WLPW

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WLPW

| logo = WLPW Adirondack 105 logo.png

| city = Lake Placid, New York

| country = US

| area =

| branding = Adirondack 105

| frequency = 105.5 MHz

| airdate = {{start date|1979|10}}{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-303|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-NE-Ter-BC-YB-1999..pdf|accessdate=April 18, 2017}}

| format = Mainstream rock

| erp = 7,100 watts

| haat = {{convert|-55|meters}}

| class = C3

| facility_id = 54653

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{coord|44|15|43.2|N|74|1|20.5|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations = United Stations Radio Networks

| owner = Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher

| licensee = North Country Radio Corp.

| sister_stations = WRGR, WSLP, WVSL

| webcast = [https://www.adirondack105.com/player/ Listen Live]

| website = [https://adirondack105.com/ adirondack105.com]

}}

WLPW (105.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Lake Placid, New York, United States. Established in 1979, the station is owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher, through licensee North Country Radio Corp.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WLPW |title=WLPW Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

WLPW formerly broadcast a classic rock format branded as "Rock 105", which was simulcast with WRGR (102.1 FM) in Tupper Lake, New York; the stations subsequently began to simulcast sister station WNBZ-FM. WLPW went silent in June 2017 after the station stopped paying rent on the tower it had broadcast from.{{cite news|last1=Knight|first1=Chris|title=The death of local radio?|url=http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2017/06/the-death-of-local-radio/|accessdate=June 23, 2017|work=Adirondack Daily Enterprise|date=June 21, 2017}} In November 2017, as part of its acquisition of WNBZ in Saranac Lake, North Country Radio, owner of WSLP, obtained a right of first refusal to buy WLPW for $25,000 within thirty days of the station returning to the air.{{cite news|last1=Hart|first1=Glynis|last2=Crowley|first2=Peter|title=WNBZ may return|url=http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2017/11/wnbz-may-return/|accessdate=November 29, 2017|work=Adirondack Daily Enterprise|date=November 28, 2017}}

On March 9, 2018, the FCC granted the application to transfer the license and ownership from Radio Lake Placid, Inc. to North Country Radio.{{cite web|url=

http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Arn=20180108AAY |title=WLPW Assignment of License GRANTED |work=FCC|date=March 9, 2018|language=en}} The transfer was consummated on March 15, 2018, at a price of $32,500.