WONN-FM


WONN-FM is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Starview, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Hall Communications and broadcasts a sports radio format as an affiliate of ESPN Radio.
WONN's studios and offices are located at 1996 Auction Road, Manheim, Pennsylvania. Its broadcast tower is located near Copenhaffer Road in the Starview York County at. The station's service contour covers the cities of York and Harrisburg.
WONN-FM programming is simulcast on sister station AM 1490 WLPA in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. WLPA programming is simulcast on FM translator W223CH. This brings WONN-FM's ESPN Radio programming to the FM dial in Lancaster on 92.5 FM.

History

On June 23, 1971, the Federal Communications Commission granted Capital Media, Inc., a construction permit for a new station on 92.7 MHz. The station was assigned the WRHY call sign on September 7, 1971, and signed on for the first time on November 22, 1971. WRHY was granted its first license by the FCC on January 20, 1972.
By 1974, the station was airing a progressive rock format. On May 13, 1976, the FCC granted a voluntary assignment of the station's license from Capital Media, Inc., to Harrea Broadcasters, Inc.
By 1980, the station's format had shifted to AOR. In 1982, the format changed to "contemporary".
The station's license was voluntarily transferred from Harrea Broadcasters, Inc., to Starview Media, Inc., on July 27, 1983. On August 12, 1983, the station switched call signs to WHTF. Its format changed to Contemporary Hit Radio/Top 40 branded as 92 Rock. The format evolved toward classic rock over the next two years, and by the summer of 1985, the station's branding changed to Starview 92, then Starview 92.7.
In the early 1990s, the station switched to an Active rock format and re-branded as Solid Rock 92.7. On November 13, 1995, Hall Communications, Inc., announced the purchase of station. The sale consummated on January 16, 1996.
On February 23, 1996, the station returned to the classic rock format, changing the call sign to WEGK and re-branding as 92.7 The Eagle.
On June 6, 2001, the station switched its call sign to WHBO and its format to Oldies, followed by another call sign change on March 1, 2004 to WSJW and a format change to Smooth Jazz.
On July 29, 2011, the station abruptly dropped its Smooth Jazz format and began stunting, mainly with cover versions of Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven. The following message was displayed on the station's website:
On August 1, 2011, the station changed its call sign to WKZF, returning to classic rock, and re-branding as 92.7KZF. Rick Everett, former Hall Communications operations manager of Cat Country 98.1 WCTK in Providence, Rhode Island, was hired as a consultant for the transition. The syndicated The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show aired weekday mornings.
On September 1, 2014, WKZF changed its call sign to WLPA-FM, in anticipation of its format change to ESPN Sports, which took place at midnight on September 3, 2014.
On December 2, 2015, the WLPA-FM call sign was changed to WONN-FM.

Simulcast

One AM station simulcasts the programming of WONN-FM:
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseFacility IDPower
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ClassTransmitter coordinates
WLPA1490 AMLancaster, Pennsylvania25870600C