WMLP
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WMLP
| logo =
| above = Simulcasts WWPA Williamsport
| city = Milton, Pennsylvania
| area = Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
| branding =
| frequency = 1380 kHz
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1955|10|22}}
| affiliations = Salem Radio Network
Townhall News
Westwood One
| format = Conservative talk radio
| power = 1,000 watts day
18 watts night
| class = D
| facility_id = 73271
| coordinates = {{coord|40|59|59.71|N|76|52|1.0|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|display=inline,title|name=WMLP}}
| translator = 94.5 W233CP (Milton)
105.7 W284CV (Montoursville)
| former_frequencies = 1570 kHz{{cite web|title=History |url=http://www.wqkx.com/sales/history/ |website=Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=2015-07-19}}
| callsign_meaning = W MiLton, Pennsylvania
| owner = Vic Michael
| licensee = Michael Radio Company, LLC
| webcast = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WWPA Listen Live]
| website = [https://www.twinvalleystalk.com/ twinvalleystalk.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WMLP (1380 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Milton, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by the Michael Radio Company, LLC, headed by Vic Michael.{{Cite web|last=Jacobson|first=Adam|date=2019-10-30|title=Vic Michael Takes A Penn. AM From Roger Haddon's Group {{!}} Radio & Television Business Report|url=https://www.rbr.com/vic-michael-takes-a-penn-am-from-roger-haddons-group/|access-date=2020-09-25|language=en-US}} It broadcasts a conservative talk radio format. Most of programming is from the Salem Radio Network, also carrying The Mark Levin Show from Westwood One.
By day, WMLP is powered at 1,000 watts non-directional. But at night, to protect other stations on 1380 AM from interference, WMLP greatly reduces power to 18 watts. Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translator W233CP at 94.5 MHz.
History
The station signed on the air on {{Start date and age|1955|10|22}}. It originally was a daytimer, required to go off the air at sunset. In 1967, it added an FM station, 100.9 WMLP-FM.Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 [https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf page C-180] Today that station is WVLY-FM.
File:WMLP TALKRADIO1380 logo.png
Vic Michael acquired 1380 WMLP from Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation on February 21, 2020.
Translator
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WMLP
| call1 = W233CP
| freq1 = 94.5
| city1 = Milton, Pennsylvania
| watts1 = 99
| haat1 = 360
| class1 = D
| coord1 = {{coord|41|11|43.0|N|76|58|17.0|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name= W233CP}}
| fid1= 200818
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.wqkx.net/1380WMLP/ Official website]
{{AM station data|73271|WMLP}}
{{Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg Radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Pennsylvania}}
Category:Talk radio stations in the United States
Category:Conservative talk radio
Category:Radio stations established in 1955
Category:1955 establishments in Pennsylvania
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