WLSD
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| City of license | Big Stone Gap, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area |
Big Stone Gap, Virginia Norton, Virginia |
| Branding | "AM 1220 WLSD" |
| Slogan | "Where Love Sounds Different" |
| Frequency | 1220 kHz |
| First air date | August 20, 1953 |
| Format |
Southern Gospel Religious |
| Power |
1,000 Watts daytime 45 Watts nighttime |
| Class | D |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°50′26.0″N 82°44′14.0″W / 36.840556°N 82.737222°W |
| Callsign meaning |
Where Love Sounds Different Wise Lee Scott Dickenson |
| Affiliations | CBS Radio News |
| Owner | Valley Broadcasting and Communications, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WAXM |
| Webcast | WLSD Webstream |
| Website | WLSD Online |
WLSD is a Southern Gospel and Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Big Stone Gap, Virginia, serving the Big Stone Gap/Norton area. WLSD is owned and operated by Valley Broadcasting and Communications, Inc.[1]
History
WLSD first went on air August 20, 1953. According to then-station manager Williams H. Wren, the call letters stood for the four counties served by WLSD: Wise-Lee-Scott-Dickenson.[2]
References
- ↑ "WLSD Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ Addington, L.F. Wise County History Book. Unknown.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WLSD
- Radio-Locator Information on WLSD
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WLSD
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