WVSL (AM)

WVSL
Simulcast of WLPW Lake Placid
Frequency1240 kHz
BrandingAdirondack 105
Programming
FormatMainstream rock
Ownership
Owner
  • Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher
  • (North Country Radio Corp.)
History
First air date
September 11, 1927 (1927-09-11) (as WNBZ at 1290)
Former call signs
WNBZ (1927–2018)
Former frequencies
  • 1290 kHz (1927–1941)
  • 1320 kHz (1941–1946)
  • 1450 kHz (1946–1956)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID73314
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
44°18′58.2″N 74°7′6.6″W / 44.316167°N 74.118500°W / 44.316167; -74.118500
Translator(s)95.3 W237EY (Saranac Lake)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websiteadirondack105.com

WVSL (1240 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Saranac Lake, New York, 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 format with WNBZ-FM (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 to purchase Lake Placid sister station WLPW (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 Concurrently, the "Radio Park" properties were withdrawn from the Essex County tax auction list.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.