WAZL
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| City of license | Hazleton, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton |
| Branding | Hazleton's Hometown Station |
| Frequency | 1490 kHz (analog) |
| First air date | December 19, 1932 |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°56′26″N 75°57′57″W / 40.94066°N 75.965781°W |
| Owner | WAZL Partners, LLP |
| Website | WAZLAM.com |
WAZL is an AM broadcasting radio station licensed to the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania with service area extending to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton radio market. The station broadcasts in an Oldies radio format. It broadcasts at a frequency of 1490 kHz with 1,000 Watts of power using a non-directional antenna. WAZL is considered a Class-C AM broadcasting station according to the Federal Communication Commission.
[edit] History
The radio station has a rich and long broadcast history dating back to 1932 serving the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. WAZL originally started broadcasting at a frequency of 1420 kHz and had to time share the frequency with WILM in Wilmington, Delaware in 1932. In 1941, a nationwide frequency reassignment took place by the Federal government which assigned WAZL to 1450 kHz where it stayed until 1948 when the station switched to its current broadcast frequency of 1490 kHz. WAZL was an affiliate of the NBC-Mutual radio network during its early history.
The station has struggled in recent years with the station going silent for a time until Route 81 Radio bought the station and put it back on the air in 2004 as a full service operation serving the local Hazleton community.
In mid-July 2008, Route 81 Radio fell into financial difficulty and went into foreclosure. WS2K Acquisition, originally a 50% owner in Route 81 Radio, took over the license.[1] Soon afterwards in August 2008, Hazleton Radio, Inc., a locally-owned corporation, took over management of the station under a LMA.[2] On August 20, 2009, the Hazleton Standard Speaker reported the sale of WAZL to locally-owned Panorama Magazine. On April 25, 2011 the FCC approved the sale to WAZL Partners, LLP and has just recently switched its music format to Classic Rock.
[edit] References
- ^ Scott Fybush. "Northeast Radio Watch - July 21, 2008 - Pennsylvania". Northeast Radio Watch (Rochester, New York). http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080721/nerw.html. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
- ^ Scott Fybush. "Northeast Radio Watch - August 11, 2008 - Pennsylvania". Northeast Radio Watch (Rochester, New York). http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080811/nerw.html. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Official WAZL Website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WAZL
- Radio-Locator Information on WAZL
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WAZL
- RecNet query
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