WSLC-FM

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WSLC-FM

City of license	Roanoke, Virginia
Broadcast area	Roanoke Salem Lynchburg New River Valley
Branding	94.9 Star Country
Slogan	94.9 Star Country
Frequency	94.9 MHz
Format	Country
ERP	98,000 watts
Class	C
Callsign meaning	W Shenandoah Life [1]
Owner	Mel Wheeler, Inc.
Website	949StarCountry.com

WSLC-FM / 94.9 Star Country is a Country radio station serving the Roanoke - Lynchburg and the New River Valley area of Virginia and West Virginia, in the United States. WSLC has an ERP of 98,000 watts. WSLC currently ranks 3rd in the Arbitron ratings for the Roanoke-Lynchburg radio market.

The station is owned by Mel Wheeler, Inc., along with "K92", "Q 99", and WFIR-AM located in the same market. In the Marion, Virginia area, WSLC deals with a tremendouse amount of interference from co-channel "Electric 94.9", which broadcasts from Greeneville, Tennessee.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 2.1 Monday-Friday 3 External links

[edit] History

• Was at one time WPVR, first with a Beautiful Music format for many years, which evolved into soft A/C, and later switching to "Arrow 94.9" with a classic rock format.
• Mel Wheeler, Inc. bought the station in 1997, along with WXLK-FM, WSLQ-FM, and WFIR-AM

[edit] Programming

[edit] Monday-Friday

• Brett Sharp (6:00 AM - 10:00 AM)
• Robynn Jaymes (6:00 AM - 10:00 AM)
• Rip Wooten (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)
• Darry Dixon (2:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
• Dale Alexander (6:00 PM - 12:00 AM)
• Swifty (12:00 AM - 6:00 AM)

There is no set schedule for weekends. All of the above DJ's usually work on weekends, though at different times throughout the day.

[edit] External links

• Official Star Country Website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WSLC
• WSLC-FM on Radio-locator.com
• Wheeler Broadcasting.com
• See what's playing on WSLC