WERI (FM)

Last updated
WERI
Frequency 102.7 MHz
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
Owner Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Inc.
WMCE-FM, WWCB
History
First air date
December 2007;16 years ago (2007-12)
Former call signs
  • WNAE-FM (2007–2011)
  • WCGM (2011–2023)
Call sign meaning
Erie
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 164188
Class A
ERP 3,500 watts
HAAT 132.0 meters (433.1 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°59′57″N79°41′59″W / 41.99917°N 79.69972°W / 41.99917; -79.69972
Links
Public license information

WERI (102.7 MHz) is an FM radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits radio format. Licensed to serve Wattsburg, Pennsylvania, plays Classic Hits. It is owned by Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Inc. [2]

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History

WERI previously held the call sign WNAE-FM, aired a country music format, and was temporarily a simulcast of sister station WKNB. [3] At this time, the station was licensed to Clarendon, Pennsylvania, United States, and was owned by Frank Iorio under his holding company Iorio Broadcasting, Inc. In 2010, WNAE-FM was sold to Family Life Ministries, with the intention of moving the station from Clarendon to Wattsburg. [4] The call sign was changed to WCGM on June 15, 2011, [5] swapping with a Family Life-owned construction permit in Belfast, New York. [6] The relocated WCGM relaunched as a Family Life Network station in October 2011. [7]

Effective July 20, 2023, Family Life Ministries sold WCGM to Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Inc. Coincident with the closing of the sale, the station changed its call sign to WERI, with the WCGM call sign moving to a construction permit Family Life Ministries is in the process of acquiring in Somerset, Pennsylvania.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WERI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WERI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. Fybush, Scott (2008-01-21). "NY Talker's Award un-Grant-ed". NorthEast Radio Watch.
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  5. "Call Sign History (WCGM)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved March 8, 2020.
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