WSLB
WSLB (1400 AM) is a sports radio station, operating from Ogdensburg, New York, United States. Prior to switching to a sports format, WSLB was an oldies radio station. WSLB is the affiliate of ESPN Radio for the St. Lawrence County area.
| Broadcast area | Northern New York |
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| Frequency | 1400 kHz |
| Branding | ESPN 1400 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Community Broadcasters, LLC |
| WATN, WBDR, WEFX, WLFK, WOTT, WQTK, WTOJ | |
| History | |
First air date | 1940 |
Call sign meaning | Where the Saint Lawrence Broadens |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 66663 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°42′21″N 75°27′56″W / 44.70583°N 75.46556°W |
| Links | |
Public license information |
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| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WSLB Online |
History edit
WSLB began broadcasting in 1940 as the Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate in Ogdensburg. The station switched to NBC in the early 1990s when it entered into a three-way simulcast with sister stations WIGS (1230) and WGIX (95.3) in Gouverneur, New York with an oldies format as "FSR -- Full-Service Radio. WIGS went off the air permanently in the mid-1990s and the two remaining stations simulcasted until WSLB took a conservative talk format as "Talk 1400" a few years ago. In 2006, the station picked up the ESPN Radio affiliation on weekends before going full-time beginning Saturday, December 1, 2007, dropping its talk format. On December 3, 2007, WQTK began running a similar talk format to the one that had once aired on WSLB.
External links edit
- WSLB official website
- WSLB in the FCC AM station database
- WSLB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSLB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.