WLEA

WLEA

City	Hornell, New York
Broadcast area	Canisteo Valley Area
Branding	News First and Fast
Frequency	1480 kHz
Format	Newstalk
Power	2,500 watts day 19 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	52841
Transmitter coordinates	42°17′15.00″N 77°38′47.00″W / 42.2875000°N 77.6463889°W / 42.2875000; -77.6463889
Affiliations	Premiere Radio, Westwood One, ABC, FOX
Owner	Estate of Kevin Doran (Pmj Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	WCKR
Webcast	Listen to WLEA WLEA alternate feed
Website	wlea.net

WLEA (1480 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a combined talk radio and oldies format. Licensed to Hornell, New York, USA, the station serves the Canisteo Valley area, and is a part of the Elmira Corning Radio Market The station is currently owned by Pmj Communications, Inc.^[1] Pmj Communications was founded by Kevin Doran, who also hosted the station's morning show for a time in the 1970s, then again from the early 1990s until his death in 2015; his estate continues to own the company and sister station WCKR.^[2] Previously, the station was owned by Charlie Henderson, who represented Hornell in the State Assembly (1956-1981).

History

WLEA signed on in 1948 at 1320 kHz; two years later, the 1320 slot was bought out by WWHG, later the now-defunct WHHO, necessitating the station to move to a new frequency. It was part of the Mutual Broadcasting System.

Programming heard on WLEA includes This Morning: America's First News, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show, Jim Bohannon, John Batchelor, a local interview show called "Newsmaker Show" and the "1480 Club", as well as local news updates, ABC News Radio and Fox News Radio.

WLEA is the broadcast home of the Hornell Dodgers team and also carries Hornell High School athletics (sister station WCKR carries Canisteo–Greenwood High School sports).

References

↑ "WLEA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://wlea.net/kevin-doran-page/

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WLEA

Radio-Locator Information on WLEA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WLEA

Radio stations in the Elmira–Corning, New York market
Note: This market also includes areas around Sayre, Towanda, Mansfield, and Wellsboro in Pennsylvania.
By AM frequency	820 960 1000 1230 1310 1350 1380 1410 1450 1480 1490 (Watkins Glen, New York) 1490 (Wellsboro, Pennylvania) 1600
By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 90.3 90.5 90.7 91.1 91.7 92.1 (Hornell, New York) 92.1 (Sayre, Pennsylvania) 92.3 92.7 93.1 (Hornell, New York) 93.1 (Elmira, New York) 93.1 (Wellsboro, Pennsylvania) 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.1 95.7 (Bath, New York) 95.7 (Elmira, New York) 96.1 96.9 97.7 97.9 98.7 99.5 100.3 100.9 101.7 102.1 103.5 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 107.3 107.7 107.9
by callsign	W205BR W213BW W214AA W219CE W221AS W226AP W230BB W233CB W236AK W239BK W239BQ W250BI W269BK W275AB W278AO W297BG W300BX WABH WATS WAVR WCBA WCIH WCII-FM WCKR WECW WEHH WELM WENI WENY WENY-FM WGMM WHGL-FM WKPQ WLEA WLNL WLVY WMTQ WMTT WNBT-FM WNDA WNGZ WNKI WOGA WOKN WPGI WPHD WRCE WSQA WSQE WTIO WTZN WVYS
Defunct stations	WHHO/1320 WWHG/1320/95.3 (call letters now used by a completely different station, in Wisconsin)
Nearby radio markets Binghamton Ithaca Olean Rochester Syracuse Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Williamsport See also List of radio stations in New York List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

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