WENT
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| Broadcast area | Mohawk Valley |
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| Frequency | 1340kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Full ServiceAdult Contemporary |
| Affiliations | CBS Radio News New York Yankees Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1944 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 72291 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000watts(unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°1′30″N74°21′10″W/ 43.02500°N 74.35278°W |
| Translator(s) | 105.1MHzW286CD Gloversville |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | WENTradio.com |
WENT(1340kHz) is acommercialAMradio stationbroadcasting aFull ServiceAdult Contemporaryradio format,with a heavy emphasis on local news, weather and sports information.[2]Licensed toGloversville, New York,the station primarily serves the Fulton & Montgomery County portion of New York'sMohawk Valley.It is owned by Michael Schaus. WENT carriesNew York Yankeesbaseballgames and weeklyNFLgames, as well as high school football and basketball. World and national news is covered byCBS Radio News.
WENT is powered at 1,000watts,non-directional.It also operatesFM translatorW286CDat 105.1MHz,co-located at the WENT AM broadcast facility.
History
[edit]WENTsigned onthe air in 1944. It broadcast at 250 watts and was owned by the Sacandaga Broadcasting Company at 8 West Fulton Street.[3]It was anetwork affiliateofCBS Radioand theMutual Broadcasting System.It carried their dramas, comedies, news, sports,soap operas,game showsandbig bandbroadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio."
In 2013, it added anFM translator,105.1 W286CD.
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WENT".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"WENT Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.
- ^InformationfromBroadcasting Yearbook1946 page 130
External links
[edit]- FCC History Cards for WENT
- Facility details for Facility ID 72291 (WENT)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WENTinNielsen Audio's AM station database
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