WLPW

Radio station in New York, United States

44°15′43.2″N 74°1′20.5″W / 44.262000°N 74.022361°W / 44.262000; -74.022361Links

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WLPW (105.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Lake Placid, New York, United States. Established in 1979,^[1] the station is owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher, through licensee North Country Radio Corp.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

On March 9, 2018, the FCC granted the application to transfer the license and ownership from Radio Lake Placid, Inc. to North Country Radio.^[6] The transfer was consummated on March 15, 2018, at a price of $32,500.

References

^ ^a ^b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-303. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ "Facility Technical Data for WLPW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "WLPW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ Knight, Chris (June 21, 2017). "The death of local radio?". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
^ Hart, Glynis; Crowley, Peter (November 28, 2017). "WNBZ may return". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
^ "WLPW Assignment of License GRANTED". FCC. March 9, 2018.