WLES

WLES
City Bon Air, Virginia
Broadcast area Metro Richmond
Branding "Truth Radio 590"
Frequency 590 kHz
First air date 1959
Format Christian Talk
Power 1000 Watts daytime
58 Watts nighttime
Class D
Facility ID 72504
Transmitter coordinates 37°30′52.0″N 77°30′28.0″W / 37.514444°N 77.507778°W / 37.514444; -77.507778
Callsign meaning W LawrEnceville S
Former frequencies 580 kHz (?-2014)
Owner Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation
Webcast WLES Webstream
Website truthnetwork.com

WLES is a Christian Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bon Air, Virginia, serving Metro Richmond. WLES is owned and operated by Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.[1]

This station was once licensed to Lawrenceville, Virginia, where it had been an oldies station.

Technical Information

Logo for the station when it operated on 580 AM.

Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting filed a request in July 2007 to transfer the license of WLES to Truth Broadcasting, headed by her son Stu Epperson, Jr.,[2] but withdrew the request in August, 2007.[3]

Subsequently, a construction permit request was filed to conduct a frequency swap with nearby station WLVA, which is owned by Truth Broadcasting and operates on the adjacent AM channel of 590 kHz.[4] The swap was completed in 2011. The station was issued a license to operate on the 590 kHz frequency on March 28, 2014.

Translator

In addition to the main station, WLES is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.[5]

Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license Facility
ID
ERP
W
Height
m (ft)
Class FCC info
W249CI 97.7 FM Bellwood, Virginia 143583 250 watts 153.1 m (502 ft) D FCC

References

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