WVSL (1240 AM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

licensed to serve

Saranac Lake, New York Saranac Lake is a village in the state of New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,406, making it the largest community by population in the Adirondack Park. The village is named after Upper, Middle and Lower Saran ...

, United States. Established in 1927 as WNBZ, the station is owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher, through licensee North Country Radio Corp. In June 2017, the ''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'' reported that WNBZ had been silent since at least 2016. The station had simulcast an

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

format with

WNBZ-FM WNBZ-FM (106.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Saranac, New York Saranac is a town in Clinton County, New York, United States. The town is on the western border of the county, west of Plattsburgh, and ...

(106.3). WNBZ's "Radio Park" studio and transmitter facility was put up for tax auction in November 2017. On November 22, 2017, Saranac Lake Radio, LLC filed to sell the station to North Country Radio, owner of WSLP (93.3 FM), for $6,000; the new owners would be required to change WNBZ's call sign, and also received a

right of first refusal Right of first refusal (ROFR or RFR) is a contractual right that gives its holder the option to enter a business transaction with the owner of something, according to specified terms, before the owner is entitled to enter into that transactio ...

to purchase Lake Placid sister station

WLPW 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 c ...

(105.5 FM). Concurrently, the "Radio Park" properties were withdrawn from the Essex County tax auction list. North Country Radio's purchase of WNBZ was consummated on February 9, 2018, and the new owners changed the station's call sign to WVSL on February 28, 2018.

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* * * VSL (AM) Radio stations established in 1927 1927 establishments in New York (state) Mainstream rock radio stations in the United States {{NewYork-radio-station-stub