WCOP (FM)
What would eventually become WCOP began at a time when Kane, Pennsylvania, the station's original city of license, was experiencing a sharp decline in its local economy.
WRXZ would be competing for advertising revenue with a well-established AM competitor, WKZA, that had been on the air since 1954, and had been controlled for many years by a New York-based company (the Bilbat Broadcast Bunch dba locally as Raise Kane Radio, Inc.) that had other stations in its portfolio in addition to its own.
In 1989, Heindl sold WLMI and a construction permit for an unbuilt station in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania (assigned the calls WDDH then, now known today as WDSN), to William Hearst, president of Clarion County Broadcasting.
Though a competitor buyout was speculated, WLMI did not show an interest in acquiring an AM station, and WKZA was sold for $75,000 to Bill Shannon Broadcasting in 1990.
Bill Shannon Broadcasting sold WKZA to Walter R. Pierre for $63,500 in December 1991, with the FCC approving the transaction a month later.
High school students from Kane and the surrounding area were hired to provide information to listeners on weekends, helping to keep WLMI's doors open seven days a week.
Crouse's first hire in 1993 was Michael Hinman, then a student at nearby Johnsonburg Area High School who would later become the founder of Airlock Alpha and the creator of the SyFy brand name.
Crouse hosted a daily two-hour morning show each weekday called "The Chuckwagon" which featured music, commentary, interviews and occasional announcements about lost dogs.
This very successful attempt at localism (while using a satellite-delivered programming service for music and DJs) would eventually seal WKZA's fate.
In July 2007, the station received approval from the FCC for a move of its tower for an increase of coverage area in McKean & Elk Counties.
A full launch was expected in December 2007, with programming from BBC World Service and late-night and entertainment features from Westwood One later added to the schedule.[3].
In 2010, WLMI separated from WBYB (with whom it had been sharing programming), returned to its satellite country format from Citadel (though the morning show remained) and changed its call sign to WUMT.
Local morning and evening shows were planned, with the Glenn Beck Program and Dennis Miller carried during the midday and Fox Sports Radio on overnights.
On October 19, 2011, WBYB assumed the call signs of FM 96.7 in Portville, New York, and began simulcasting that station's talk radio format.
Casey Hill, WBYB's lone local host, remained on staff for both stations until leaving for WGWE in the summer of 2012.
Colonial Media & Entertainment owner Jeff Andrulonis cited high municipal taxes and a stagnant local economy as the reason for moving WBYB out of Kane.
WBYB will primarily target listeners in Pennsylvania and does not intend to, at least directly, compete with the New York State-based country station WPIG.
On July 4, 2017, the station dropped the Bob FM brand and revived the name "The Eagle," correspondingly changing its call sign to WAGL.
On April 24, 2018, Colonial announced it had sold the station, along with WXMT and WVTT-FM, to Rick Freeman in a deal involving cash and cryptocurrency.
Colonial then announced it would sell the 103.9 license (but not the WAGL call signs or intellectual property, which will move down the dial to 96.7) and a translator on 104.9, to Family Life Network to convert the station to its contemporary Christian music format.
FLN closed on the sale April 3, 2019 and filed a construction permit with the FCC to make the station's signal directional, pointed to the southeast in part to protect adjacent-channel WHTT-FM in Buffalo, New York.
