WJET (AM)

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Coordinates: 42°07′28″N 80°03′54″W / 42.12444°N 80.06500°W / 42.12444; -80.06500
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WJET
iHeartMedia, Inc.
  • (iHM Licenses, LLC)
    • WEBG, WFNN, WRKT, WRTS, WTWF, WXBB
    History
    First air date
    		1951; 73 years ago (1951)
    Former call signs
    • WJET (1951–1986)
    • WBLQ (1986–1988)
    • WLKK (1988–2001)
    Call sign meaning
    		"Jet" (airplane)
    Technical information
    Facility ID33769
    ClassC
    Power1,000 watts unlimited
    Translator(s)96.7 W244DX (Erie)
    Links
    WebcastListen Live
    Websitejetradio1400.iheart.com

    WJET (1400

    iHeartMedia, Inc. WJET's studios are in the Boston Store
    building in downtown Erie.

    WJET has a power of 1,000

    FM translator W244DX at 96.7 MHz
    .

    Programming

    WJET primarily runs

    America in the Morning
    with John Trout.

    Weekends include Kim Komando, Free Talk Live, Bill Handel on the Law, Money Talk with Bob Brinker, Mike Gallager and iHeartRadio Podcast Premiere. Under previous ownership, The Rush Limbaugh Show was dropped in December 2008 after Premiere Networks demanded higher fees from WJET's owner to carry Limbaugh. It was immediately restored when iHeartMedia assumed ownership of the radio station in 2019.

    History

    In 1951; 73 years ago (1951), WJET

    signed on the air.[2] It was powered at only 250 watts and its studios were at 1635 Ash Street, where its transmitter is located to this day. For much of its early history, the station was owned by WJET, Inc., a subsidiary
    of Myron Jones Stations.

    During the 1960s and 1970s, WJET had a

    NBC Talknet and the Mutual Broadcasting System.[3]

    Connoisseur Media later bought WJET and WLKK. In 2001, the WJET call letters returned to AM 1400. FM 102.3 is now WQHZ, owned by Cumulus Media.

    On March 27, 2019, Connoisseur Media announced that it would transfer WJET and WLKK to iHeartMedia in exchange for WFRE and WFMD in the Frederick, Maryland, radio market. WFRE and WFMD were part of the Aloha Station Trust.[4] The sale closed on May 20, 2019.

    In August 2021, the Erie Otters hockey team announced a radio partnership with WJET, beginning with the 2021-2022 OHL season.[5]

    FM translator

    Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W)
    HAAT
    		 Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
    W244DX 96.7 FM Erie, Pennsylvania 201344 250 15 m (49 ft) D 42°7′28.2″N 80°3′53.2″W / 42.124500°N 80.064778°W / 42.124500; -80.064778 LMS

    References

    1. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WJET
    2. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1961-1962 page B-141, Broadcasting & Cable
    3. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1997 page B-378, Broadcasting & Cable
    4. ^ "iHeartMedia & Connoisseur Media Swap Frederick & Erie". RadioInsight. 27 March 2019.
    5. ^ "iHEART MEDIA ERIE, OTTERS ANNOUNCE RADIO BROADCAST PARTNERSHIP – Erie Otters". Retrieved 2022-01-19.

    External links

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