WLUS-FM

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WLUS-FM
WLUS-FM 2014.png
Broadcast area Southside Virginia
Frequency 98.3 MHz
BrandingUS 98.3
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Birch Broadcasting Corporation
  • (Lakes Media, LLC)
WHLF, WKSK-FM, WMPW, WSHV, WWDN
History
First air date
1984
Call sign meaning
WLUnited States
Technical information [1]
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 / 36.495833; -78.554444
Links
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]


References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WLUS-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WLUS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "In re: W252DK, Durham, NC Interference Complaint" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission . May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  4. Ashworth, Susan (May 10, 2017). "Translator Ordered Off the Air after Interference Complaints". Radio World. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  5. "W252DK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  6. Ashworth, Susan (June 6, 2017). "FCC Taking Second Look at Translator Ordered Off the Air". Radio World. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  7. Stine, Randy (September 6, 2024). "Virginia Broadcaster Laments Interference From FM Translator". RadioWorld. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  8. "The Triangle's Rock FM Coverage Map" . Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  9. Venta, Lance (August 23, 2024). "Rock 92.9 & WPTF Play Translator Musical Chairs". RadioInsight.com. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  10. "New Complaint, But Lakes Media's 'US 98.3' Faces Familiar Interference Problem", insideradio.com, September 6, 2024
  11. Langan, Nick (April 14, 2025). "FCC Orders NC Translator Off Air Over WLUS Interference". Radio World. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  12. "STA Application for 6 Watts Pending Construction of CP Facilities", Charles M. Anderson, April 11, 2025.