WINT (AM)
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| Frequency | 1330kHz |
| Branding | Integrity Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
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| History | |
First air date | January 27, 1965 |
Former call signs | WELW (1965–2014) |
Call signmeaning | "Integrity" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 26221 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 500wattsday 42 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°38′57.00″N81°25′25.00″W/ 41.6491667°N 81.4236111°W |
| Translator(s) | 101.5W268CO (Willoughby) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wintradio |
WINT(1330kHz) – brandedIntegrity Radio– is a commercialtalkAMradio stationlicensed toWilloughby, Ohio,servingLake Countyand eastern parts ofGreater Cleveland.Owned by Spirit Broadcasting, LLC, WINT serves as a local affiliate for theColumbus Blue Jackets Radio Network;Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network;Motor Racing Network;Performance Racing Network;The Sean Hannity ShowandThe Dave Ramsey Show.The station also airs programs hosted by nationally-syndicated personalitiesDoug Stephan,Armstrong & GettyandDana Loesch,as well as local coverage of theLake County Captains.In addition to a standardanalog transmission,WINT is relayed over low-power WilloughbyFMtranslatorW268CO (101.5 FM), and is available online.
History
[edit]The station first broadcast on January 27, 1965, as WELW. As the station's transmitter site (and current studio site) resides on theEastlake-Willoughby border, the call letters stood for EastLake and Willoughby. WELW's firstformatwasreligious;subsequently, it has hadTop 40,country music,oldies,andnews/talkformats. Top air personalities like Steve Szabo programmed top 40 formats. WELW almost always has broadcast nationality music shows and some religious programs. Spirit Broadcasting assumed ownership in February 1990. Over the years, the station has been honored countless times for its community service, as well as receivingAssociated Pressawards.[citation needed]
On March 31, 2014, WELW announced that they had changed their call letters to WINT, and adopted the brand of "Integrity Radio". The station also announced its intention to upgrade their signal to serve more of the Cleveland radio market, as well as finding an FM station on which to simulcast.[2][3][4]In July 2015, WINT began broadcasting on 101.5FM.
FM translator
[edit]| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP(W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W268CO | 101.5 FM | Willoughby, Ohio | 106489 | 250 | 127.46m(418ft) | D | 41°35′30.2″N81°21′3.4″W/ 41.591722°N 81.350944°W | LMS |
Current programming
[edit]WINT offers a variety of programming, including national talk radio programs hosted byDoug Stephan,Armstrong & Getty,Sean Hannity,Dana LoeschandDave Ramsey.Nationality programming is also aired on Sunday mornings, including Slovenian, Croatian, Italian, German, Polish, and Hispanic shows. WINT offers a small part of its broadcast schedule forpurchase by program providers.
WINT was theflagshipstation of theLake County Captainsminor league baseball team when they moved to Ohio in 2003. Now, the Captains are broadcast on 88.7 WJCU. In 2014, WINT added NASCAR and IndyCar races to its programming. The station also broadcasts areahigh school footballandbasketballgames, and occasionally Lake Erie College Football games, as well as locally produced and originated shows focusing on sports talk, tech and computer, business and legal, plus veterans and senior issues.[5]
With the realization that manypolka musicfans fromOhioand theSteel Belthave retired to warmer climates, WINT also began and serves as base operation for a 24/7 streaming polka website, 247polkaheaven.com, which was the first of its kind in the world. Known as the "World's Polka Network", it features polka hosts and music from across the United States and Canada.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WINT".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Marucci, Carl (March 31, 2014)."WELW flips to 'Integrity Radio WINT'".RBR.com.Streamline RBR, Inc.RetrievedApril 3,2014.
[...] plans to significantly improve our coverage on 1330AM.
- ^Imagolutions - Jonathan Somich."Radio Coverage Area on WELW 1330 AM Radio".Welw.com.Retrieved2014-04-14.
- ^"Radio station WELW to change name after 50 years on the air".News-herald.com.Retrieved2014-04-14.
- ^Imagolutions - Jonathan Somich."WELW Story on WELW 1330 AM Radio".Welw.com.Retrieved2014-04-14.
- ^"About Us".24/7 Polka Heaven.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 26221 (WINT)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WINTinNielsen Audio's AM station database
- 247PolkaHeaven.com
- FCC History Cards For WINT (AM) (1962–1980)
- FM translator
- Facility details for Facility ID 106489 (W268CO)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- W268COat FCCdata.org