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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 100.5MHz |
| 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 (1960-11) |
Former call signs |
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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″N82°06′44.00″W / 34.5716667°N 82.1122222°W /34.5716667; -82.1122222 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | wsslfm.iheart.com |
WSSL-FM (100.5FM, "Whistle 100.5") is a commercialradio station licensed toGray Court, South Carolina, United States, servingGreenville,Spartanburg andUpstate South Carolina. Owned byiHeartMedia, it airs acountry music format, with studios on North Main Street in downtown Greenville.
WSSL-FM's transmitter is sited off Bethel Grove Church Road near Sawmill Road in Gray Court. WSSL-FM broadcasts inHD Radio.
The first station at 100.5 MHz in the Greenville-Spartanburg market was WDXY-FM, asister station toWORD910 AM in Spartanburg. It was owned by the Spartanburg Radiocasting Company and launched in 1948.[2] But with few people owning FM receivers in that era, the owners saw little opportunity to make the station profitable. The company turned in the license after a few years.
A new station signed on the air in November 1960 as WLBG-FM, the FM sister toWLBG860 AM inLaurens. It became WGXL in the 1970s. The tower was moved to Gray Court and the power was increased to allow it to be heard in the Greenville-Spartanburgradio market. Well known localdisc jockey Monty Dupuy moved his morning show fromWFBC1330 AM to what was then called "XL Stereo 100." FormerWFBC-TV news director Dave Partridge also provided news on the station during this time.
WGXL was sold in the early 1980s to the Keymarket Group, which flipped the station to country music in September 1981. The call letters became WSSL-FM.
In August 2000, the station was acquired by Capstar.[3] Capstar was later merged intoClear Channel Communications, the forerunner to today's iHeartMedia. This meant WSSL would be co-owned with competing country stationWESC-FM 92.5 MHz. Musically, the stations were similar and both scored well in the ratings. Over time, WSSL became the more contemporary country station with WESC-FM leaning towardclassic country. WSSL is home to the popular Ellis & Bradley morning show.