WSLS Newschannel 10

WSLS, an NBC affiliate television station in Roanoke, VA.

WSLS was the first television station to serve central and Southwest Virginia, officially signing on the air December 11, 1952. WSLS 10 was licensed by Shenandoah Life Insurance Company as one of Southwest Virginia’s pioneer stations. WSLS 10’s studios were built in the early 1950s. The transmitter site is 13.5 air miles Southwest of Roanoke on top of Poor Mountain, which has an elevation of 4,041 feet in Roanoke County. WSLS 10 offers viewers premium quality news, weather sports and entertainment on every screen. WSLS 10 is owned by Media General, one of the nation’s largest cross-screen, multimedia companies that operates or services 71 television stations in 48 markets along with the industry’s leading digital media business.