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WSLB

Coordinates: 44°42′21.2″N 75°27′53.8″W / 44.705889°N 75.464944°W / 44.705889; -75.464944
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WSLB
Broadcast areaNorthern New York
Frequency1400 kHz
BrandingESPN 1400 AM
Programming
FormatSports
AffiliationsESPN Radio
Ownership
OwnerCommunity Broadcasters, LLC
History
First air date
1940; 85 years ago (1940)
Call sign meaning
Where the Saint Lawrence Broadens
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID66663
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
44°42′21.2″N 75°27′53.8″W / 44.705889°N 75.464944°W / 44.705889; -75.464944
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitecbogdensburg.com/espn1400/

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.

History

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WSLB began broadcasting in 1940 as the Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate in Ogdensburg. The station switched to NBC Radio in the early 1990s when it entered into a three-way simulcast with sister stations WIGS (1230) and WGIX-FM (95.3) in Gouverneur with an oldies format as "FSR -- Full-Service Radio". WIGS went off the air permanently in the mid-1990s and the two remaining stations simulcast until WSLB took a conservative talk format as "Talk 1400". 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.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSLB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
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