WBWL (FM)
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| Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
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| Frequency | 101.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 101.7 The Bull |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country music |
| Subchannels | HD2: Pride Radio |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
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| History | |
First air date | August 5, 1963 |
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Call sign meaning | phonetically pronounced as "Bull" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 40824 |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 13,500 watts |
| HAAT | 138 meters (453 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°25′52″N 71°5′17″W / 42.43111°N 71.08806°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | thebull1017 |
WBWL (101.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lynn, Massachusetts, and serving Greater Boston. It is owned by iHeartMedia and it airs a country music format that includes some acoustic-driven pop crossover hits not otherwise heard on country radio. The studios are on Cabot Road off Revere Beach Parkway in Medford. The Bull carries two nationally syndicated country music programs: The Bobby Bones Show in morning drive time and After Midnite with Granger Smith overnight. From 1983 to 2012, the station was known as WFNX ("The Phoenix"), among the first to broadcast a modern rock format.
WBWL is a Class B1 FM station, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 13,500 watts. Because it is short-spaced to co-owned WWBB (101.5 FM) in Providence and WCIB (101.9 FM) in Falmouth, WBWL cannot have the power of a full Class B station. It broadcasts using HD Radio technology, carrying "Pride Radio" on its HD2 digital subchannel. The transmitter site is on Murray Hill in Medford.