WLIE
WLIE (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Bellaire, Ohio, United States, it serves the Wheeling area. The station is currently owned by Forever Media, through licensee FM Radio Licenses, LLC.
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| City | Bellaire, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Wheeling, West Virginia |
| Frequency | 1290 kHz |
| Branding | "Willie 100.1/1290" |
| Slogan | Best Country of the 80s & 90s |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Forever Media (FM Radio Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WRQY, WSTV, WUKL |
| History | |
| First air date | 1947 (as WTRF) |
| Former call signs | WTRF (1947-1954) WTRX (1955–1959) WOMP (1959–2017) WLEJ (2017) WYLY (2017–2018) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 3038 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 Watts day 33 watts night |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°02′09″N 80°46′16″W |
| Translator(s) | 100.1 W261DH (Wheeling) |
| Links | |
| Website | WYLY Online |
Originally known as WTRF, the station signed on the air for the first time in 1947 on both the AM and FM bands. Fittingly, the call sign stood for "Two Radio Frequencies." It became WTRX in 1955 and then WOMP in 1959.
On June 5, 2017, WOMP changed their format from sports to classic country, branded as "Lejends 100.1/1290" (simulcast on FM translator W261DH 100.1 FM Wheeling, West Virginia).[1] The station changed its call sign to WLEJ on June 12, 2017. The station changed its call sign and branding again on September 8, 2017, to WYLY, "Willie 100.1/1290". When the WLIE call letters became available, WYLY used them and changed to WLIE on January 1, 2019.
References
- Forever Brings Classic Country Lejends to Wheeling Radioinsight - June 13, 2017
External links
- WLIE in the FCC's AM station database
- WLIE on Radio-Locator
- WLIE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W261DH in the FCC's FM station database
- FCC History Cards for WLIE