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{{short description|K-Love radio station in Buckland, Virginia}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WLZV
| logo             = KLOVE 2014.svg
| logo_size        = 200px
| area             = {{ubl|[[Northern Virginia]]|[[Shenandoah Valley]]}}
| country          = US
| city             = [[Buckland, Virginia]]
| branding         = K-Love
| airdate          = {{start date and age|1978|11|2}}
| frequency        = 94.3 [[hertz|MHz]]
| languages        = [[American English|English]]
| format           = [[Contemporary Christian music|Contemporary Christian]]
| class            = A
| facility_id      = 16819
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| haat             = {{convert|175|m|ft|sp=us}}
| coordinates      = {{coord|38|44|21|N|77|50|08|W|region:US-VA_type:landmark}}
| affiliations     = [[K-Love]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WQRA (1978&ndash;96)|WINX-FM (1996&ndash;97)|[[WTOP-FM]] (1997&ndash;98)|WUPP (1998&ndash;99)<ref>{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|page=D-471|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-NE-Ter-BC-YB-1999..pdf}}</ref>|WPLC (1999&ndash;2000)|WPLC-FM (2000&ndash;01)|WBPS-FM (2001&ndash;06)|WWXX (2006&ndash;17)}}
| owner            = [[Educational Media Foundation]]
| sister_stations  = [[WLVW]], [[WTCF]], [[WAIW (FM)|WAIW]]
| webcast          = [http://www.klove.com/listen/player.aspx Listen Live]
| website          = {{url|klove.com}}
| erp              = 2,000 [[watt]]s
}}
'''WLZV''' (94.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) – branded ''K-Love'' – is a [[Non-commercial radio|non-commercial]] [[Contemporary Christian music|contemporary Christian]] [[radio station]] licensed to serve [[Buckland, Virginia|Buckland]], [[Virginia]]. Owned and operated by the [[Educational Media Foundation]], WLZV does not broadcast any local programming, functioning as the [[Northern Virginia]] [[network affiliate]] for [[K-Love]]; WLZV also services the southwestern portion of the [[Washington metropolitan area]].
==History==
WQRA signed on November 2, 1978, as a local station serving [[Warrenton, Virginia]] with [[Middle of the road (music)|middle-of-the-road]] music and local news coverage.<ref>{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1980|page=C-242|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1980/C-2%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201980.pdf}}</ref>
In 1996, the station was sold by Dettra Broadcasting to Bill Parris' Radio Broadcasting Communications, owner of [[WLXE|WINX]] (1600 AM, [[Rockville, Maryland]]).<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Staff|title=Newsline|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tw0EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22WQRA%22%20warrenton&pg=PA106|magazine=Billboard|date=April 5, 1996|page=106}}</ref> Parris flipped the station in September 1996 to WINX-FM, a simulcast of WINX's [[oldies]] music.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=Dave|title=Spanish WINX Is Born December 17|url=http://www.dcrtv.com/mediaw08.html|website=DCRTV|date=December 17, 1998}}</ref>
The station became WTOP-FM in September 1997; it was the first FM outlet of all-news [[WTOP-FM|WTOP]], which at the time was on [[WFED|1500 AM]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=Dave|title=WTOP Plans Improved Reception On 107.7|url=http://www.dcrtv.com/mediaw08.html|website=DCRTV|date=May 5, 1998}}</ref> In February 1998, [[Bonneville International]], the owner of WTOP, bought it from Parris. Bonneville then traded this station and cash to Syd Abel for his higher-powered [[WWWT-FM|107.7 FM]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Staff|title=Changing hands|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1998/BC-1998-03-16.pdf|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=March 16, 1998|page=57}}</ref> The transaction was completed the next month, and Abel moved over his "rocking [[country music|country]]" format, branded as WUPP "Up Country".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=Dave|title=WTOP Moves To 107.7|url=http://www.dcrtv.com/mediaw08.html|website=DCRTV|date=April 1, 1998}}</ref> One year later, on April 28, 1999, Abel flipped the station to WPLC "The Pulse", playing [[hot adult contemporary]] crossed with [[alternative rock]] hits.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=Dave|title=WUPP Drops Country|url=http://www.dcrtv.com/mediaw09.html|website=DCRTV|date=April 28, 1999}}</ref>
Mega Communications purchased the station in 2000. Mega first broadcast a format of Spanish love songs, renaming the station WPLC-FM as they added a simulcast with [[WBQH|1050 AM]] in Washington, which became WPLC.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Staff|title=Changing hands|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-2000/BC-2000-04-24.pdf|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=April 24, 2000|page=61}}</ref> The following year, Mega changed the callsign to WBPS-FM and joined it with [[WDCJ|WBZS-FM]] (92.7 FM, [[Prince Frederick, Maryland]]) in a Spanish [[adult contemporary]] simulcast branded as "La Nueva Mega". In 2005, the stations switched to Spanish [[oldies]] as "Mega Clasica".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=Dave|title=Mega Flips 92.7 & 94.3 To "Classica"|url=http://www.dcrtv.com/mediaw15.html|publisher=DCRTV|date=November 17, 2005}}</ref>
[[Washington Redskins]] owner [[Daniel Snyder]] bought the two stations, as well as Mega's [[WTNT (AM)|WKDL]] (730 AM, [[Alexandria, Virginia]]), in 2006. The new three-station network ran a new simulcast as "Triple X [[ESPN Radio]]", creating an ESPN Radio-based [[sports talk radio|sports talk]] competitor to [[WTEM]] (980 AM). 94.3 changed to WWXX to reflect the branding.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clabaugh|first1=Jeff|title=Snyder buys three Washington radio stations|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2006/01/16/daily41.html|work=Washington Business Journal|date=January 20, 2006}}</ref> In 2008, Snyder bought WTEM itself, and the network became simply "ESPN 980" with no other changes to the two FM stations.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=Dave|title=Snyder To Buy WTEM & Two Talkers From Clear Channel|url=http://www.dcrtv.com/mediaw18.html|publisher=DCRTV|date=June 4, 2008}}</ref>
Snyder began selling off his radio properties during 2017; [[Educational Media Foundation]] bought 94.3 FM and flipped it to WLZV with their national [[K-Love]] [[contemporary Christian music]] programming.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Venta|first1=Lance|title=EMF Acquires 94.3 WWXX In DC Suburbs|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/117893/emf-acquires-94-3-wwxx-dc-suburbs/|work=RadioInsight|date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{FM station data|16819|WLZV}}
{{Washington Radio}}
{{K-LOVE}}
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1978]]
[[Category:1978 establishments in Virginia]]
[[Category:K-Love radio stations]]
[[Category:Educational Media Foundation radio stations]]
[[Category:Christian radio stations in Virginia|LZV]]