500 watts
HAAT	316 meters (1,037 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°27′33″N 78°03′47″W / 39.45925°N 78.06299°W / 39.45925; -78.06299
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.todays975.com

WLTF is a radio station licensed to Martinsburg, West Virginia. Owned by WVRC Media, it currently broadcasts an adult contemporary format.

Its signal covers the "four state" region, east into Washington, DC, south to Luray, Virginia, west into Grantsville, Maryland, and north into Altoona, Pennsylvania, although the station primarily targets Martinsburg.

History

On October 31, 2014, Prettyman Broadcasting announced the sale of WLTF to West Virginia Radio Corporation (WVRC) for an unknown sum. Included in the same were sister stations WEPM and WICL. WVRC assumed control of the stations, through a local marketing agreement, on November 1. The purchase was consummated on February 13, 2015, at a price of $3 million.

On November 24, 2017, the station flipped back to a CHR format and changed its call sign back to WKMZ-FM. The station was unable to reclaim its legacy WKMZ callsign due to the existence of WKMZ-LP in Ruckersville, Virginia.

On April 24, 2019, the station changed its call sign back to WLTF.

On April 30, 2019, WLTF dropped its contemporary hit radio format again, as "97.5 WKMZ" and began stunting with Christmas music as "Santa 97.5". At Midnight, on May 1, 2019, the stunting ended and the format of WLTF flipped back to adult contemporary branded as "Today's 97-5".

References

1. "Call letter actions" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 10, 1973. p. 58.
2. "Actions of April 20" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 30, 1962. p. 84.
3. "Facility Technical Data for WLTF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
4. ^ "West Virginia Radio Corporation Expands Into Martinsburg/Hagerstown/". radioinsight.com. October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
5. "WKMZ Returns To Hagerstown With CHR". radioinsight.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
6. ^ "Today's 97.5 WLTF Returns To Martinsburg/Hagerstown". radioinsight.com. May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2019.

External links

• Today's 97-5 Online
• Facility details for Facility ID 53486 (WLTF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WLTF in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

• 1949 establishments in West Virginia
• Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
• Martinsburg, West Virginia
• Radio stations established in 1949
• Radio stations in West Virginia