northeast ohio branding 106.5 the lake slogan we play anything frequency 106.5 mhz also on hd radio first air date may 4 1960 format adult hits hd2 soft rock erp 11 500 watts haat 316 meters class b facility id 59594 transmitter coordinates 41 22 45.00 n 81 43 12.00 w 41.3791667 n 81.7200000 w 41.3791667 ; 81.7200000 callsign meaning the lake former callsigns wabq fm 1960 61 wxen 1961 77 wzzp 1977 84 wltf 1984 97 wmvx 1997 2011 affiliations city club of cleveland iheartradio total traffic and weather network owner iheartmedia inc. citicasters licenses inc. sister stations waks wgar fm wmji wmms wtam webcast listen live website 106.5 the lake whlk 106.5 fm branded 106.5 the lake is a commercial adult hits radio station licensed to cleveland ohio . owned by iheartmedia inc. the station serves greater cleveland and much of surrounding northeast ohio . the whlk studios are located in the cleveland suburb of independence while the station transmitter resides in nearby parma . besides a standard analog transmission whlk broadcasts over two hd radio channels 1 and is available online via iheartradio . contents 1 history 1.1 lite rock 106 1.2 mix 106.5 1.3 106.5 the lake 2 current programming 3 references 4 external links history edit the station was originally supposed to be the home of wjmo fm before a studio call letter format swap took place between the owners of wjmo and wsrs now were in 1958 putting the license in the hands of tuschman broadcasting company . on may 4 1960 the new station first signed on as wabq fm . 2 by may 1961 the station changed its callsign to wxen . 3 the new callsign stood for xenophon zapis a station show producer who later helped to establish wzak as that station s owner . throughout the 1960s and 1970s wxen and wzak both featured mostly nationality programming that is one or two hour programs devoted to music and programming for different nationalities such as polish slovenian or hungarian with program hosts speaking in the native language . it used the slogan the station of the nations . tuschman broadcasting company sold both wxen and wabq to booth broadcasting of detroit in 1964 . booth american installed a rock format on march 13 1977 with the branding zip 106 changing the call letters to wzzp on march 21 1977 . 4 5 lite rock 106 edit the station changed to wltf on march 5 1984 and aired an adult contemporary format as lite rock 106 . its lovelite jingles were created for the station by jim brickman in 1987 . wltf was cleveland s number one radio station through the late 1980s and early 1990s 6 with its morning program hosted by trapper jack elliott also rated number one . billboard magazine named wltf the adult contemporary station of the year in 1991 . soon other stations such as wqal and wdok started competing head to head with similar formats and gaining market share . 7 mix 106.5 edit logo 1997 2011 booth broadcasting merged with broadcast alchemy and the merged company became secret communications in 1994 ultimately selling off both wltf and wtam to jacor communications in july 1997 . shortly afterwards the station flipped its format to hot ac branding itself as mix 106.5 . the station changed its callsign to wmvx on october 17 1997 . as wmvx the station aired both the 80s and 90s versions of backtrax usa with kid kelly . from 2004 to 2009 wmvx also carried american top 20 with casey kasem until the show ended production . from 2009 to 2010 it aired the weekday valentine in the morning show based from kbig in los angeles . wmvx was also the home to the brian and joe radio show a popular local program from september 1998 until april 2009 ; their dismissal was part of clear channel s nationwide budget and salary cuts . 106.5 the lake edit on november 12 2010 wmvx flipped to an all christmas music format which lasted until christmas day . wmvx went back to its hot ac format until 10 a.m. the following wednesday december 29 at which point it began to stunt by playing a wide variety of music . the station s website contained a countdown to the time that a new format would take effect which was on the morning of january 3 2011 . leading up to the change an hour of songs with new in the title were played such as honeymoon suite s new girl now the shins s new slang inxs s new sensation the theme to the newlywed game and dead or alive s brand new lover . 8 at 7 30 a.m. on january 3 2011 the station changed its branding to 106.5 the lake and its format to adult hits . the first song played in the new format was ian hunter s cleveland rocks . 9 10 on january 17 2011 the station adopted the callsign whlk to reflect its new branding the lake . 11 current programming edit whlk does not feature any on air talent with the exception of the syndicated the 80s show with jeff stevens . citation needed the hd2 digital subchannel airs soft rock under the brand sunny 106.5 hd2 . 12 references edit http hdradio.com station guides widget.php id 70 hd radio guide for cleveland 1 dead link 2 dead link the bill tash collection . reelradio . retrieved 2014 08 18 . webmasters mike olszewski 2002 03 04 . cleveland ohio broadcast radio archives project . cleve radio.com . retrieved 2014 08 18 . articles & advice . danoday.com . retrieved 2014 08 18 . webmasters mike olszewski 2002 03 04 . cleveland ohio broadcast radio archives project . cleve radio.com . retrieved 2014 08 18 . https www.youtube.com watch v fwd91o8jfpw https radioinsight.com blog headlines netgnomes 29613 mix 106 5 wmvx cleveland stunting http formatchange.com mix 106 5 wmvx becomes the lake wmvx changes calls to whlk . allaccess.com . 2011 01 28 . retrieved 2014 08 18 . local hd radio stations . hd radio . retrieved 2014 08 18 . external links edit 106.5 the lake query the fcc s fm station database for whlk radio locator information on whlk query nielsen audio s fm station database for whlk v t e radio stations in the cleveland ohio market by fm frequency 87.7 88.3 88.3 88.7 89.3 90.3 91.1 91.5 92.3 93.1 95.5 96.5 98.5 99.1 99.5 100.7 102.1 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.7 106.5 107.3 107.9 by am frequency 850 930 1000 1040 1100 1220 1260 1300 1320 1330 1380 1420 1460 1490 1540 1560 defunct by wx frequency 162.55 by callsign khb59 w256bt wabq waks watj defunct wbwc wccd wccr wclv wcpn wcrf fm wcsb wdlw wdok wenz weol were wfhm fm wgar fm whk whkw whlk whwn wint wjcu wjmo wjtb wkhr wknr wkrk fm wlfm lp wmji wmms wncx wnwv wobl wqal wruw fm wtam wwgk wzak online owow radio ohio radio markets akron canton cincinnati cleveland columbus dayton lima marietta toledo youngstown warren other ohio radio regions ashtabula ironton mid ohio sandusky southern ohio wheeling steubenville see also list of radio stations in ohio radio stations in southwestern ontario clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . v t e iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff b. j. red mccombs j. c. watts john h. williams radio stations list of radio stations owned by iheartmedia radio networks fox sports radio premiere networks premium choice total traffic and weather network miscellaneous clear channel outdoor clear channel uk iheartradio list of programming syndicated by iheartmedia mediabase radio computing services retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title whlk & oldid 743407456 categories hd radio stations1960 establishments in ohioadult hits radio stations in the united statesiheartmedia radio stationsradio stations established in 1960radio stations in clevelandhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from august 2014all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 14 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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