area scranton wilkes barre hazleton branding wilk newsradio frequency 980 khz first air date 1947 format news talk power 5 000 watts daytime 1 000 watts nighttime class b facility id 34380 transmitter coordinates 41 13 43 n 75 56 50 w 41.22861 n 75.94722 w 41.22861 ; 75.94722 coordinates 41 13 43 n 75 56 50 w 41.22861 n 75.94722 w 41.22861 ; 75.94722 callsign meaning wilkes barre owner entercom communications entercom wilkes barre scranton llc sister stations wilk fm wkzn wbzu webcast listen live website wilknewsradio.com wilk is also known as northeast pennsylvania s newsradio and owned by entercom communications . history edit wilk originally signed on the air around january 1947 . the studios were located at 88 north franklin street in wilkes barre . the station s original broadcast frequency was 1450 khz at 250 watts during its early years . in 1951 wscr in scranton moved from 1000kkz to 1320 making it possible for wilk to move to 980 with a three tower array broadcasting 5 kw non directional day and 1 kw directional night time . it was an abc radio affiliate . as such it spawned wilk tv channel 34 one of northeast pennsylvania s two original abc affiliates . that station merged with scranton s warm tv to form wnep tv which still operates under wilk tv s license . from the 1990s until 2005 it was the originating station in the wilk radio network . however that distinction now belongs to fm sister wilk fm . references edit external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wilk radio locator information on wilk query nielsen audio s am station database for wilk wilk am daytime signal coverage map according to radio locator.com wilk am nighttime signal coverage map according to radio locator.com v t e radio stations in the scranton wilkes barre market by am frequency 590 630 730 750 800 910 980 1240 1280 1300 1340 1400 1440 1460 1490 1550 1590 1640 by fm frequency 88.1 88.3 88.5 88.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.5 93.7 94.3 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.1 97.9 98.5 99.5 100.1 100.3 100.5 101.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 104.3 104.5 104.9 105.7 105.9 106.1 106.9 107.3 107.7 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.550 by callsign w205ag w235aa w262ai w282bk w291ap warm wazl wbax wbht wbhd wbsx wbwx wbzu wcdl wcig wcin wclh wejl wejl fm wezx wpzx wfte wfuz wggy wgmf wick wilk wilk fm witk wkrf wkrz wkzn wlka wmgs wmqx wpel wpel fm wpnx700 wpsn wqor wrgn wrkc wsbg wsjr wtrw wusr wvia fm wvmw fm wwrr wxl43 wyck wzzh wzmf pennsylvania radio markets allentown bethlehem altoona bradford coudersport chambersburg waynesboro erie harrisburg lebanon carlisle lancaster montrose new castle philadelphia pittsburgh reading sayre towanda mansfield wellsboro wilkes barre scranton williamsport york other pennsylvania radio regions bedford indiana johnstown lewistown mifflintown meadville franklin punxsutawney dubois st. marys emporium kane state college stroudsburg sunbury selinsgrove lewisburg warren see also list of radio stations in pennsylvania v t e news talk radio stations in the state of pennsylvania all news kqv pittsburgh kyw philadelphia wlri lp gap news & talk kdka pittsburgh waeb allentown wbfd bedford wblf bellefonte wbzu scranton wcbg waynesboro wced du bois wecz punxsutawney weeo fm mcconnellsburg weeu reading wfbg altoona wfyl king of prussia whp harrisburg wiez lewistown wilk wilkes barre wilk fm avoca wjas pittsburgh wjet erie wkok sunbury wkst new castle wkzn west hazleton wlbr lebanon wlli somerset wmlp milton wntj johnstown wntp philadelphia wnwr philadelphia wpgp pittsburgh wpht philadelphia wpic sharon wpit pittsburgh wrsc state college wrta altoona wsba york wwpa williamsport wzsk everett defunct woyl oil city wply mount pocono see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in pennsylvania v t e entercom am radio stations kcsp kezw kfh kfxx kifm kjce kmbz kmtt knss kwod kyys waxy wben wbzu weal weei wgr wilk wkzn wmc wmfs word wpet wqxi wrko wroc wssp wvei wwkb wwl wwwl wwws wxnt wyrd fm radio stations k242cc kalc kamx kblx fm kbzt kdgs kdnd keyn fm kfbz kgmz kgon khtp kisw kkdo kkmj fm kkwf kmbz fm kndd knrk knss fm koit kqks kqmt kqrc fm krbq krbz krsk krxq kseg kson ksoq fm kswd kudl kufx kwjj fm kxsn kych fm kzpt waaf wbee fm wbza wcmf fm wdaf fm weei fm wezb wfbc fm wggi wggy wilk fm wjmh wkaf wkbu wkrf wkrz wkse wktk wlfp wlkk wlmg wlyf wmc fm wmfs fm wmhx wmmm fm wmqx wmxj wmyx fm wntr wnvz wolx fm wpaw wpte wpxy fm wqmg wroq wrvr wsfs wsky fm wsmw wspa fm wstr wtpt wtss wvei fm wvkl wwde fm wwei wwl fm wxss wyrd fm wzpl this article about a radio station in pennsylvania is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wilk am & oldid 742412341 categories radio stations in wilkes barre pennsylvaniaentercom radio stationspennsylvania radio station stubshidden categories coordinates on wikidataall stub articles 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