WVLG-AM 640 Wildwood

WVLG-AM 640
WILDWOOD

Original call Letters: WHOF

Originally Licensed: 1986

Original City of License: Wildwood

Original Frequency: 640

Origin of Call Letters: Location of studios; The VilLaGes

Original Power: 930 watts daytime/860 watts at night.

Translator: W274BR (102.7 MHz, Lady Lake)

Original Location: The Villages

Original Format: Adult Standards

Network Affiliation(s):

Fox News Radio

Owner(s):	1986-Walker Heart of Florida Broadcasting
	1987-Jim Patrick
	2000-Catherine Mary Walker, Inc.
	2001-Senior Broadcasting Corp.
	2011-Villages Communications ($750,000)

History Of Call Letters and Formats:	WHOF-1986-MOR
	WMZY-1988-Contemporary Christian Music "WMZY-64 Stereo Radio"
	WHOF-1988-Religious/Talk
	WVLG-2000-Adult Standards "The Voice of The Villages" "AM 640 Timeless Hits"

WVLG History WVLG began life as WHOF. Here is a partial history. 1987-Jim Patrick moved to Lake County in 1982 after selling his coal mining companies in eastern Kentucky. He retired for three years before investing in broadcasting. The station, which is licensed to Wildwood had its studio in Leesburg The station broadcasts 24 hours a day with 1,000 watts of power. It operated under the call letters WMZY in the summer of 1988 because of the station's proposed sale. The letters WHOF were brought back when the sale was dropped. Patrick's first radio experience was with two Leesburg partners, Gene Smith and Dr. Larry Lammers, who owned WHOF-AM 1320. Patrick bought out his partners in March of 1987 and switched the dial setting to 640. SOLD: WVLG-AM 6-7-11 WVLG-AM 640, Wildwood, has been sold for $750,000 to Villages Communications by Senior Broadcasting. Villages Communications will pay Senior Broadcasting the purchase price in five equal payments over the next five years.