WHLK

WHLK (106.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States, known as "106.5 The Lake" and carrying an adult hits format. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station serves Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio. WHLK's studios are located at the Six Six Eight Building in downtown Cleveland's Gateway District, while the station transmitter is in nearby Parma. Along with a standard analog transmission, WHLK broadcasts over two HD Radio channels and is available online via iHeartRadio.

WHLK signed on in 1960 as WABQ-FM, the FM extension of WABQ. Within a year it adopted the WXEN call sign and picked up an ethnic format led by block programming from different nationalities. Purchased by Booth American in 1964, the station switched to Top 40 in 1977 as WZZP, a change that ignited controversy both among the fired ethnic hosts and the station's listenership. WZZP switched to soft adult contemporary in 1980, then relaunched as "Lite Rock 106+1⁄2" WLTF in 1984. As WLTF, the station became highly-rated through the late 1980s and early 1990s, but ultimately faltered against stiff competition. Purchased by iHeartMedia predecessor Jacor in 1997, the station rebranded as "Mix 106.5" WMVX, deemphasizing personality in favor of a more music-intensive hot adult contemporary, then with the duo of Brian Fowler and Joe Cronauer as morning hosts. WMVX was also the first station in Cleveland to implement Christmas music on an annual basis beginning in 2001. The station adopted the current "Lake" branding and adult hits format as WHLK in 2011.