
PBRTV presents...EMRTV: Erie-Meadville Radio & TV OnlineBy Eric O'BrienTom Lavery, Regional Correspondent - Laveryman@hotmail.com Welcome to PBRTV's EMRTV. Stations included are in Erie, Crawford and Warren Counties. If you know any information on these stations and would like to share, please send some email to PBRTV@aol.com. Tom Lavery is the EMRTV Correspondent. If you would like to email him, send it to Laveryman@hotmail.com. News items can be found on the front page hotline. FM88.1 WEFR Erie, PA Religious88.5 WMCE Erie, PA classical/ethnic Mercyhurst College's own radio station with is on a translator at 104.9 with St. Marks Christian Center.88.5 WTMY religious Youngsville, PA 88.9 WFSE Edinboro, PA alternative/rock Edinboro University's radio station known as "89X".89.7 WNJA Jamestown, NY classical Although the callsign reads "Ninja", this frequency repeats the programming from Buffalo's WNED on 94.5 FM. Ironically, I believe this is the only situation where there is a Public station above 92 on the FM dial.89.9 WERG Erie, PA college/alternative/mix From Gannon University, WERG plays a combo of college and alternative during the week. Saturday programming consists of R&B/Soul. Sunday has ethnic programming.90.3 WARC Meadville, PA Alternative/Allegheny College 90.9 WCOT Jamestown, NY religious 91.3 WQLN Erie, PA Classical/Jazz 91.9 WVME Meadville, PA religious 92.3 WRRN Warren, PA oldies WRRN is the sister of WNAE-AM and in most cases the two stations are programmed separately. Has an oldies format and specialty programming on Sundays.93.3 WWSE Jamestown, NY ac WWSE is a Hot AC station under the moniker Mix 93-3. The station was once "SE 93" with an Easy Listening format, now returned to the air as "SE 93.3" with the AC format.93.9 WUSE Erie, PA country WRPL signed on as a new station to Erie on October 15, 2001. This was not only the introduction of "Planet Radio 93-9, but also the first of Next Media's Erie stations to sign on with a storefront studio in the old Boston Store complex. The format was taken from sister station on 102.3 which was billing itself as "The Point." Became a country format known as "US 93.9."94.3 WHUZ Saegertown, PA classic rock Back in 1979, 94.3 had an AC format as WYSS it stayed that way until about 1983 when it switched to WEOZ. It remained as WEOZ throughout the 80's before going dark prior to WMDE. In 2000, Keymarket/Forever bought the station and changed it to WHUZ.94.7 WFGO Erie, PA oldies "Froggy 94" is an oldies station, but has no affiliation with Forever Broadcasting's "Froggy" country format.95.9 CFPL London, Ontario alternative 96.5 WBKX Dunkirk/Fredonia, NY hot ac WBKX had a country format until early 2001 when it took on an all 80's format. Now the station boasts a Hot AC format as 96Kix and sometimes carries the ABC radio AC network.96.9 W245AV North East, PA Family Life Translator97.1 WREO Ashtabula, OH soft ac Star 97 may be outside the Pennsylvania border, but can serve Erie very well with 50,000 booming watts of power!97.9 WXTA Edinboro, PA country Now known as "Country 98", WXTA was WMYJ originally with an AC format. The station was known as "Y98" at the time.98.7 W254AJ Erie, PA Family Life Translator99.1 W256AL North East, PA Translator for WCTL.99.3 WOXX Franklin, PA top 40/chr "The All New Kiss FM" - Simulcast on 104.5 in Cambridge Springs, PA.99.9 WXKC Erie, PA ac "Classy 100". Originally the frequency was home to WLVU which served as Erie's Beautiful music station in the 70's and 80's. Classy 100 was first known as Easy Rock 99.9 WLVU before getting Classy in 1985.100.3 WGYY Meadville, PA Country This became a Keymarket/Forever station in 2000 and until December of that year, it was WZPR.100.9 WRKT Northeast, PA classic rock WRKT is the infamous "Rocket 101". But prior to 1989 the station was WHYP and had AM and FM service.101.7 WMVL Linesville, PA oldies Formerly WVCC.101.9 WHUG Jamestown, NY country WHUG was, appropriately enough, known as "Huggin Country" at one time. In 2001, the station reidentified itself in 2001 as WMHU and "102moo." Although it is still known by this moniker, the calls were changed back