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{{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox radio station | name = WLPW | logo = WLPW Adirondack 105 logo.png | city = Lake Placid, New York | country = US | area = | branding = Adirondack 105 | frequency = 105.5 MHz | airdate = {{start date|1979|10}}<ref name="by1999">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-303|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-NE-Ter-BC-YB-1999..pdf|access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref> | format = Mainstream rock | erp = 7,100 watts | haat = {{convert|-55|meters}} | class = C3 | facility_id = 54653 | licensing_authority = FCC | coordinates = {{coord|44|15|43.2|N|74|1|20.5|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = | affiliations = United Stations Radio Networks | owner = Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher | licensee = North Country Radio Corp. | sister_stations = {{hlist|WRGR|WSLP|WVSL}} | webcast = {{listenlive|https://www.adirondack105.com/player/}} | website = {{URL|https://adirondack105.com/}} }}

'''WLPW''' (105.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Lake Placid, New York, United States. Established in 1979,<ref name="by1999"/> the station is owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher, through licensee North Country Radio Corp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WLPW |title=WLPW Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}</ref>

WLPW formerly broadcast a classic rock format branded as "Rock 105", which was simulcast with WRGR (102.1 FM) in Tupper Lake, New York; the stations subsequently began to simulcast sister station WNBZ-FM. WLPW went silent in June 2017 after the station stopped paying rent on the tower it had broadcast from.<ref name="ade-wlpwoff">{{cite news|last1=Knight|first1=Chris|title=The death of local radio?|url=http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2017/06/the-death-of-local-radio/|accessdate=June 23, 2017|work=Adirondack Daily Enterprise|date=June 21, 2017}}</ref> In November 2017, as part of its acquisition of WNBZ in Saranac Lake, North Country Radio, owner of WSLP, obtained a right of first refusal to buy WLPW for $25,000 within thirty days of the station returning to the air.<ref name="ade-wlpwrightoffirstrefusal">{{cite news|last1=Hart|first1=Glynis|last2=Crowley|first2=Peter|title=WNBZ may return|url=http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2017/11/wnbz-may-return/|accessdate=November 29, 2017|work=Adirondack Daily Enterprise|date=November 28, 2017}}</ref>

On March 9, 2018, the FCC granted the application to transfer the license and ownership from Radio Lake Placid, Inc. to North Country Radio.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Arn=20180108AAY |title=WLPW Assignment of License GRANTED |work=FCC|date=March 9, 2018|language=en}}</ref> The transfer was consummated on March 15, 2018, at a price of $32,500.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}

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==External links== *{{FM station data|54653|WLPW}}

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