WLSD
Appearance
File:WLSD-AM 2014.png | |
Broadcast area | Big Stone Gap, Virginia Norton, Virginia |
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Frequency | 1220 kHz |
Branding | "AM 1220 WLSD" |
Programming | |
Format | Southern Gospel Religious |
Affiliations | CBS Radio News |
Ownership | |
Owner | Valley Broadcasting and Communications, Inc. |
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History | |
First air date | August 20, 1953 |
Call sign meaning | Where Love Sounds Different Wise Lee Scott Dickenson |
Technical information | |
Class | D |
Power | 1,000 Watts daytime 45 Watts nighttime |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°50′26.0″N 82°44′14.0″W / 36.840556°N 82.737222°W |
Links | |
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 William 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
- Facility details for Facility ID WLSD ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database