WJLS (AM)

WJLS
City Beckley, West Virginia
Broadcast area Southeastern West Virginia
Branding "AM 560"
Slogan "Your Family's Guiding Light"
Frequency 560 kHz
First air date 1939
Format Southern Gospel
Power 4,500 Watts daytime
470 Watts nighttime
Class B
Facility ID 52335
Transmitter coordinates 37°45′32.0″N 81°11′12.0″W / 37.758889°N 81.186667°W / 37.758889; -81.186667
Callsign meaning W Joe L. Smith
father of owner Joe L. Smith Jr.
Owner West Virginia Radio Company of Raleigh, LLC
Sister stations WJLS-FM
Website WJLS Online

WJLS is a Southern Gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia, serving Southeastern West Virginia. WJLS is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Company of Raleigh, LLC. The station began broadcasting in 1939, the first radio station in Beckley. From 1943 to 1990 WJLS(AM) was a CBS affiliate. The station had a country music format in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1990 it swapped formats with WJLS-FM.


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