WSLK

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WSLK

| logo = WSLK 2008.PNG

| logo_size = 200px

| city = Moneta, Virginia

| area = Southern Bedford County - Northeastern Franklin County

| branding = Lake Radio 880

| frequency = 880 kHz

| translator = 98.3 W252DP (Moneta)

| airdate = {{Start date and age|1991|12}}

| format = Oldies - Adult standards

| power = 900 watts (daytime only)

| class = D

| facility_id = 31212

| coordinates = {{coord|37|10|0.0|N|79|37|50.0|W|type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning = W Smith (Mountain) Lake

| former_callsigns = WBLU (1990–1994)
WLQE (1994–1997)
WVLR (1997–2001)
WCQV (2001–2008)

| affiliations =

| owner = Smile Broadcasting, LLC

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast = [https://lightningstream.com/Player.aspx?call=wslk WSLK Webstream]

| website = [http://www.wslk880.com/ WSLK880.com]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WSLK (880 kHz, "Lake Radio 880") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Moneta, Virginia. It broadcasts an oldies and adult standards radio format and is owned and operated by Smile Broadcasting, LLC.{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WSLK|title=WSLK Facility Record|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} The studios and offices are on Village Springs Drive in Hardy, Virginia.

WSLK is a daytimer station, powered at 900 watts non-directional. AM 880 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station WHSQ in New York City. To avoid interference, at night WSLK goes off the air. The transmitter is off Moneta Road in Moneta.[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=wslk&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C Radio-Locator.com/WSLK] The station's signal covers the Smith Mountain Lake area in parts of Bedford and Franklin Counties in Virginia.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |title=Station Information Profile}}{{cite web|url=http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WSLK&service=AM&status=L&hours=D |title=WSLK-AM Radio Station Coverage Map |website=Radio-locator.com |access-date=2016-06-12}} Programming is heard around the clock on 250-watt FM translator W252DP at 98.3 MHz in Moneta.[https://radio-locator.com/info/W252DP-FX Radio-Locator.com/W252DP]

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 4, 1990.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-19880126AB) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=108685 |date=January 4, 1990}} The new station was assigned the call sign WBLU by the FCC on February 7, 1990.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=31212&Callsign=WSLK |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}} WBLU received its license to cover from the FCC on December 18, 1991.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BL-19911104AB) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=166325 |date=December 18, 1991}}

Smile Broadcasting LLC purchased WCQV, at the time a Southern Gospel station, from Perception Media Group in a deal announced in February 2008.{{cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Deals - 2008-02-23 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/112570-Deals.php?q=WCQV |date=February 24, 2008 |access-date=September 11, 2009}} The station was sold for a reported $125,000.

The station was assigned the current WSLK call sign by the FCC on April 7, 2008.

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