WLPA (AM)

WLPA
City Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Branding ESPN Radio 92.7
Slogan The Sports Station
Frequency 1490 kHz
Translator(s) 92.5 W223CH (Lancaster)
First air date June 1922 (1922-06)
Format Sports (WONN-FM simulcast)
Power 600 watts
Class C
Facility ID 25870
Transmitter coordinates 40°03′38″N 76°18′59″W / 40.06056°N 76.31639°W / 40.06056; -76.31639Coordinates: 40°03′38″N 76°18′59″W / 40.06056°N 76.31639°W / 40.06056; -76.31639
Callsign meaning W Lancaster, PA
Former callsigns WGAL (1922–1977)
WDDL (1977–1979)
Affiliations ESPN Radio
Owner Hall Communications
Sister stations WONN-FM, WROZ
Website espnradio927.com

WLPA (1490 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Lancaster, Pennsylvania and its suburbs. The station is owned by Hall Communications and broadcasts a sports radio format known as ESPN Radio 92.7 (simulcasting WONN-FM 92.7 FM Starview. WLPA is one of Pennsylvania's oldest radio stations. It also has an FM translator at 92.5 MHz, W223CH, giving listeners the choice of hearing the station on AM or FM.

The station offers coverage of the following sports teams, according to their official website:

History

WLPA first went on the air in 1922, one of the earliest years of commercial radio broadcasting. The original call letters were WGAL. The station was once housed in the historic Jasper Yeates House.[1] It was owned by the Steinman family, which also owned two local newspapers, the Intelligencer Journal and the Lancaster New Era. In 1944 a companion FM station went on the air (still co-owned with AM 1490 under the call letters WROZ) and in 1949, the family added Pennsylvania's first television station outside Philadelphia. The TV station is now owned by The Hearst Corporation but it still has the WGAL call sign.[2] For most of its history, 1490 was a full service radio station, airing Middle of the road music, news, talk and sports. It was a long-time affiliate of the NBC Radio Network.

In July 2005, WLPA became a Sports radio station, first affiliating with Fox Sports Radio. On August 1, 2013 WLPA became an affiliate of ESPN Radio. The station had attempted to affiliate with ESPN Radio for some years beforehand, but was unable to do so due to its geographic proximity to another ESPN affiliate, WGLD in Manchester Township. However, that station joined CBS Sports Radio in early 2013, making the ESPN affiliation available to WLPA.[3]

On April 1, 2015 WLPA changed its format from ESPN sports to Westwood One's America's Best Music adult standards format, returning to the music it once played decades ago.

On April 4, 2016 WLPA changed its format back to ESPN sports, simulcasting WONN-FM 92.7 FM Starview.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John J. Snyder, Jr. (June 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jasper Yeates House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977
  3. ↑ Stark, Eric (June 23, 2013). "WLPA drops FOX in favor of ESPN". Sunday News. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ WLPA Returns to ESPN Radio 92.7 Simulcast Radioinsight - April 4, 2016

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