WLPW (105.5
FM) is a
radio station licensed to serve
Lake Placid, New York, United States. Established in 1979,
the station is owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher, through licensee North Country Radio Corp.
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.
In November 2017, as part of its acquisition of
WNBZ in
Saranac Lake Saranac Lake may refer to:
* Saranac Lake, New York, a village in the northern Adirondacks
*One of the three nearby Saranac Lakes, part of the Saranac River:
**Upper Saranac Lake
**Middle Saranac Lake
**Lower Saranac Lake
Note: There is no lake nam ...
, North Country Radio, owner of
WSLP
WSLP (100.7 FM, "Lake FM") is a commercial variety hits radio station broadcasting from Ray Brook, New York. It is owned by Jonathan Becker, through licensee North Country Radio Corp.
The station was formerly WXMR with a tagline called "Radio ...
, obtained a
right of first refusal to buy WLPW for $25,000 within thirty days of the station returning to the air.
On March 9, 2018, the FCC granted the application to transfer the license and ownership from Radio Lake Placid, Inc. to North Country Radio.
The transfer was consummated on March 15, 2018, at a price of $32,500.
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Radio stations established in 1979
1979 establishments in New York (state)
Mainstream rock radio stations in the United States
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