WLIF
adult contemporary radio station in Baltimore
WLIF (101.9 MHz, "Today's 101.9") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Baltimore, Maryland. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. through licensee Audacy License, LLC and broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format. Its studios are located on Clarkview Road in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Baltimore, while its broadcast tower is located near Loch Raven Reservoir near Towson. at (39°25′7.0″N 76°33′16.2″W).
History
The station began broadcasting February 6, 1960, as WAQE-FM, simulcasting WAQE (1570 AM). In 1967, the station's call sign was changed to WTOW-FM, and the station simulcast the programming of their then-AM sister station, who changed call letters to WTOW.
In 1970, the station's call sign was changed to WLIF. The station went silent February 18, 1970, and returned to the air on December 24, 1970, after Sudbrink Broadcasting bought the station. Cox Broadcasting would eventually take control of the station in 1977 before selling the station in 1983 to Alan Beck, ex-general manager of the station. In the 1970s and into 1980s, WLIF aired a beautiful music format. The station featured SRP programming (Schulke Radio Productions, created by Jim Schulke).
“WLIF” enters the record as adult contemporary radio station in Baltimore. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what WLIF, adult and contemporary can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7952252. Authority coordinates are 39.417, -76.556. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1960, 1570, 1967 and 1970.
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This entry incorporates text from “WLIF” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.