WJLS (AM)
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| City of license | Beckley, West Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Southeastern West Virginia |
| Branding | "AM 560" |
| Slogan | "Your Family's Guiding Light" |
| Frequency | 560 kHz |
| First air date | 1939 |
| Format | Southern Gospel |
| Power | 4,500 Watts daytime 470 Watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 52335 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | W Joe L. Smith father of owner Joe L. Smith Jr. |
| Owner | West Virginia Radio Company of Raleigh, LLC |
| Sister stations | WJLS-FM |
| Website | WJLS Online |
WJLS is a Southern Gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia, serving Southeastern West Virginia. WJLS is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Company of Raleigh, LLC. The station began broadcasting in 1939, the first radio station in Beckley. From 1943 to 1990 WJLS(AM) was a CBS affiliate. The station had a country music format in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1990 it swapped formats with WJLS-FM.
External links
- AM 560 Online
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WJLS
- Radio-Locator Information on WJLS
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WJLS
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