WILK (AM)

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WILK
WILK980.PNG
City of license Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton
Branding WILK Newsradio
Frequency 980 kHz
First air date 1947
Format NewsTalk
Power 5,000 Watts daytime,
1,000 Watts nighttime
Class B
Owner Entercom Communications
(Entercom Wilkes-Barre Scranton, LLC)
Sister stations WILK-FM, WKZN, WBZU
Website WILKNewsRadio.com

WILK is also known as Northeast Pennsylvania's Newsradio and owned by Entercom Communications.

[edit] History

WILK originally signed on the air in 1947. The station's original broadcast frequency was 1450 kHz during its early years before moving to the present 980 kHz dial position. It was an ABC radio affiliate. As such, it spawned WILK-TV, one of northeast Pennsylvania's two original ABC affiliates. That station merged with Scranton's WARM-TV to form WNEP-TV, which still operates under WILK-TV's license.

From the 1990s until 2005, it was the originating station in the WILK Radio Network. However, that distinction now belongs to FM sister WILK-FM.

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