WSLQ

WSLQ
City Roanoke, Virginia
Broadcast area New River Valley
Southwest Virginia
Branding "Q99"
Slogan "Today's Hits, Yesterday's Favorites"
Frequency 99.1 MHz
First air date November 1, 1947[1]
Format Adult Contemporary
ERP 200,000 Watts
(with Beam tilt)
HAAT 598 Meters
Class C
Facility ID 41112
Transmitter coordinates 37°11′41.48″N 80°9′21.15″W / 37.1948556°N 80.1558750°W / 37.1948556; -80.1558750
Former callsigns WSLS-FM (1947-1969)
Owner Mel Wheeler, Inc.
Sister stations WFIR, WLNI, WSLC-FM, WVBB, WPLY, WVBE-FM, WXLK
Webcast WSLQ Webstream
Website WSLQ Online

WSLQ (99.1 FM) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving the New River Valley and Southwest Virginia. The station is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc.[2] and broadcasts an Adult Contemporary format. WSLQ has one of the nine largest coverage areas of all FM radio stations in the United States.[3] Its effective radiated power exceeds the current limit set by the Federal Communications Commission for Class C FM radio stations.[4][5]

References

  1. http://www.roanokeradio.com/wsls_fm/index.html, Retrieved on 2010/03/13.
  2. "WSLQ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "The Most Powerful FM Stations". Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  4. "FM Broadcast Station Classes and Service Contours". Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
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