WSLI

WSLI is a radio station which is part of the Smile FM radio network. Previous to 2003 the call sign WSLI was held by an AM radio station in Jackson, Mississippi.

For the Jackson, Mississippi radio station which used the WSLI call letters from 1938 to 2003, see, see WSFZ.
WSLI
CityBelding, Michigan
Broadcast area
Frequency90.9 MHz
BrandingSmile FM
SloganMichigan's Positive Hits
Programming
Formatreligious radio; Contemporary Christian
AffiliationsSmile FM
Ownership
OwnerSuperior Communications
History
First air date
July, 2008
Call sign meaning
Standard Life Insurance Company (owner of original station in Jackson, Mississippi, now WSFZ)
Technical information
Facility ID1178925
ClassB1
ERP11,500 watts
HAAT73 meters
Transmitter coordinates
43°5′12″N 85°18′59″W
Links
Webcasthttp://www.smile.fm/streaming/
Websitehttp://www.smile.fm/

The current WSLI began operation in July, 2008. With a transmitter located just west of Belding, the station covers portions of the Grand Rapids, and Ionia, Kent, and Montcalm counties. WSLI broadcasts the Smile FM programming from flagship station WLGH in Lansing. WSLI is owned by Smile FM under the official name of Superior Communications.

The original Construction Permit granted on July 15, 2005 called for 10 kW from a short 98' tower. After having an application to modify to 14 kW dismissed by the FCC due to a small overlap in coverage area of WCSG, a construction permit for 11.5 Kw directional signal from a 249-foot (76 m) tower was approved on May 2, 2007.

During the final stages of station construction the construction permit was modified to a 2.9 Kw non-directional signal from a much shorter 98-foot (30 m) tower in order to get the station on the air before the construction permit expired. The station was granted a construction for the originally approved power, directional pattern, and tower height on May 20, 2010.

On December 27, 2010, the station began broadcasting with increased power.

Translator

In December 2014 WSLI translator W260CQ began operation to improve coverage in Grand Rapids.

CallFrequencyCity of LicenseBroadcast AreaERPHAATFacility ID
W260CQ99.9 MHzPlainfield Twp.,MI10 w126 m158538

References


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