to WHUG in March of 2004. The station moved from 101.7 to 101.9 in 1999 because of interference with WVCC in Linesville, PA and another station at 101.7 in Canada.102.3 WQHZ Erie, PA classic hits Before the late 1980's the station was WSEG "Red Hot 102". The station became WJET in the late 80's with an adult CHR format billing itself as "Jet." When the WJET calls returned to 1400 AM, WQHZ took over 102.3 with a classic hit format.102.5 WZOO Ashtabula, OH ac 102 Zoo uses an AC format that boasts the "Best Hits and Best Variety". Mostly serves the Western portion of Erie County.103.1 WQFX Russell, PA classic rock Formerly WRLP.103.7 WRTS Erie, PA chr/Top 40
"Star 104" has coverage in two countries, three states and seventeen counties! Before Star came along, the station was WMXE in the Early 90's and known as "Mix 103.7" Prior to that, it was WCCK and known as both "K-104" and "K-Hits 104".104.3 WKNB Clarendon/Warren, PA country Kinzu Country! Owned by Kinzua Broadcasting Company.104.5 WXXO Cambridge Springs/Meadville, PA top 40/chr Owned by Forever Broadcasting of PA. This is a simulcast station originating from Franklin, on 99.3. Named "The All New KissFM," they play mostly Top 40 music. One of their liners (which generates callsign humor) is "We spell it with 2 kisses and a big hug - WXXO and WOXX." - VERY CREATIVE. WXXO was formally WAQM - "Cool 104.5" which played oldies satellite shows.104.7 WKKY Geneva, OH country WKKY is a country station in nearby Ohio. It has an AM sister station in nostalgic WATJ 1560 AM.105.5 WGOJ Conneaut, OH religious WGOJ had a Top-40 format in years past but has been religious for a number of years. The station is affiliated with the Bible Broadcasting Network out of Charlotte, NC. Has a repeater signal in Erie County on 98.7. It beams from the Channel 12 tower.106.3WCTL Union City, PA contemporary Christian 107.5 WFXJ Ashtabula, OH classic rock The Fox 107.5 FM107.7 WUUZ Oil City, PA classic hits Simulcast to sister WHUZ from Meadville. AM740 CHWO Toronto, Ontario nostalgia"All Time Favorites, AM 740"970 WFUN Astabula, OH news/talk WFUN used to be an oldies outlet but gradually worked in talkers like Rush and Dr. Laura until it became complete talk in 2001. This move left WWOW in nearby Conneaut, OH as the only oldies station.1230 WTIV Titusville, PA news/talk Sister and simulcaster to WMGW Meadville.1260 WRIE Erie, PA nostalgic Before becoming the Music of Your Life outlet for Erie, 1260 was home to WLKK in the early 80's with a Country format. WLKK was Country on 1260 until it flipped to Beautiful Music "Beautiful Lake 1260". Then it Morphed into An Oldies Format with calls of WHDZ then WRIE. Was also Sports before going back to Oldies then Nostagia.1310 WNAE Warren, PA full serivce WNAE is sister with WRRN 92.3 FM. Although the two stations simulcast during the mornings and on weekends, the station is a full service news/sports station as well.1330 WFNN Erie, PA sports Known as "The Fan". 1330 was home to WRIE in the early 80's with an AC format.1360 WWOW Conneaut, OH news/talk "The Owl" used to play oldies from the 50's, 60's and 70's and a full staff of on-air talent 24 hours a day! Prior to playing oldies, the station was all country. Currently it is a newstalk station and the local home of Bill O'Reilly.1370 WWCB Corry, PA ac 1400 WJET Erie, PA news/talk Until 1986, this was the home of WJET until it was moved to 102.3 FM. The station became WBLQ "Q1400" with urban music until it switched to WLKK. With a few business transactions and format changes among sister stations, 1400 was reformed as WJET in 2001.1450 WPSE Erie, PA business news/sports/Penn State Behrend Campus Known as "Your Money Station". In the 1980's this was WEYZ and broadcast was from atop the Commerce Building. It was "K104's sister station.1490 WMGW Meadville, PA news/talk 1530 WYNE North East, PA oldies "Z-Country" Until 1989, WEYZ was WHYP with a country format. Between the two, it was WFHN rebroadcasting CNN Headline News. It is now simulcasting oldies from sister WWCB TV12 WICU NBC Erie, PA
24 WJET ABC Erie, PA
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