WIFY

{{short description|Adult album alternative radio station in Addison, Vermont, United States}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WIFY

| above = Broadcasts The Point radio network

| logo =

| city = Addison, Vermont

| country = US

| area = Champlain Valley

| branding = The Point

| frequency = 93.7 MHz

| airdate = 1999{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D4-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf |title=Info |date=2010 |website=www.americanradiohistory.com }}

| format = Adult album alternative

| erp = 21,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|108|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = C3

| facility_id = 83867

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{coord|44|13|15.2|N|73|24|35.5|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WWFY (1997–1999)|WRRO (1999–2001)|WXAL-FM (2001–2005)|WUSX (2005–2010)}}

| affiliations =

| owner = Steven Silberberg and Edward Flanagan

| licensee = Radio Broadcasting Services, Inc.

| sister_stations = WWMP

| webcast =

| website = {{URL|http://www.pointfm.com}}

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WIFY |title=WIFY Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

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.{{cite news |last1=Fybush |first1=Scott |title=North East RadioWatch |url=https://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-020910.html |access-date=March 9, 2025 |date=September 10, 2002}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Fybush |first1=Scott |title=WCBS-FM: The End |url=https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050606/nerw.html |access-date=March 9, 2025 |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |date=June 6, 2005}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Fybush |first1=Scott |title=So Long, Toronto 1 |url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050822/nerw.html |access-date=March 9, 2025 |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |date=August 22, 2005}}{{cite news |last1=Fybush |first1=Scott |title=WPEN Heads For The Locker Room |url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050829/nerw.html |access-date=March 9, 2025 |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |date=August 29, 2005}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=83867&Callsign=WIFY |title=WIFY Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}{{cite web|url=http://www.radio-info.com/news/making-moves-wednesday-june-9-2010|title=Making Moves: Wednesday, June 9, 2010|date=June 9, 2010|work=Radio-Info.com}} 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.

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Category:Radio stations established in 1999

Category:1999 establishments in Vermont

Category:Adult album alternative radio stations in the United States