WICU (AM)

WICU (1310 AM; "Happi Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Warren, Pennsylvania, United States, the station is a simulcast of Erie-based WICU-FM (92.7); its programming is also heard on translator station W244DY (96.7 FM). WICU is owned by Lilly Broadcasting.[1]

WICU
CityWarren, Pennsylvania
Broadcast areaJamestown, New York
BrandingHappi Radio
Slogan"Most Hit Music"
Frequency1310 kHz
Translator(s)96.7 W244DY (Warren)
First air dateDecember 31, 1946 (1946-12-31)
FormatContemporary hit radio (WICU-FM simulcast)
Power5,000 watts (day)
94 watts (night)
ClassD
Facility ID34928
Transmitter coordinates41°48′50.00″N 79°10′4.00″W
Call sign meaningderived from sister station WICU-TV
Former call signsWNAE (1946–2020)
OwnerLilly Broadcasting
(Lilly Broadcasting of Pennsylvania LLC)
Sister stationsWRRN, WNAE
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.happi927.com

History

The station signed on December 31, 1946[2] as WNAE. Northern Allegheny Broadcasting sold the station to Kinzua Broadcasting Company in 1974.[3]

Kinzua Broadcasting sold WNAE, along with sister stations WRRN and WKNB, to Frank Iorio, who already owned the construction permit for a station on 102.7 FM in Clarendon, in 2005 for $1.25 million.[4] In 2019, after a failed attempt to sell the stations to Laurel Media two years prior, Iorio (who owned the stations under the name Radio Partners LLC) sold WNAE, WKNB, and WRRN, to Lilly Broadcasting, which operates WICU-TV and WSEE-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania, for $900,000.[5] The call sign was changed to WICU on March 4, 2020,[6] matching WICU-TV and WICU-FM in Erie; the change was a prelude to the replacement of WNAE's former talk radio format with a simulcast of WICU-FM's contemporary hit radio programming on April 1. The WNAE call sign was concurrently transferred to the former WKNB.[7]

References
  1. "WICU Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-473. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  3. "WICU history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  4. Fybush, Scott (July 18, 2005). ""Connection" Cut in WBUR Shuffle". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  5. Venta, Lance (April 15, 2019). "Lilly Broadcasting Acquires Northwest Pennsylvania Trio". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  6. "Call Sigh History (WICU)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  7. Venta, Lance (April 1, 2020). "Happi 92.7 Expands To Warren PA". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 2, 2020.


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