WSLK

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.^[3] The studios and offices are on Village Springs Drive in Hardy, Virginia.

WSLK

Moneta, Virginia
Broadcast area	Southern Bedford County - Northeastern Franklin County
Frequency	880 kHz
Branding	Lake Radio 880
Programming
Format	Oldies - Adult standards
Ownership
Owner	Smile Broadcasting, LLC
History
First air date	December 1991; 33 years ago (1991-12)
Former call signs	WBLU (1990–1994) WLQE (1994–1997) WVLR (1997–2001) WCQV (2001–2008)[1]
Call sign meaning	W Smith (Mountain) Lake
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	31212
Class	D
Power	900 watts (daytime only)
Transmitter coordinates	37°10′0.0″N 79°37′50.0″W
Translator(s)	98.3 W252DP (Moneta)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	WSLK Webstream
Website	WSLK880.com

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.^[4] The station's signal covers the Smith Mountain Lake area in parts of Bedford and Franklin Counties in Virginia.^[5][6] Programming is heard around the clock on 250-watt FM translator W252DP at 98.3 MHz in Moneta.^[7]

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 4, 1990.^[8] The new station was assigned the call sign WBLU by the FCC on February 7, 1990.^[1] WBLU received its license to cover from the FCC on December 18, 1991.^[9]

Smile Broadcasting LLC purchased WCQV, at the time a Southern Gospel station, from Perception Media Group in a deal announced in February 2008.^[10] The station was sold for a reported $125,000.^[10]

The station was assigned the current WSLK call sign by the FCC on April 7, 2008.^[1]