WPLY (AM)

WPLY
City	Roanoke, Virginia
Broadcast area	Southwest Virginia New River Valley
Branding	"Sports Radio"
Frequency	610 kHz
Repeaters	97.3 W247AD, Roanoke 92.3-2 WXLK-HD2, Roanoke 100.1-2 WVBE-HD2, Lynchburg 98.5 W253BT Madison Heights
First air date	October 1, 1940
Format	Sports Radio
Power	5,000 Watts daytime 1,000 Watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	41111
Transmitter coordinates	37°18′11.0″N 80°2′33.0″W / 37.303056°N 80.042500°W / 37.303056; -80.042500
Former callsigns	WSLS (1940-1972) WSLC (1972-2002) WVBE (2002-2016)
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Owner	Mel Wheeler, Inc.
Sister stations	WFIR, WLNI, WSLC-FM, WSLQ, WVBB, WVBE-FM, WXLK
Webcast	WPLY Livestream
Website	WPLY Online

WPLY is a Sports Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, serving Southwest Virginia the New River Valley. WPLY is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc.^[1]

History

Logo used for WSLC-AM from August 1, 1972 to March 13, 2002.

WPLY launched with the callsign WSLS just before noon on October 1, 1940.^[2] For over 50 years, the station would carry a Country format. At one time, the now defunct Roy H. Park Broadcasting had owned WSLS-AM-FM-TV, but sold the radio stations because Park also owned a newspaper in Roanoke. After the purchase, the AM became WSLC at midnight on August 1, 1972,^[3] but stayed Country, and the FM became Rock WSLQ). Only the TV station still carries the original WSLS letters. At noon on May 25, 2000, the station began simulcasting it new sister station, the former easy listening turned classic rock station WPVR, which was flipped to Country as WSLC-FM, after being purchased by Mel Wheeler Inc. This continued until March 13, 2002, when WSLC was flipped to new calls as WVBE, simulcasting co-owned WVBE-FM Lynchburg, and brought R&B music full time to Roanoke.^[4]

Previous logo used for WVBE.

On January 20, 2016, the station dropped its Urban Adult Contemporary format for sports radio with the new callsign WPLY. The station carries programming from Fox Sports Radio.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

↑ "WPLY Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Wsls Am". Roanokeradio.com. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
↑ "WSLC AM 610". Roanokeradio.com. 1972-08-01. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
↑ "610 WSLC drops country WSLC-FM for Urban AC WVBE-FM | Format Change Archive". Formatchange.com. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
↑ "Roanoke getting another all-sports radio station". www.roanoke.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
↑ "Roanoke Gets Second Sports Station.". Insideradio.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
↑ "Wheeler Launches New Sports Station In Roanoke". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2016-01-23.

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