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Broadcast area | Southern Bedford County - Northeastern Franklin County |
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Frequency | 880 kHz |
Branding | Lake Radio 880 |
Programming | |
Format | Oldies - Adult standards |
Ownership | |
Owner | Smile Broadcasting, LLC |
History | |
First air date | December 1991 |
Former call signs | WBLU (1990–1994) WLQE (1994–1997) WVLR (1997–2001) WCQV (2001–2008) [1] |
Call sign meaning | W Smith (Mountain) Lake |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 31212 |
Class | D |
Power | 900 watts ( daytime only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°10′0.0″N 79°37′50.0″W / 37.166667°N 79.630556°W |
Translator(s) | 98.3 W252DP (Moneta) |
Links | |
Webcast | WSLK Webstream |
Website | WSLK880.com |
WSLK (880 kHz, "Lake Radio 880") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Moneta, Virginia. It broadcasts an oldies and adult standards radio format and is owned and operated by Smile Broadcasting, LLC. [2] The studios and offices are on Village Springs Drive in Hardy, Virginia.
WSLK is a daytimer station, powered at 900 watts non-directional. AM 880 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WCBS in New York City. So to avoid interference, at night WSLK goes off the air. The transmitter is off Moneta Road in Moneta. [3] The station's signal covers the Smith Mountain Lake area in parts of Bedford and Franklin Counties in Virginia. [4] [5] Programming is heard around the clock on 250-watt FM translator W252DP at 98.3 MHz in Moneta. [6]
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 4, 1990. [7] The new station was assigned the call sign WBLU by the FCC on February 7, 1990. [1] WBLU received its license to cover from the FCC on December 18, 1991. [8]
Smile Broadcasting LLC purchased WCQV, at the time a Southern Gospel station, from Perception Media Group in a deal announced in February 2008. [9] The station was sold for a reported $125,000. [9]
The station was assigned the current WSLK call sign by the FCC on April 7, 2008. [1]
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Broadcast area | Southern Bedford County - Northeastern Franklin County |
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Frequency | 880 kHz |
Branding | Lake Radio 880 |
Programming | |
Format | Oldies - Adult standards |
Ownership | |
Owner | Smile Broadcasting, LLC |
History | |
First air date | December 1991 |
Former call signs | WBLU (1990–1994) WLQE (1994–1997) WVLR (1997–2001) WCQV (2001–2008) [1] |
Call sign meaning | W Smith (Mountain) Lake |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 31212 |
Class | D |
Power | 900 watts ( daytime only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°10′0.0″N 79°37′50.0″W / 37.166667°N 79.630556°W |
Translator(s) | 98.3 W252DP (Moneta) |
Links | |
Webcast | WSLK Webstream |
Website | WSLK880.com |
WSLK (880 kHz, "Lake Radio 880") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Moneta, Virginia. It broadcasts an oldies and adult standards radio format and is owned and operated by Smile Broadcasting, LLC. [2] The studios and offices are on Village Springs Drive in Hardy, Virginia.
WSLK is a daytimer station, powered at 900 watts non-directional. AM 880 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WCBS in New York City. So to avoid interference, at night WSLK goes off the air. The transmitter is off Moneta Road in Moneta. [3] The station's signal covers the Smith Mountain Lake area in parts of Bedford and Franklin Counties in Virginia. [4] [5] Programming is heard around the clock on 250-watt FM translator W252DP at 98.3 MHz in Moneta. [6]
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 4, 1990. [7] The new station was assigned the call sign WBLU by the FCC on February 7, 1990. [1] WBLU received its license to cover from the FCC on December 18, 1991. [8]
Smile Broadcasting LLC purchased WCQV, at the time a Southern Gospel station, from Perception Media Group in a deal announced in February 2008. [9] The station was sold for a reported $125,000. [9]
The station was assigned the current WSLK call sign by the FCC on April 7, 2008. [1]