# WLPW

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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](/source/Lake_Placid%2C_New_York)
| country          = US
| area             =
| branding         = Adirondack 105
| frequency        = 105.5 [MHz](/source/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](/source/Mainstream_rock)
| erp              = 7,100 watts
| haat             = {{convert|-55|meters}}
| class            = C3
| facility_id      = 54653
| licensing_authority = [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission)
| 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](/source/United_Stations_Radio_Networks)
| owner            = Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher
| licensee         = North Country Radio Corp.
| sister_stations  = {{hlist|[WRGR](/source/WRGR)|[WSLP](/source/WSLP)|[WVSL](/source/WVSL_(AM))}}
| webcast          = {{listenlive|https://www.adirondack105.com/player/}}
| website          = {{URL|https://adirondack105.com/}}
}}

'''WLPW''' (105.5 [FM](/source/FM_broadcasting)) is a radio station licensed to serve [Lake Placid, New York](/source/Lake_Placid%2C_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](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division }}</ref>

WLPW formerly broadcast a [classic rock](/source/classic_rock) format branded as "Rock 105", which was simulcast with [WRGR](/source/WRGR) (102.1 FM) in [Tupper Lake, New York](/source/Tupper_Lake%2C_New_York); the stations subsequently began to simulcast sister station [WNBZ-FM](/source/WNBZ-FM). WLPW went [silent](/source/Dark_(broadcasting)) 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](/source/WVSL_(AM)) in [Saranac Lake](/source/Saranac_Lake%2C_New_York), North Country Radio, owner of [WSLP](/source/WSLP), obtained a [right of first refusal](/source/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}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{North Country Radio}}

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Category:Radio stations established in 1979
Category:1979 establishments in New York (state)
Category:Mainstream rock radio stations in the United States
Category:Lake Placid, New York

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