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Broadcast area | Southside Virginia |
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Frequency | 98.3 MHz |
Branding | US 98.3 |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | Fox News Radio |
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History | |
First air date | 1984 |
Call sign meaning | WLUnited States |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 11723 |
Class | C3 |
Power | 17,500 Watts |
HAAT | 119 meters (390 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°29′45.0″N78°33′16.0″W / 36.495833°N 78.554444°W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | WLUS Webstream |
Website | WLUS Online |
WLUS-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Clarksville, Virginia, serving the Southside Virginia area. WLUS-FM is owned and operated by Thomas Birch's Birch Broadcasting Corporation, through licensee Lakes Media, LLC. [2]
In August 2016, Lakes Media sent an informal objection to the Federal Communications Commission alleging that translator W252DK in Durham, North Carolina was interfering with reception of WLUS-FM. After nearly a year of debate between Arohi Media, licensee of W252DK, and Lakes Media, the FCC sent a letter requiring that the translator cease operation immediately. [3] [4] The translator's license has been suspended and is no longer found in the FCC database. [5] The FCC had accepted a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Arohi Media on June 1, 2017. [6]
WLUS would experience interference issues again with another translator station in 2024, this time coming from First State Communications, which owned W252EL in Cary, North Carolina and rebroadcast WQDR-AM. [7] The move was made when numerous translators where reshuffled in a swap with WPTF in August of that year. [8] [9] However, WLUS complained that W252EL was causing interference to its southern coverage, [10] W252AL would eventually suspend operations on April 11, 2025 [11] , while First State Communications would attempt to ammend its permit to reduce its power from 150 to 6 watts. [12]