WJET (AM)

WJET (1400 AM) is a news/talk radio station broadcasting in Erie, Pennsylvania owned by iHeartMedia.

WJET
CityErie, Pennsylvania
Broadcast areaErie, Pennsylvania
BrandingJet Radio 1400
SloganErie's News Talk Authority
Frequency1400 (kHz)
Translator(s)96.7 W244DX (Erie)
First air date1951
FormatNews/Talk
Power1,000 watts
ClassC
Facility ID33769
Call sign meaningJET (airplane)
Former call signsWJET (1951-1986)
WBLQ (1986-1988)
WLKK (1988-2001)
OwneriHeartMedia, Inc.
(Capstar TX, LLC)
Sister stationsWFNN, WRKT, WRTS, WTWF, WXBB, WLTM
WebcastListen Live
Websitejetradio1400.iheart.com

WJET primarily runs the standard iHeart/Premiere Networks conservative talk lineup on weekdays and the prerequisite local morning program. Erie Talk in the Morning is hosted by Barry Dain Steinhagen and Jim LeCorchick, followed by Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Buck Sexton, Joe Pags (from another syndicator) and Coast to Coast AM. Under previous ownership, Rush Limbaugh was dropped in December 2008 after Premiere demanded higher rights fees from WJET's owner, but it was immediately restored with iHeart's ownership in 2019.

On March 27, 2019, Connoisseur Media announced that it would transfer WJET along with its sister stations to iHeartMedia in exchange for WFRE and WFMD in the Frederick, Maryland, market from the Aloha Station Trust.[1]The sale closed on May 21, 2019.

References
  1. "iHeartMedia & Connoisseur Media Swap Frederick & Erie". RadioInsight. 27 March 2019.

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