WLES is a Christian Talk formatted broadcast

Broadcasting

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 radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to Bon Air, Virginia

Bon Air, Virginia

Bon Air is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. The population was 16,366 at the 2010 census. The community is considered a suburb of the independent city of Richmond in the Richmond-Petersburg region, and shares a post office with Richmond...

, serving Metro Richmond. WLES is owned and operated by Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.

This station was once licensed to Lawrenceville, Virginia

Lawrenceville, Virginia

Lawrenceville is a town in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,275 at the 2000 census. Located by the Meherrin River, it is the county seat of Brunswick County and home to historically black Saint Paul's College, founded in 1888 and affiliated with the Episcopal Church...

, where it had been an oldies station.

Technical Information

Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting filed a request in July 2007 to transfer the license of WLES to Truth Broadcasting, headed by her son Stu Epperson, Jr., but withdrew the request in August, 2007..

Subsequently, a construction permit request was filed to conduct a frequency swap with nearby station WLVA

WLVA

WLVA is a Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, serving Lynchburg, Roanoke and Bedford. WLVA is owned and operated by Truth Broadcasting Corporation.-History:...

, which is owned by Truth Broadcasting and operates on the adjacent AM channel of 590 kHz.. The swap was completed in 2011.

WLES operates an FM translator on 97.3 MHz in Petersburg, with an application to the FCC to move it to 97.7 MHz.