WOLF-FM

WOLF-FM

City	Baldwinsville, New York
Broadcast area	Syracuse, New York
Branding	92.1 The Wolf
Slogan	Syracuse's New Hit Country
Frequency	92.1 MHz
First air date	1967 (as WSEN-FM)
Format	Country
Language(s)	English
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	91 meters
Class	B1
Facility ID	7716
Transmitter coordinates	43°10′46″N 76°20′19″W / 43.17944°N 76.33861°W / 43.17944; -76.33861
Callsign meaning	The WOLF (station branding)
Former callsigns	WSEN-FM (1967-2016) WNDR (4/6/2016-4/14/2016)
Owner	Family Life Network (Family Life Ministries, Inc.)
Sister stations	WCIS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	92.1 The Wolf Online

WOLF-FM is a radio station serving the community of Baldwinsville, New York in the Syracuse, New York metropolitan area. The station is owned by Family Life Network, and is currently operating as a simulcast of WOSW, running a country music format branded as 92.1 The Wolf.

History

In 1967, the station began operations as a full-time country outlet as WSEN-FM. It was the sister station to WSEN-AM 1050, one of the first country stations in the northeastern United States. Century Radio sold the stations in 1974.

On September 7, 1975, WSEN-FM began operating on a 24-hour basis continuing with a country music format hosted by Carl Knight from 1-6 a.m. The new 24 hour full-time programming lineup included: Bob Paris 6-10 a.m.; Daniel J. Dunn 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.; "Uncle" Rob 2-6 p.m.; Les Howard 6-10 p.m.; Al Jenner 10 p.m. - 1 a.m.

In 1986, the station format flipped to oldies. Both AM and FM were owned by Buckley Broadcasting during much of the 2000s, until being sold in 2008 to Leatherstocking Media Group.

In 2011, as the oldies format drifted into classic hits, WSEN (at the time playing a 1960s/1970s mix of songs) split its simulcast: the FM side switched to a modern-leaning classic hits format centered on the 1970s and 1980s, while the AM side went for a "real oldies" approach featuring 1950s and 1960s music.^[1]

Acquisition by Family Life and trade with Craig Fox

In late 2015, the station was sold to the Family Life Network, a regional religious broadcaster, along with WMCR-FM and rights to WFBL. WSEN-FM's intellectual property (including all on-air programming and staff contracts) was sold to Galaxy Communications, who merged it with that of WZUN (which Galaxy reacquired in February 2016).^[2]

Family Life Network then promptly traded the 92.1 license to Craig Fox in exchange for the former WOLF-FM (105.1) in DeRuyter and WWLF-FM (96.7) in Oswego. WOLF's country music format was installed on 92.1 on March 29 at 5:00 p.m.^[3] The WSEN-FM call letters were swapped with Fox's WNDR-FM on April 6, 2016. The station adopted the WOLF-FM call sign on April 14, 2016.

On June 15, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) denied the trade and fined Foxfur and Wolf Radio $20,000 for violating the multiple ownership rule (because the companies' owner Craig Fox illegally operated eight licenses, where ownership limits in the market are seven).^[4]^[5]

In late June 2016, FoxFur filed a second request for the transfer of 105.1 and 96.7 to Family Life. However, because of the FCC's ruling, FoxFur ceased operation of WOLF-FM. The station's owner, Family Life, is temporarily operating the station as a simulcast of Fox's WOSW, which is itself broadcasting the original country music format that Fox installed on 92.1.^[6]

References

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WOLF

Radio-Locator information on WOLF

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WOLF

Radio stations in the Syracuse, New York market

By AM frequency	570 620 1050 1070 1200 1260 1300 1340 1390 1440 1490 1540 1570

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.3 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.9 90.3 90.5 90.5 91.3 92.1 93.1 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.7 97.7 98.3 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.9

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Country radio stations in the state of New York

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¹ = Although WNSH is licensed to Newark, NJ, it also serves the New York City area, with it's studios in New York City.

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York

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