WLOV-FM

WLOV-FM (99.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, and serving the Daytona Beach area. The station is owned by Southern Stone Communications and broadcasts a classic hits radio format as "Love 99.5, Daytona's Greatest Hits". The station carries the syndicated program "Intelligence for Your Life with John Tesh" in morning drive time.

WLOV
Broadcast areaDaytona Beach
Frequency99.5 MHz
Branding99.5 WLOV
Programming
FormatClassic hits
Ownership
Owner
  • Southern Stone Communications
  • (Southern Broadcasting of Pensacola, Inc.)
WHOG-FM, WKRO-FM, WNDB, WVYB
History
First air date
March 21, 2012 (2012-03-21)
Call sign meaning
"Love"
Technical information
Facility ID189546
ClassA
ERP5,500 watts
HAAT104 meters (341 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
29°14′11.00″N 81°04′22.00″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Website995wlov.com

WLOV-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 5,500 watts. The radio studios and transmitter are on LPGA Boulevard in Daytona Beach.[1]

History

Susan Hall bought WLOV-FM before it made it to the airwaves in a Federal Communications Commission auction. The price tag was $416,000, including a "new entrant bidding credit".[2]

WLOV-FM signed on the air on March 21, 2012 (2012-03-21). In its first 99 days, there were no commercials or on-air personalities. It was part of the Black Crow group.[3] Black Crow also owned classic rock 95.7 WHOG-FM.[2]

Effective March 7, 2019, Susan Hall sold WLOV-FM to Paul Stone's Southern Stone Communications for $650,000.

References
  1. Radio-Locator.com/WLOV-FM
  2. "FCC auction brings AC WLOV-FM to Daytona Beach". radio-info.com. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  3. "WLOV-FM 99.5 Daytona Beach Shores". CFLRadio. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
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