WLPW (105.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve

Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, Essex County, New York (state), New York, United States. In 2020, its population was 2,205. The village of Lake Placid ...

, United States. Established in 1979, the station is owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher, through licensee North Country Radio Corp. WLPW formerly broadcast a

classic rock Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...

format branded as "Rock 105", which was simulcast with

WRGR WRGR (102.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station serving Tupper Lake, New York, United States. The station is owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher, through licensee North Country Radio Corp. It is a simulcast of WSLP (100.7 FM) from ...

(102.1 FM) in

Tupper Lake, New York Tupper Lake is a town in the southwest corner of Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 5,147 at the 2020 census. The town contains a village also called Tupper Lake. Until July 2004, the town was known as "Altamont", not ...

; the stations subsequently began to simulcast sister station WNBZ-FM. WLPW went silent in June 2017 after the station stopped paying rent on the tower it had broadcast from. In November 2017, as part of its acquisition of WNBZ in Saranac Lake, North Country Radio, owner of

WSLP WSLP (93.3 FM broadcasting, FM, "Lake FM") is a commercial Adult hits, variety hits radio station broadcasting from Ray Brook, New York. It is owned by Jonathan Becker, through licensee North Country Radio Corp. History The station was formerl ...

, obtained a

right of first refusal Right of first refusal (ROFR or RFR) is a contractual right that gives its holder the option to enter a business transaction with the owner of something, according to specified terms, before the owner is entitled to enter into that transactio ...

to buy WLPW for $25,000 within thirty days of the station returning to the air. On March 9, 2018, the FCC granted the application to transfer the license and ownership from Radio Lake Placid, Inc. to North Country Radio. The transfer was consummated on March 15, 2018, at a price of $32,500.

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* LPW Radio stations established in 1979 1979 establishments in New York (state) Mainstream rock radio stations in the United States Lake Placid, New York {{NewYork-radio-station-stub