WFLN is a commercial radio station

Radio station

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 in Arcadia, Florida

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, broadcasting on 1480 AM

AM broadcasting

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. WFLN's format is News/Talk. The station runs a slate of conservative commentators including Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham

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, The Rush Limbaugh Show

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, The Sean Hannity Show

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and Michael Savage

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. Late night programming is Alan Colmes

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 and Joey Reynolds

Joey Reynolds

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. Weekends feature a combination of news and do it yourself

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 programming.

History

The call sign WFLN was originally assigned in 1949 to a Philadelphia FM radio station located at 95.7 MHz. In 1956, WFLN-AM (900 kHz) was started as a simulcast of the FM programming. WFLN-AM was sold in 1985 and became WDVT

WDVT

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. WFLN-FM continued operations until 1997 when it was sold, changed format and was renamed WXXM. Today, this station is identified by the call sign WBEN-FM

WBEN-FM

WBEN-FM, known as "95.7 Ben FM," is an adult hits station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station plays a mix of 1970s, 1980s and 1990s hits, with some current hot adult contemporary rock singles. Named after Benjamin Franklin, the station pioneered a "Playing Anything We Feel Like" radio...

. The Philadelphia WFLN was primarily a classical music station.

External links

• Station website