WLTF

For the radio station in Cleveland, Ohio, formerly known as WLTF, see WHLK.

Adult contemporary radio station in Martinsburg, West Virginia

WLTF

* Martinsburg, West Virginia
* United States

Broadcast area|

* Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
* Potomac Highlands of West Virginia
* Central Maryland
* Western Maryland
* South Central Pennsylvania
* Northern Shenandoah Valley
* Northern Virginia

Frequency| 97.5 MHz
Branding| Today's 97-5
Programming
Format| Adult contemporary
Affiliations|

* Compass Media Networks
* West Virginia MetroNews
* Westwood One

Ownership
Owner|

* WVRC Media
* (West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies)

Sister stations

* WEPM
* WICL
* WXDC
* WCST

History

First air date

| 1949 (76 years ago) (1949)

Former call signs

* WEPM-FM (1949–1973)[1]
* WESM (1973–1981)
* WKMZ (1981–2001)
* WLTF (2001–2017)
* WKMZ-FM (2017–2019)

Former frequencies

* 94.3 MHz (1949–1962)[2]

Call sign meaning

| Sounds like "Lite" (Former branding)
Technical information[3]

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 (via TuneIn)
Website| www.todays975.com

WLTF is an American 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

[edit]

In September 1981, WESM changed their format from adult contemporary to album-oriented rock, branded as "K 97.5", and changed its call sign to WKMZ.

In 1987, WKMZ changed their format from album-oriented rock to Top 40/CHR, branded as "Power 97-5 KMZ".[4]

In March 1992, WIKZ dropped the Top 40 format in favor of adult contemporary as Mix 95, leaving WKMZ as the only Top 40 station in the Hagerstown market.

In August 1993, WKMZ changed their format from Top 40/CHR to classic rock.[5]

On September 15, 2001, WKMZ moved down the dial to 95.9 frequency, and WLTF moved up the dial to the stronger 97.5 frequency.[6]

On October 31, 2014, Prettyman Broadcasting announced the sale of WLTF to West Virginia Radio Corporation (WVRC) for an unknown sum.[7] Included in the same were sister stations WEPM and WICL.[7] WVRC assumed control of the stations, through a local marketing agreement, on November 1.[7] 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.[8]

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

On April 30, 2019, WLTF dropped the CHR format again, as "97.5 WKMZ" and began stunting with Christmas music as "Santa 97.5".[9] 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".[9]

## References

[edit]

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. ^ "RR-1987-01-16.pdf" (PDF). R&R. January 16, 1987. p. 42. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
5. ^ "Format Changes & Updates", The M-Street Journal. Vol. 10 No. 34. August 25, 1993. p. 2. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
6. ^ "Format Changes & Updates", The M-Street Journal. October 3, 2001. p. 10. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
7. ^ a b c "West Virginia Radio Corporation Expands Into Martinsburg/Hagerstown/". radioinsight.com. October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
8. ^ "WKMZ Returns To Hagerstown With CHR". radioinsight.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
9. ^ a b "Today's 97.5 WLTF Returns To Martinsburg/Hagerstown". radioinsight.com. May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2019.

## External links

[edit]

* 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

* v
* t
* e

Radio stations in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia

By AM frequency|

* 740
* 1010
* 1340
* 1550

By FM frequency|

* 88.9
* 89.7
* 92.9
* 95.9
* 97.5
* 106.5
* 107.9

By callsign|

* W293AM
* WCST
* WDTF-LP
* WEPM
* WICL
* WLTF
* WMRE
* WRNR
* WSHC
* WVEP
* WXDC

West Virginia radio markets
Beckley
Bluefield
Charleston
Huntington
Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont
Parkersburg
Wheeling

Other West Virginia radio regions
Cumberland, MD
East-Central
Eastern Panhandle
Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston
Kingwood
Southern
West-Central
Winchester, VA

See also
List of radio stations in West Virginia

* v
* t
* e

Radio stations in the Winchester, Virginia, metropolitan area

By AM frequency|

* 610
* 790
* 1400
* 1450
* 1550

By FM frequency|

* 88.3
* 88.9
* 89.7
* 90.1
* 90.3
* 91.1
* 92.5
* 95.3
* 96.9
* 97.5
* 98.3
* 99.3
* 102.5
* 103.3
* 104.9
* 105.5

| LPFM|

* 94.9

|

Translators|

* 92.1
* 94.5
* 95.7
* 97.9
* 98.9
* 101.3
* 102.1
* 102.9
* 103.7
* 106.3

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 98.3-1
* 98.3-2
* 102.5-1

By call sign|

* W221EQ
* W233AA
* W239BV
* W250CR
* W255CK
* W267AK
* W271BR
* W275BV
* W279CV
* W292CI
* WAIW
* WAMM
* WFQX
* WFTR
* WHFW
* WINC
* WINC-FM
* WKSI-FM
* HD2
* WLTF
* WMRE
* WOTC
* WSIG
* WTCF
* WTRM
* WUDS-LP
* WUSQ-FM
* WVEP
* WVRS
* WVRX
* WXDM
* WXVA
* WZRV

