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Coordinates: 40°02′09″N 80°46′16″W / 40.03583°N 80.77111°W / 40.03583; -80.77111
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WLIE
Broadcast areaWheeling, West Virginia
Frequency1290 kHz
Branding"Willie 100.1/1290"
Programming
FormatClassic country
Ownership
Owner
  • Forever Media
  • (FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
WRQY, WSTV, WUKL
History
First air date
1947 (1947) (as WTRF)
Former call signs
WTRF (1947-1954)
WTRX (1955–1959)
WOMP (1959–2017)
WLEJ (2017)
WYLY (2017–2018)
Technical information
Facility ID3038
ClassD
Power1,000 Watts day
33 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
40°02′09″N 80°46′16″W / 40.03583°N 80.77111°W / 40.03583; -80.77111
Translator(s)100.1 W261DH (Wheeling)
Links
WebsiteWYLY Online

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.

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.

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