WLPA (AM)

WLPA
City of license	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Frequency	1490 kHz
First air date	June 1922 (1922-06)
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°W / 40.06056; -76.31639Coordinates: 40°03′38″N 76°18′59″W / 40.06056°N 76.31639°W / 40.06056; -76.31639
Callsign meaning	Lancaster, PA
Former callsigns	WGAL (1922–1977) WDDL (1977–1979)
Affiliations	Westwood One
Owner	Hall Communications
Sister stations	WONN-FM, WROZ
Website	wlpa.com

WLPA (1490 AM) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Hall Communications and broadcasts an adult standards format.

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

History

WLPA is among Pennsylvania's earliest radio stations, first going on the air in 1922 as WGAL. It was once housed in the historic Jasper Yeates House.^[1] It was owned by the Steinman family, and eventually spawned an FM station (still co-owned with AM 1490 under the calls WROZ) and a television station (which still has the WGAL calls).

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

↑ "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.
↑ Stark, Eric (June 23, 2013). "WLPA drops FOX in favor of ESPN". Sunday News. Retrieved July 16, 2013.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WLPA

Radio-Locator Information on WLPA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WLPA

Radio stations in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania market

By FM frequency	89.1 90.3 90.7 91.3 91.7 92.9 94.5 96.9 101.3 103.7 105.1

By AM frequency	940 1390 1490 1580 1600

By callsign	WADV WDAC WFNM WIOV WIXQ WJTL WLAN WLAN-FM WLCH WLPA WLRI-LP WPDC WROZ WRTL WVZN WXCY

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Penn State Athletics Radio Affiliates

AM	KQV WAEB WBFD WBZU WCHA WCPA WGET WHP WHVR WIEZ WILK WISR WJEJ WKOK WKZN WLBR WLLI WNPV WNTJ WNTP WPAZ WPPA WPSE WQWK WRAW WSBA WTRN WVAM WVNJ

FM	WAVT-FM WBUS WBYB WCZT WHGL-FM WILK-FM WKNB WKSB WLAK WMRF-FM WNBQ WNBT-FM WQYX WRKY-FM WSQV WVSL-FM WWBE WYGL-FM WZDB

National	GoPSUSports.com

Hall Communications

AM radio stations	WICH WILI WJOY WLKW WLPA WNBH WONN

FM radio stations	WBTZ WCTK WCTY WILI-FM WIZN WKNL WKOL WLKF WNLC WOKO WONN-FM WPCV WROZ WWRZ

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