WJET (AM)
WJET (1400 AM) is a news/talk radio station broadcasting in Erie, Pennsylvania owned by iHeartMedia.
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| City | Erie, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Erie, Pennsylvania |
| Frequency | 1400 (kHz) |
| Branding | Jet Radio 1400 |
| Slogan | Erie's News Talk Authority |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WFNN, WRKT, WRTS, WTWF, WXBB, WLTM |
| History | |
| First air date | 1951 |
| Former call signs | WJET (1951-1986) WBLQ (1986-1988) WLKK (1988-2001) |
| Call sign meaning | JET (airplane) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 33769 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Translator(s) | 96.7 W244DX (Erie) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | jetradio1400.iheart.com |
WJET primarily runs the standard iHeart/Premiere Networks conservative talk lineup on weekdays and the prerequisite local morning program. Erie Talk in the Morning is hosted by Barry Dain Steinhagen and Jim LeCorchick, followed by Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Buck Sexton, Joe Pags (from another syndicator) and Coast to Coast AM. Under previous ownership, Rush Limbaugh was dropped in December 2008 after Premiere demanded higher rights fees from WJET's owner, but it was immediately restored with iHeart's ownership in 2019.
On March 27, 2019, Connoisseur Media announced that it would transfer WJET along with its sister stations to iHeartMedia in exchange for WFRE and WFMD in the Frederick, Maryland, market from the Aloha Station Trust.[1] The sale closed on May 21, 2019.
References
- "iHeartMedia & Connoisseur Media Swap Frederick & Erie". RadioInsight. 27 March 2019.
External links
- WJET in the FCC's AM station database
- WJET on Radio-Locator
- WJET in Nielsen Audio's AM station database