WMOS

This article is about the Stonington, Connecticut radio station at 102.3 FM. For the Montauk, New York radio station that held the call sign WMOS at 104.7 FM from 2001 until 2008, see WELJ.

WMOS

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City of license	Stonington, Connecticut
Broadcast area	Southeastern Connecticut, southern Rhode Island
Branding	102.3 FM The Wolf
Slogan	"The Shoreline's Classic Rock"
Frequency	102.3 MHz
First air date	1981
Format	Classic rock
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	60251
Callsign meaning	W MOhegan Sun
Former callsigns	WFAN (1981-1984) WORQ (1984-1987) WVVE (1987-2000) WAXK (2000-2002) WUXL (2002-2003) WXLM (2003-2008)
Owner	Cumulus Media (operated by Mohegan Sun) (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC)
Sister stations	WELJ, WQGN-FM, WXLM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1023thewolf.com

WMOS (102.3 FM, "102.3 The Wolf") is a classic rock radio station that targets the Connecticut shoreline (namely the New London-Groton area) although it is licensed to Stonington, Connecticut. It broadcasts at 102.3 MHz with 3 kilowatts ERP from a tower located in Stonington. The station is owned and operated by Cumulus Media and is "powered by Mohegan Sun," the casino in Uncasville. The Mohegan Sun casino also hosts the station's studios.

On March 17, 2008, WMOS changed its frequency from 104.7 FM to 102.3 FM, swapping frequencies with sister station WXLM).

History

102.3 FM was an Oldies formatted radio station known as 102.3 The Wave and had the call letters WVVE until December 29, 1999, when Citadel Broadcasting purchased the station and flipped formats to Hard rock as ROCK 102. [1]. They soon changed calls to WAXK. [2] ROCK 102 flipped to a Classic Hits format under the moniker XL 102 and the WUXL call letters in February 2002. [3]. XL 102 featured the syndicated Bob & Tom Morning show. In February 2003 XL 102 was one of two stations that gave away tickets to a Great White Concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, which ultimately became the scene of one of the deadliest fires in Rhode Island's history. [4] (The other station being Clear Channels's WHJY in Providence, Rhode Island). In March 2003, a few weeks after the fire XL 102 flipped formats to Adult Contemporary music and changed its calls to WXLM. (The format change is rumored to be just a coincidence). As AC formatted MIX 102, WXLM competed against long-time ratings leader Soft Rock 106.5, WBMW. [5]. WXLM dumped its Adult Contemporary format and began simulcasting the news/talk format of sister station WSUB AM 980 in April 2005. WSUB began promoting the simulcast in mid-March. [6]. WXLM officially became News-Talk 102.3 FM in late June 2005, after sister station WSUB, went Spanish as Magia 980. [7]

On March 17, 2008, WMOS switched frequencies from 104.7FM to 102.3FM. At the same time, News/Talk 102.3FM WXLM switched frequencies to 104.7FM. Both formats remained the same. In 2010, the News/Talk format migrated back as WXLM to AM 980, replacing Spanish "Caliente 980" there in 2010 as 104.7 shifted to Hot AC WELJ.

Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011. Cumulus also owns 104.7 WELJ (Hot AC), WXLM 980 AM (News/Talk) and 105.5 FM WQGN("Q-105" Contemporary Hit Radio) in the New London market.

The WMOS Weekdays lineup includes the syndicated morning personalitys The Bob & Tom Show, midday personality Julie, afternoon drive personality Mike English, evening personality Lisa Miller and the night time program is Loveline with Dr. Drew. It is also an affiliate of the New England Patriots Radio Network.

External links

• 102.3 The Wolf Website
• AAC Streaming Link
• MP3 Streaming Link
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WMOS
• Radio-Locator information on WMOS
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WMOS
• Coverage map for WMOS