Defunct|

* WCLM-LP (95.7 FM)
* WSVG (1230 AM)

Nearby regions
Baltimore
Cumberland
Eastern West Virginia
Frederick
Fredericksburg
Hagerstown
Harrisonburg
Washington, D.C.

See also
List of radio stations in Virginia
List of radio stations in West Virginia

* v
* t
* e

Radio stations in the Hagerstown metropolitan area (Maryland)

Note: this template also includes Chambersburg/Waynesboro, Pennsylvania and Martinsburg, West Virginia

By AM frequency|

* 800
* 930
* 1240
* 1380
* 1410
* 1480
* 1490
* 1590

By FM frequency|

* 88.1
* 88.3
* 88.7
* WWCF
* WSYC-FM
* 89.1
* 90.5
* 91.7
* 92.1
* 93.3
* 94.3
* 95.1
* 95.9
* 96.7
* 97.5
* 101.5
* 103.7
* 104.7
* 106.9

| LPFM|

* 93.7
* 102.9

|

Translators|

* 93.9
* 96.3
* 102.1
* 104.3

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 89.1-1

By call sign|

* W230AX
* W242BY
* W271BV
* W282CR
* WARK
* WAYZ
* WBHB-FM
* WCHA
* WCRH
* WDLD
* WEEO-FM
* WFMD
* WGMS
* WHAG
* WHGT
* WICL
* WIKG
* WIKZ
* WJEJ
* WLIN
* WLTF
* WQCM
* WRDD
* WRGG-LP
* WRZO-LP
* WSYC-FM
* WWCF
* WWEG
* WYPF
* WYPM
* WZXH
* WZXQ

Radio stations in South Central Pennsylvania
Chambersburg/Waynesboro
Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon
Lancaster
Lewistown-Mifflintown
York

Other nearby regions
Altoona
Bedford
Cumberland
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Frederick
Washington, D.C.
Winchester

See also
List of radio stations in Maryland
List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

* v
* t
* e

Radio stations in the Frederick, Maryland area

By AM frequency|

* 700
* 930
* 1450

By FM frequency|

* 88.1
* 90.5
* 97.5
* 99.9
* 103.1
* 103.9
* 104.7
* 106.9

| Translators|

* 88.9
* 91.1
* 93.5
* 94.3

|

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 820
* 99.9-1
* 99.9-2
* 103.9-1
* 103.9-2
* 103.9-3
* 106.9-1
* 106.9-2
* 106.9-3

By call sign|

* W205BL
* W216CM
* W228AM
* W232DG
* WAFY
* WAYZ
* WCRH
* WDMV
* WFMD
* WFRE
* HD2
* WLTF
* WSHE
* WTLP
* HD2
* HD3
* WTHU
* WWEG
* HD2
* HD3
* WYPF

Defunct|

* WTRI (1520 AM)

Radio stations in the Washington metropolitan area
Washington, D.C.

Frederick, Maryland
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Other nearby regions
Baltimore
Bedford
Cumberland
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Hagerstown
Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon
Lancaster
Winchester
York

See also
List of radio stations in Maryland

* v
* t
* e

West Virginia Radio Corporation

AM Radio Stations:|

* WAJR
* WCHS
* WCMD
* WCST
* WDNE
* WEPM
* WJLS
* WKAZ
* WKLP
* WSWW

FM Radio Stations:|

* WBRB
* WBTQ
* WCST-FM
* WDNE-FM
* WDYK
* WDZN
* WELK
* WFBY
* WFGM-FM
* WICL
* WJLS-FM
* WKKW
* WKMZ
* WKWS
* WLTF
* WQZK-FM
* WRVZ
* WVAF
* WVAQ
* WVMD
* WWLW
* WXDC

Radio Networks:|

West Virginia MetroNews

* v
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* e

Adult contemporary radio stations in the state of West Virginia

* Bluefield
* WKEZ
* Charleston
* WVAF
* Martinsburg
* WLTF
* Princeton
* WSTG
* Ridgeley
* WDYK
* Saint Marys
* WRRR-FM
* Spencer
* WYRC-LP
* Webster Springs
* WAFD
* Welch
* WELC
* Wheeling
* WKWK-FM
* Williamstown
* WVVV

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