WZTE
| City | North East, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area |
North East, Pennsylvania Erie, Pennsylvania Ripley, New York |
| Frequency | 1530 kHz |
| First air date | 1966 (as WHYP) |
| Power |
1,000 watts daytime 250 watts critical hours |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 26610 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°12′5.0″N 79°51′43.0″W / 42.201389°N 79.861944°W |
| Former callsigns |
WHYP (1966-1988) WRKT (1988-1990) WEHN (1990-1992) WFLP (1992-1993) WEYZ (1993-2004) WYNE (2004-2013) WMCE (2013-2017) |
| Owner | Inspiration Time, Inc. |
WZTE is a broadcast radio station licensed to North East, Pennsylvania, serving North East and Erie in Pennsylvania and Ripley in New York. WZTE is owned and operated by Inspiration Time, Inc.
History
This station first signed on the air as WHYP on September 5, 1966. The station was founded by James D. Brownyard.
It was joined less than two years later by its like-named sister station, WHYP-FM (now WRKT), operating at 100.9. Like many co-owned FM stations of the era, it simulcast its AM sister during the daytime and provided local radio service after the AM station left the air after local sunset. Those hours of operation continue today for WZTE.
Effective September 1, 2017, Mercyhurst University sold the then-WMCE to Inspiration Time, Inc., the owners of Christian radio station WCTL, for $30,000. It was presumed that the station would begin airing a religious format, while the format then on the station would move to FM 100.9 after the sale.[1] Following the sale, the station changed its call sign to WZTE. FCC records show that the station has been silent since the call sign change.[2]
First sale
In January 1989, both WHYP-AM-FM were sold to Rambaldo Communications and went "All Beatles' with album sides until Rocket 101/1530 Launched in June 1989.
Previous logos
References
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WZTE
- Radio-Locator Information on WZTE
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WZTE
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