WSLW (1310 AM) is a
broadcast
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radio station
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licensed to
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs is a city in Greenbrier County in southeastern West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2020 census. The city emblem consists of five dandelion flowers and the citizens celebrate spring with an annual Dan ...
, serving
White Sulphur Springs and
Lewisburg in
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
. WSLW is owned by Todd P. Robinson.
Trivia
For a while, WSLW was licensed to the town of "White Sulphur Spring" in West Virginia, though there is no town by that spelling in West Virginia. The correct spelling of the town's name is
White Sulphur Springs. This was finally corrected sometime in 2011.
Translator
In addition to the main station at 1310
kilohertz
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, two
FM translators are used to provide nighttime coverage, albeit with a much smaller coverage area than the main
AM station;
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White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Radio stations established in 1971
1971 establishments in West Virginia
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