WLHZ-LP (107.9 FM, "UncionFM 107.9") is a

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to serve

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. The station is owned by Pentecostal Church Refuge Of Salvation. It airs a

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format. The station was assigned the WLHZ-LP call letters by the

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on February 11,

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. Another Spanish-language religious station, WREA-LP in Holyoke, had also been assigned to WLHZ-LP's original 104.9 MHz frequency but in March 2008 WLHZ-LP received a

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from the FCC to relocate to 107.9 MHz to avoid interference with WREA-LP. WLHZ-LP currently transmits from the

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mobility tower on East Mountain in Westfield. WLHZ-LP applied to change frequency to 98.7 on February 29, 2012, to alleviate interference issues from "(a) first adjacent FM station".

References

External links

WLHZ-LP official website
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