WITK
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Broadcast area | Wilkes-Barre - Scranton |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1550 kHz |
| Branding | Life Talk 94.7 and 1550 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian radio |
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Former call signs | WKQV, WARD, WPTS |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | B |
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| Webcast | WITK 1550 Listen live WITK 94.7 Listen live |
| Website | WITK 1550 Online WITK 94.7 Online |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".WITK (1550 AM) is a radio station licensed to Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States, and serving Wilkes-Barre and Scranton in Northeast Pennsylvania. The station airs a Christian format and is owned by the Wilkins Communications Network, with the license held by Steel City Radio, Inc.
By WITK programming is also heard on FM translator W234CY at 94.7 MHz.
History
The station signed on the air on June 21, 1953. Its call sign was WPTS, owned by the Midway Broadcasting Company.[2] WPTS was a daytimer, required to leave the air at night. In the 1980s, the station was authorized to move one notch up the dial to 1550 AM. That allowed it to increase its daytime power to 10,000 watts and add nighttime service at 500 watts.[3]
The station was sold in 2007 by Lackawanna County Commissioner Robert C. Cordaro.[4][5] 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).[6]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WITK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1956 page 266. Retrieved Aug. 9, 2025.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995 page B-356. Retrieved Aug. 9, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tom Taylor. "Taylor on Radio-Info, July 12, 2007 - Sound Bytes - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton" (PDF). Radio-info.com (Chicago, Illinois). Retrieved July 12, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Borys Krawczeniuk. "Cordaro bows out of radio biz". Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania). Retrieved October 1, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scott Fybush. "Northeast Radio Watch - October 15, 2007 - Pennsylvania". Northeast Radio Watch (Rochester, New York). Retrieved October 15, 2007.
External links
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- WITK in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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