WFVL is a

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-affiliated

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in the

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, United States, market which broadcasts on 102.3 FM.

History

Prior to March 9, 1998, this station was a

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station in

Lumberton, North Carolina Lumberton is a city in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. As of 2020, its population was 19,025. It is the county seat of Robeson County. Located in southern North Carolina's Inner Banks region, Lumberton is located on the Lumbe ...

with the call letters WJSK. Al Kahn, who bought WAGR in January 1957, signed WJSK on the air in 1964 and took the station's letters from the names of his sons Jeff and Steve Kahn. After Messa Corp. bought the stations from Southeastern Broadcasting Corp. in July 1992, WJSK and WAGR ended their tradition of airing only Lumberton high school football and began carrying games involving other Robeson County teams. In 1993, Arthur DeBerry and Associates of Durham bought WAGR and WJSK. Cape Fear Broadcasting bought the station in 1998 and changed the call sign to WFNC-FM. In 1999, Cape Fear Broadcasting announced the sale of its stations to Cumulus Broadcasting. This sale was challenged by Ocean Broadcasting of

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because it would give Cumulus 6 FMs and an AM in Wilmington, and about 55 percent of market revenue. Until 2006, this station aired the same programming as

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station WFNC WFNC-FM then simulcast WFVL until 2009. On March 30, 2009, the simulcast with WFVL 106.9 FM ended when the station (now

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) changed formats to

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. The

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format continued without 106.9 FMMichael Futch, "WMGU hopes its 'Magic' will succeed in urban market," ''The Fayetteville Observer'', April 7, 2009. and on April 1, 2009, the WFVL call sign replaced WFNC-FM on 102.3 FM.

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bought WFVL from Cumulus in exchange for a

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station. EMF changed WFVL to the

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format.

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