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For the Levittown, Pennsylvania radio station that held the call sign WPLI at 88.5 FM from 2004 to 2012, see WLUZ.

Radio station in Lynchburg, Virginia

WPLI

Simulcasting WPLY Roanoke
Lynchburg, Virginia
Broadcast area Lynchburg, VirginiaAmherst County, Virginia
Frequency 1390 kHz
Branding Sports Radio Virginia
Programming
Format Sports[1]
Affiliations Fox Sports RadioCarolina Panthers Radio Network
Ownership
Owner Mel Wheeler, Inc.
Sister stations WFIR, WPLY, WSLC-FM, WSLQ, WVBB, WVBE-FM, WXLK, WZZU
History
First air date July 7, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-07-07)[2]
Former call signs WVZN (1987–1993)WKPA (1993–2019)[3]
Call sign meaning Similar to sister station WPLY
Technical information[4]
Licensing authority FCC
Facility ID 59709
Class D
Power 4,700 watts (day)34 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates 37°27′52.0″N 79°07′21.0″W / 37.464444°N 79.122500°W / 37.464444; -79.122500
Translator(s) 107.5 W298CN (Lynchburg)
Links
Public license information Public fileLMS
Webcast Listen Live
Website sportsradiova.com

WPLI (1390 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia. WPLI simulcasts a sports radio format with WPLY 610 AM in Roanoke. Both stations are owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc.[5] Most programming is supplied by Fox Sports Radio.

  1. ^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-573. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPLI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  5. ^ "WPLI Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 27, 2015.