WPLY

WPLY (610 kHz) is a radio station in the Roanoke/Lynchburg media market. It is licensed to and serves Roanoke, Virginia and surrounding areas. It's transmitter array is located somewhere in Salem, Virginia. It is relayed on WXLK-HD2 Roanoke (922.3 MHz), WVBE-HD2 Lynchburg (100.1 MHz), W247AD Roanoke (97.3 MHz), and on W253BT Madison Heights (98.5 MHz) The stations are owned by Mel Wheeler, Inc. and broadcast a sports format with programs from Fox Sports Radio. From what little information we could find, they currently identify themselves as simply "Sports Radio" (pretty creative, isn't it?).

WPLY
Broadcast Station Class: B

Effective Radiated Power (Daytime): 5,000 Watts

Effective Radiated Power (Nighttime): 1,000 Watts

Number of Daytime Towers: 5

Number of Nighttime Towers: 4

HD Radio: No

WXLK-HD2
See WXLK page (coming soon)

WVBE-HD2
See WVBE page

W247AD
Broadcast Station Class: D

Effective Radiated Power: 99 Watts

Horizontal Height above Avg. Terrain: 219 meters (719 feet)

Height above Ground Level: 24 meters (79 feet)

Height above Sea Level: 683 meters (2241 feet)

HD Radio: N/A

W253BT
Effective Radiated Power: 130 Watts

Height above Average Terrain: 0 meters (0 feet)

Height above Ground Level: 20 meters (66 feet)

Height above Sea Level: 435 meters (1427 feet)

HD Radio: N/A

Programming
Current programs on the station include:

Dan Patrick (9:00am-Noon)

The Rich Eisen Show (Noon-3:00pm)

The Herd with Colin Cowherd 3pm - 6pm

Please note that this list might be incomplete.

WPLY-AM
WSLS (1940-1972): Country

WSLC (1972-2002): Country

WVBE (2002-2016): Urban AC

WPLY (2016-present): Sports (2016-present)

WXLK-HD2
WXLK-HD2 (?-present): Urban AC (?-2016), Sports (2016-present)

WVBE-HD2
WVBE-HD2 (2006-present): Sports (2016-present)

W247AD
W247AD (1994-present): Unknown (1994-1999); Smooth Jazz (1999-2001); Classic Rock (2001-2005, 2009-2012); Standards (2005-2006); Oldies (2006-2009); Urban AC (2012?-2016); Sports (2016-present)

W253BT
W204AZ (on 88.7 MHz) (1998-2015): Religious (Simulcasting WEQP) (?-?)

W253BT (2015-present): Adult Contemporary (Simulcast of WSLQ) (2015?-2016); Sports (2016-present)