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Broadcast area | Greenville - Spartanburg - Upstate South Carolina |
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Frequency | 100.5 MHz |
Branding | Whistle 100.5 |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WESC, WESC-FM, WGVL, WMYI, WROO | |
History | |
First air date | November 1960 |
Former call signs | WLBG-FM (1960-1970s) WGXL (1970s-1981) |
Call sign meaning | Sounds like "whistle" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 59819 |
Class | C0 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 381 meters (1,250 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°34′18.00″N 82°06′44.00″W / 34.5716667°N 82.1122222°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wsslfm.iheart.com |
WSSL-FM (100.5 MHz, "Whistle 100.5") is a commercial radio station licensed to Gray Court, South Carolina, and serving Greenville, Spartanburg and Upstate South Carolina. It airs a country music format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios are on North Main Street in downtown Greenville. On weekdays, WSSL-FM carries two nationally syndicated country music programs, The Bobby Bones Show heard evenings and After Midnite with Granger Smith heard overnight.
WSSL-FM is a Class C0 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. The transmitter is off Bethel Grove Church Road near Sawmill Road in Gray Court.[2] Its auxiliary transmitter next to the main transmitter operates at 98,000 watts ERP. WSSL-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel formerly carried iHeartRadio's "Club Jam Country" channel, which played rhythmic country songs. The HD2 subchannel has since been turned off.