WITK
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| City of license | Pittston, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre |
| Frequency | 1550 kHz |
| Format | Christian |
| Power |
10,000 Watts daytime 500 Watts nighttime |
| Class | A |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°20′47″N 75°47′05″W / 41.34639°N 75.78472°WCoordinates: 41°20′47″N 75°47′05″W / 41.34639°N 75.78472°W |
| Former callsigns | WKQV, WARD, WPTS |
| Owner |
Steel City Radio, Inc. (part of Wilkins Communications Network) |
| Sister stations | KLNG, WLMR, WSKY (AM), WFAM, WBXR, WELP, KCNW, WWNL, WBRI, KXKS, WYYC, WIJD, WNVY, WVTJ, WCPC |
| Website | WITK Official Webpage |
WITK is an AM radio station licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve the community of Pittston, Pennsylvania. WITK broadcasts at 1550 kHz and covers much of northeastern Pennsylvania, including Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. The station airs various Christian religious programming. WITK is owned by Steel City Radio, Inc. The station was sold in 2007 by Lackawanna County Commissioner Robert C. Cordaro.[1][2] Steel City Radio, Inc. is part of the Wilkins Communications Network, Inc. of Spartanburg, SC, whose owners, Robert and Luann Wilkins, own 15 other stations in cities such as WWNL (Pittsburgh, PA), WYYC (York, PA), KCNW (Kansas City, MO), WELP (Greenville, SC), WBRI (Indianapolis, IN), and WBXR (Huntsville, AL).[3]
References
- ↑ Tom Taylor. "Taylor on Radio-Info, July 12, 2007 - Sound Bytes - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton". Radio-info.com (Chicago, Illinois). Retrieved July 12, 2007.
- ↑ Borys Krawczeniuk. "Cordaro bows out of radio biz". The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania). Retrieved October 1, 2007.
- ↑ Scott Fybush. "Northeast Radio Watch - October 15, 2007 - Pennsylvania". Northeast Radio Watch (Rochester, New York). Retrieved October 15, 2007.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WITK
- Radio-Locator Information on WITK
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WITK
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