WLPA (AM)

WLPA
City of license Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Frequency 1490 kHz
First air date June 1922
Format Adult Standards
Power 600 watts
Class C
Facility ID 25870
Transmitter coordinates 40°03′38″N 76°18′59″W / 40.06056°N 76.31639°WCoordinates: 40°03′38″N 76°18′59″W / 40.06056°N 76.31639°W
Callsign meaning Lancaster, PA
Former callsigns WGAL (1922–1977)
WDDL (1977–1979)
Affiliations Westwood One
Owner Hall Communications
Sister stations WLPA-FM, WROZ
Website wlpa.com

WLPA (1490 AM) is an adult standards radio station in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The station offers coverage of the following sports teams, according to their official website:

WLPA is among Pennsylvania's earliest radio stations, first going on the air in 1922, and was once housed in the historic Jasper Yeates House.[1]

WLPA switched from Fox Sports Radio (which it had carried since July 2005) to ESPN Radio on August 1, 2013. The station had attempted to affiliate with ESPN Radio for some years beforehand, but was unable to do so due to its geographic proximity to WGLD in Manchester Township; however, that station joined CBS Sports Radio in early 2013, making the ESPN affiliation available to WLPA.[2]

On April 1, 2015 WLPA changed their format from ESPN sports to Westwood One's America's Best Music adult standards format.

References

  1. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John J. Snyder, Jr. (June 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jasper Yeates House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  2. ↑ Stark, Eric (June 23, 2013). "WLPA drops FOX in favor of ESPN". Sunday News. Retrieved July 16, 2013.

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