WLIF (101.9 FM) is a radio station located in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is currently owned and operated by CBS Radio. Its new studios are located in the Mount Washington section of Baltimore, while its transmitter is located two miles northeast in Hampton, Maryland.
The station's origins date back to the Beautiful music era, which was popular during the late 1950s and early 1960s. At that time, the station's call letters were ...
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WLIF (101.9 FM) is a radio station located in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is currently owned and operated by CBS Radio. Its new studios are located in the Mount Washington section of Baltimore, while its transmitter is located two miles northeast in Hampton, Maryland.
The station's origins date back to the Beautiful music era, which was popular during the late 1950s and early 1960s. At that time, the station's call letters were WTOW. Its frequency was at 1300 AM, which was later full service WFBR-AM for many years (that station was later WLIF-AM, and later WJFK-AM, simulcasting sister Washington station WJFK-FM. It is now ESPN-1300 WJZ, an all-sports station). At that time, it was one of the highest-rated stations in Baltimore, playing the smooth vocal stylings of Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole and Barbra Streisand, along with soothing instrumentals from Percy Faith and Floyd Cramer.
On December 31,1971, WLIF was born. It was called "The Beautiful Place In...
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