930 AM WLSS The Answer, SARASOTA, FL

WLSS (930 kHz) is a commercial radio station in Sarasota, Florida. It is owned by Salem Communications and airs a talk radio format. It is the oldest and most powerful AM station in the Sarasota-Bradenton radio market. The studios are on West Laurel Street in Sarasota.

WLSS is a Class B AM station. By day, it is powered at 5,000 watts. But at night, to protect other stations on 930 AM, it reduces power to 3,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter is on Lorraine Road in the Lakewood Ranch section of Sarasota. Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translator W229BR at 93.7 MHz in Bayshore Gardens.

Most of WLSS's weekday schedule is conservative talk programs. Two local hosts are heard each weekday afternoon, Phil Grande (Phil's Gang) and Bill Bunkley. The rest of the line up is nationally syndicated shows from the Salem Radio Network, hosted by Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Charlie Kirk, Brandon Tatum and Sebastian Gorka. Most hours begin with an update from Townhall Radio News.

Weekends on WLSS feature shows on money, health, guns, technology and movies, some of which are paid brokered programming. Syndicated weekend hosts include Kim Komando and Eric Metaxas. WLSS also serves as the Sarasota affiliate of the University of Florida Gators radio network, broadcasting football and men's basketball games.