Broadcast area | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre |
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Frequency | 1550 kHz |
Branding | Life Talk 1550 Life Talk 94.7 |
Programming | |
Format | Christian |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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KLNG, WLMR, WSKY (AM), WFAM, WBXR, WELP, KCNW, WWNL, WBRI, KXKS, WYYC, WIJD, WNVY, WVTJ, WCPC | |
History | |
Former call signs | WKQV, WARD, WPTS |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 70868 |
Class | B |
Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 41°20′47″N 75°47′05″W / 41.34639°N 75.78472°W |
Translator(s) | 94.7 W234CY (Pittston) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | WITK 1550 Listen Live WITK 94.7 Listen Live |
Website | WITK 1550 Online WITK 94.7 Online |
WITK (1550 AM) is a radio station licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve the community of Pittston, Pennsylvania. WITK 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.[2][3] Steel City Radio, Inc. is part of the Wilkins Communications Network, Inc. of Spartanburg, South Carolina, whose owners, Robert and Luann Wilkins, own 15 other stations in cities such as WWNL (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), WYYC (York, Pennsylvania), KCNW (Kansas City, Missouri), WELP (Greenville, South Carolina), WBRI (Indianapolis, Indiana), and WBXR (Huntsville, Alabama).[4]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WITK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Tom Taylor. "Taylor on Radio-Info, July 12, 2007 - Sound Bytes - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton" (PDF). Radio-info.com (Chicago, Illinois). Retrieved July 12, 2007.
- ^ Borys Krawczeniuk. "Cordaro bows out of radio biz". 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
- Facility details for Facility ID 70868 (WITK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WITK in Nielsen Audio's AM station database