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{{About|a station in Rockingham, North Carolina|the New York City station that held the WLWL call letters from 1925 to 1937|WLWL (New York City)}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WLWL
| logo             = WLWL 770TheBigWave logo.jpg
| logo_size        = 200px
| city             = [[Rockingham, North Carolina]]
| area             =
| branding         = 770 The Big Wave
| airdate          = {{start date|1970}}<ref name="HistoryCards">[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=62850 History Cards for WLWL], fcc.gov. Retrieved June 22, 2018.</ref>
| frequency        = 770 [[kHz]] [[C-QUAM]] AM Stereo
| format           = [[Urban oldies]]
| power            = 5,000 [[watt]]s day
| erp              = 
| haat             = 
| class            = D
| facility_id      = 58964
| coordinates      = {{coord|34|55|30|N|79|47|11|W}}
| callsign_meaning = 
| former_callsigns = 
| owner            = Beach Music Broadcasting, Inc.
| licensee         = 
| sister_stations  = 
| webcast          = [http://ice7.securenetsystems.net/WLWL.m3u Listen Live]
| website          = {{URL|http://www.77wlwl.com/}}
| affiliations     =  
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

'''WLWL''' (770 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting an [[urban oldies]] music format with an emphasis on [[beach music]] that is licensed to [[Rockingham, North Carolina]], United States.  While its effective coverage range is the [[Sandhills (Carolina)|Sandhills]] area of Central North and South Carolina, its signal reaches as far as [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], 75 miles to the west.  The station is currently owned by Beach Music Broadcasting, Inc.

The station was first licensed March 6, 1970.<ref name="HistoryCards"/> WLWL uses airchecks from [[WABC (AM)|WABC]] in [[New York City]] that feature the words "seventy-seven" in jingle form to promote its frequency of [[770 AM|770 kHz]].
      
WLWL broadcasts only during [[Clear-channel station#Daytimers|daylight]] hours, to avoid interference with WABC, which has a [[list of broadcast station classes|Class A]] [[clear-channel]] license for the same frequency.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/77wlwl/ 77 WLWL Facebook]
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