WVSL (AM)

WVSL
City Saranac Lake, New York
Slogan Tri-Lakes First Choice
Frequency 1240 kHz
Translator(s) W237EY (95.3 MHz, Saranac Lake)
First air date September 11, 1927 (1927-09-11)[1]
Format Silent
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Class C
Facility ID 73314
Transmitter coordinates 44°18′58.00″N 74°7′8.00″W / 44.3161111°N 74.1188889°W / 44.3161111; -74.1188889
Former callsigns WNBZ (1927–2018)
Former frequencies 1290 kHz (1927–1941)
1320 kHz (1941–1946)
1450 kHz (1946–1956)
Owner Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher
(North Country Radio, Inc.)
Sister stations WSLP, WLPW,

WVSL (1240 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Saranac Lake, New York, United States. Established in 1927 as WNBZ, the station is owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher, through licensee North Country Radio, Inc.

In June 2017, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported that WNBZ had been silent since at least 2016.[2] The station had simulcast an adult contemporary format with WNBZ-FM (106.3).[3] WNBZ's "Radio Park" studio and transmitter facility was put up for tax auction in November 2017.[4] On November 22, 2017, Saranac Lake Radio, LLC filed to sell the station to North Country Radio, owner of WSLP (93.3 FM), for $6,000; the new owners would be required to change WNBZ's call sign,[5] and will also receive a right of first refusal to purchase Lake Placid sister station WLPW (105.5 FM).[6] Concurrently, the "Radio Park" properties were withdrawn from the Essex County tax auction list.[6] North Country Radio's purchase of WNBZ was consummated on February 9, 2018, and the new owners changed the station's call sign to WVSL on February 28, 2018.

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-311. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ Knight, Chris (June 21, 2017). "The death of local radio?". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Stations In New York's Adirondack Region Seemingly Abandoned". Inside Radio. June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ Hart, Glynis (November 17, 2017). "Over and out: Radio Park will go on auction block in two weeks". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Hart, Glynis; Crowley, Peter (November 28, 2017). "WNBZ may return". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Retrieved November 29, 2017.


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