WLEC
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WLEC | |
Broadcast area | Sandusky, Ohio |
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Branding | 1450AM WLEC |
Slogan | Sports Radio Sandusky |
First air date | February 1947 |
Frequency | 1450 (kHz) |
Format | Sports/talk |
Power | 1,000 watts |
Class | C |
Callsign meaning | The Lake Erie Corporation (founder) |
Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio Premiere Radio Networks CBS Radio |
Owner | Clear Channel Communications (current, sale pending) |
Website | www.wlec.com |
WLEC is an AM radio station in Sandusky, Ohio, USA broadcasting at 1450 kHz. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. WLEC carries a sports talk radio format, and is the Sandusky affiliate for Fox Sports Radio and The Jim Rome Show. The station also features local hosts Mark Fogg, Steve Shoffner and Dave Wiedenheft.
It is also the local affiliate for broadcasts of the Cleveland Indians baseball, Cleveland Browns football, Cleveland Cavaliers basketball, Ohio State football and basketball. In addition, WLEC is the home for weekly local high school football and basketball broadcasts, in conjunction with sister station WMJK.
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[edit] History
In July 1986 the station was sold by Miller Broadcasting, headed by Richard H. Miller of Cleveland, to Erie Broadcasting Co., owned by Cleveland's Jim Embrescia. After a brief period in the hands of Signal One Communications from October 1987 to May 1990, it passed, along with WCPZ (FM), to Erie Broadcasting II, Inc., a new company also headed by Embrescia.
On April 30, 1997, it was announced that Jacor Communications, Inc. agreed to WLEC and WCPZ(FM)"Mix 102.7" from Erie Broadcasting II, Inc. for $7.65 million [1]. The sale was approved and the license transferred on June 25. In May 1999, Clear Channel Communications completed its $6.5 billion purchase of Jacor and its 454 stations, including WLEC.
WLEC itself maintained a pop standards/beautiful music format dubbed "The American Music Classics" until switching to sports talk on September 8, 2006. Classic rocker WMJK-FM, licensed to Clyde, Ohio as "100.9 The Coast" also make up the Clear Channel Sandusky cluster.
On November 16, 2006, WLEC, WCPZ and WMJK have been announced for sale as part of Clear Channel's divestiture of almost 450 small and middle-market radio properties in the U.S.
[edit] Programming
[edit] Monday-Friday
- 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.: Mark Fogg and Steve Shoffner
- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Craig Shemon and James Washington
- 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.: Jim Rome
- 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.: Dave Wiedenheft (Weed after Rome)
- 7:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.: Fox Sports Radio
[edit] Saturday
- 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Mike Lowry
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