WSSL-FM is a Country music music station licensed to Gray Court, South Carolina and serves the Upstate region, including Greenville and Spartanburg. The Clear Channel Communications outlet is licensed by the FCC to broadcast at 100.5 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. The station goes by the name Whistle 100 and its current slogan is "Today's Best Country."

The playlist consists primarily of hit country music from the 1990s to the present day.

[edit] Station history

The first station at 100.5 FM to be located in the Greenville-Spartanburg market was WDXY-FM, a sister station to WORD (AM) in Spartanburg.

100.5 signed on in November 1960 as WLBG-FM, the FM sister to WLBG 860 AM in Laurens. It became WGXL in the 70s when it moved the tower to Gray Court and increased the power. At the time, well known local broadcast personality Monty Dupuy moved him morning show from WFBC to what was then called XL Stereo 100. Former WFBC-TV news director Dave Partridge also provided news on the station during this time.

WGXL was sold in the early 80s to Keymarket Group, which took the station Country in September 1981 as WSSL and moved it into the Greenville-Spartanburg market.

The station is now owned by Clear Channel Communications, along with fellow country station WESC-FM. Musically, the stations are similar, with WESC playing some more Gold country songs. Both stations have co-existed well, but since 2007 and 2008, ratings have not been as kind to WSSL; after being a top 2 or 3 station for many years, in 2008 the station had fallen outside of the top 5, hitting a 20-year low in the Fall 2008 book 12+. WESC-FM, however, has maintained its top-3 spot.^{[citation needed]} Beginning in May 2009, WSSL began airing the syndicated After Midnite With Blair Garner.

[edit] On-Air Lineup

Weekdays:

• 12:00AM–5:00AM After Midnite With Blair Garner
• 6:00AM–10:00AM Ellis and Bradley
• 10:00AM–3:00PM Kix Layton
• 3:00PM–7:00PM Billy Greenwood

[edit] External links

• WSSL-FM official website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WSSL
• Radio Locator information on WSSL
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WSSL

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