WLSD

WLSD

City	Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Broadcast area	Big Stone Gap, Virginia Norton, Virginia
Branding	"AM 1220 WLSD"
Slogan	"Where Love Sounds Different"
Frequency	1220 kHz
First air date	August 20, 1953
Format	Southern Gospel Religious
Power	1,000 Watts daytime 45 Watts nighttime
Class	D
Transmitter coordinates	36°50′26.0″N 82°44′14.0″W / 36.840556°N 82.737222°W / 36.840556; -82.737222
Callsign meaning	Where Love Sounds Different Wise Lee Scott Dickenson
Affiliations	CBS Radio News
Owner	Valley Broadcasting and Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WAXM
Webcast	WLSD Webstream
Website	WLSD Online

WLSD is a Southern Gospel and Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Big Stone Gap, Virginia, serving the Big Stone Gap/Norton area. WLSD is owned and operated by Valley Broadcasting and Communications, Inc.^[1]

History

WLSD first went on air August 20, 1953. According to then-station manager William H. Wren, the call letters stood for the four counties served by WLSD: Wise-Lee-Scott-Dickenson.^[2]

References

↑ "WLSD Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ Addington, L.F. Wise County History Book. Unknown.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WLSD

Radio-Locator Information on WLSD

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WLSD

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