WIFY explained

WIFY
Above:Broadcasts The Point radio network
City:Addison, Vermont
Country:US
Area:Champlain Valley
Branding:The Point
Frequency:93.7 MHz
Airdate:[1]
Format:Adult album alternative
Erp:21,000 watts
Haat:108m (354feet)
Class:C3
Facility Id:83867
Licensing Authority:FCC
Coordinates:44.2209°N -73.4099°W
Owner:Steven Silberberg and Edward Flanagan
Licensee:Radio Broadcasting Services, Inc.
Sister Stations:WWMP

WIFY (93.7 FM) is an adult album alternative formatted radio station that is part of The Point radio network. Licensed to Addison, Vermont, United States, the station serves Middlebury, Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, and Plattsburgh, New York. WIFY is owned by Radio Broadcasting Services, Inc.[2]

History

The station was assigned call sign WWFY on December 8, 1997. On April 30, 1999, the call letters changed to WRRO. When the station launched, it went by the name "The Arrow" and broadcast a classic rock format. The station changed calls and formats again on April 23, 2001, to WXAL-FM with a hot adult contemporary format as "Alice".

In September 2002, WXAL-FM began simulcasting on WLKC (103.3 FM; now WAVJ). The simulcast gave "Alice" a better signal in Burlington.[3] On June 1, 2005, WLKC and WXAL-FM flipped to an adult hits format as "MP 103"; WLKC became WWMP, and station identifications during this time ceased to mention WXAL-FM.[4] That August, the station ended the WWMP simulcast and became classic country station "US 93.7", changing its call sign to WUSX on September 7.[5] [6]

On July 1, 2008, the station changed format from to oldies as "Cruisin' 93.7". The first song was 409 by The Beach Boys. Two years after the station went oldies, the call letters changed yet again on May 24, 2010, to the current WIFY.[7] [8] On September 2, 2014, WIFY dropped the oldies format and became part of the radio network known as The Point, with an adult album alternative format, simulcasting the Montpelier/Burlington network content of WNCS.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Info . 2010 . www.americanradiohistory.com .
  2. Web site: WIFY Facility Record . United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division .
  3. News: Fybush . Scott . North East RadioWatch . March 9, 2025 . September 10, 2002.
  4. News: Fybush . Scott . WCBS-FM: The End . March 9, 2025 . NorthEast Radio Watch . June 6, 2005.
  5. News: Fybush . Scott . So Long, Toronto 1 . March 9, 2025 . NorthEast Radio Watch . August 22, 2005.
  6. News: Fybush . Scott . WPEN Heads For The Locker Room . March 9, 2025 . NorthEast Radio Watch . August 29, 2005.
  7. Web site: WIFY Call Sign History . United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division .
  8. Web site: Making Moves: Wednesday, June 9, 2010. June 9, 2010. Radio-Info.com.