WSLM (AM)
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WSLM is an Gospel Music
music radio station
licensed to serve the community of Salem, Indiana
. The station broadcasts as half of an AM/FM combo that is currently being programmed by it's sister station, WSLM FM. The AM station is licensed temporarily to Kathleen Martin
, Personal Representative, for the Estate of Don H. Martin. Rebecca L. White holds the license to the FM station.
"It was nice of them to make us tracks into the station," he later said.
In describing the story to the local press, Martin quipped that the station had equipment "most preferred by thieves." This comment along with the story made headlines distributed by the Associated Press.
Authorities tracked the equipment to near Cincinnati, Ohio where the young men were operating a pirate radio station. They were set up in a quonset hut.
Once the equipment was returned (in good shape), Martin restored the station to full capacity and was able to begin broadcasting on Valentine's Day 1953.
Consequently, the Associated Press
carried the story naming the station "The Sweetheart Station of the Nation."
Notable local programming on WSLM FM and WHAN LP TV which is simulcast on WSLM AM, is Coffee Club, Blue Sky Church, four daily newscasts, Ag and market reports, Swap Shop, a trading program airing twice daily and Texas Ed's bluegrass show on weekday afternoons. The station also airs, by default, IU and Purdue broadcats, as well as local high school footbal and basketball games.
Another local program called "Trivia" which is actually the Saturday edition of Coffee Club, airs on Saturday mornings offering listeners a chance to call in and win either a WSLM t-shirt or a Christian music CD by answering a trivia question on secular items and from the Bible.
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
music radio station
Radio station
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licensed to serve the community of Salem, Indiana
Salem, Indiana
Salem is a city in Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana, United States. Salem serves as the county seat, and its downtown area is on the National Register of Historic Places...
. The station broadcasts as half of an AM/FM combo that is currently being programmed by it's sister station, WSLM FM. The AM station is licensed temporarily to Kathleen Martin
Kathleen Martin
Kathleen Martin is an American small press publisher, book editor and actor. She is the co-founder of Wit's End Publishing and a senior editor of Point Blank Press, a crime fiction publisher....
, Personal Representative, for the Estate of Don H. Martin. Rebecca L. White holds the license to the FM station.
Programming
WSLM AM came on the air in 1953, after a minor glitch—the station was broken into Christmas Eve 1952 and thieves cleaned it out. When station owner Don Martin came in on Christmas morning to turn on the station for all of Southern Indiana to enjoy—he couldn't. The equipment was gone."It was nice of them to make us tracks into the station," he later said.
In describing the story to the local press, Martin quipped that the station had equipment "most preferred by thieves." This comment along with the story made headlines distributed by the Associated Press.
Authorities tracked the equipment to near Cincinnati, Ohio where the young men were operating a pirate radio station. They were set up in a quonset hut.
Once the equipment was returned (in good shape), Martin restored the station to full capacity and was able to begin broadcasting on Valentine's Day 1953.
Consequently, the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
carried the story naming the station "The Sweetheart Station of the Nation."
Notable local programming on WSLM FM and WHAN LP TV which is simulcast on WSLM AM, is Coffee Club, Blue Sky Church, four daily newscasts, Ag and market reports, Swap Shop, a trading program airing twice daily and Texas Ed's bluegrass show on weekday afternoons. The station also airs, by default, IU and Purdue broadcats, as well as local high school footbal and basketball games.
Another local program called "Trivia" which is actually the Saturday edition of Coffee Club, airs on Saturday mornings offering listeners a chance to call in and win either a WSLM t-shirt or a Christian music CD by answering a trivia question on secular items and from the Bible.