WSLB
WSLB (1400 AM) is an all-sports radio station, operating from Ogdensburg, New York, United States. Prior to switching to an all-sports format, WSLB was an oldies radio station. WSLB is the affiliate of ESPN Radio for the St. Lawrence County area.
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| City | Ogdensburg, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Northern New York |
| Frequency | 1400 (kHz) |
| Branding | ESPN 1400 AM |
| Slogan | The North Country |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports Talk |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Community Broadcasters, LLC |
| Sister stations | WLFK, WQTK |
| History | |
| First air date | 1940 |
| Call sign meaning | Where The Saint Lawrence Broadens |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°42′21″N 75°27′56″W |
| Links | |
| Website | www.cbogdensburg.com/espn1400 |
History
WSLB began broadcasting in 1940 as the Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate in Ogdensburg. The station switched to NBC in the early 1990s when it entered into a three-way simulcast with sister stations WIGS (1230) and WGIX (95.3) in Gouverneur, NY with an oldies format as "FSR -- Full-Service Radio. WIGS went off the air permanently in the mid-1990s and the two remaining stations simulcasted until WSLB took a conservative talk-radio format as "Talk 1400" a few years ago. In 2006, the station picked up the ESPN Radio affiliation on weekends before going full-time beginning Saturday, December 1, 2007 dropping its talk-radio format. On December 3, 2007, WQTK began running a similar talk-radio format to the one that had once aired on WSLB.
External links
- WSLB in the FCC's AM station database
- WSLB on Radio-Locator
- WSLB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database