WLPW
Frequency105.5 MHz
BrandingAdirondack 105
Programming
FormatMainstream rock
AffiliationsUnited Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher
  • (North Country Radio Corp.)
WRGR, WSLP, WVSL
History
First air date
October 1979 (1979-10)[1]
Technical information
Facility ID54653
ClassC3
ERP7,100 watts
HAAT−55 meters (−180 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
44°15′36″N 74°1′22″W / 44.26000°N 74.02278°W / 44.26000; -74.02278
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websiteadirondack105.com

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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

On March 9, 2018, the FCC granted the application to transfer the license and ownership from Radio Lake Placid, Inc. to North Country Radio.[5] The transfer was consummated on March 15, 2018, at a price of $32,500.

References

  1. 1 2 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-303. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ "WLPW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ Knight, Chris (June 21, 2017). "The death of local radio?". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ Hart, Glynis; Crowley, Peter (November 28, 2017). "WNBZ may return". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ "WLPW Assignment of License GRANTED". FCC. March 9, 2018.
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