WILK (AM)

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WILK
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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[1] during its early years before moving to the present 980 kHz dial position. It was an ABC radio affiliate since the station's start[2].

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