On 23 Feb 2005 03:24:41 GMT, "Blue Cat" wrote:

WROV 1240 kHz, Roanoke, VA (back before 1990s) "RO" for Roanoke, "V" for
Virginia.
WSLS 610 kHz, Roanoke, VA (Before 1980), Shenandoah Life (insurance) Station

For future historical reference with these two:

The WROV calls landed on 96.3 Martinsville, VA, which inherited 1240's
history as "The Rock of Virginia" for the Roanoke/Lynchburg market.
1240 is now WGMN ("The Game", sports), simulcast with Lynchburg's
WVGM/1320.

The WSLS calls are still on TV channel 10, the R/L market's NBC
affiliate. 610 eventually became WSLC, for decades the area's
dominant country station. The format and WSLC calls migrated to FM
94.9, where it exists today as "Star Country". For a time, WSLC/610
simulcasted the new FM country signal, and is now WVBE(AM)... the AM
and Roanoke simulcast of Lynchburg-targetted urban FM station "Vibe
100" (WVBE[FM] 100.1).

That station was once WLYK ("Lynchburg's K", I presume), and IT used
to simulcast Roanoke top 40 WXLK/92.3 before breaking out on its own
with the new format in 2001.