WERT

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WERT
Broadcast area Lima, Ohio
Frequency 1220 kHz
BrandingUnforgettable 1220
Programming
Format Adult standards
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerFirst Family Broadcasting
WKSD
History
First air date
November 27, 1958
Call sign meaning
Van Wert [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 56181
Class D
Power
  • 250 watts day
  • 29 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 40°52′19″N84°33′15″W / 40.87194°N 84.55417°W / 40.87194; -84.55417
Translator(s) 104.3 W282CF (Van Wert)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website streamdb5web.securenetsystems.net/cirrusencore/WERT

WERT (1220 AM) is a radio station broadcasting adult standards featuring soft oldies from the 1940s through today. Licensed to Van Wert, Ohio, United States, the station serves Van Wert primarily but is considered part of the Lima market. The station is owned by First Family Broadcasting and broadcasts from its studios on the Lincoln Highway (County Highway 418) just east of Van Wert. [3]

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History

From its first day of broadcasting on November 27, 1958, WERT, then owned by the Van Wert Broadcasting Company, has traditionally been a middle of the road formatted music station. WERT's original design engineer was also instrumental in the founding of WMVR in Sidney in 1963. The original owners also built and launched WERT-FM (98.9) in 1962, giving Van Wert its own FM service.

WERT and WERT-FM were sold to a California company in 1967 for $160,000, according to an article in that year's Van Wert Times Bulletin newspaper. The west coast firm would absentee own and operate the stations for the next four years. Ray Livesay, from Mattoon, Illinois, then purchased the stations in 1971 and operated them throughout much of the 1970s and 1980s, boosting the power of WERT-FM to 50,000 watts in 1984.

In 1988, Atlantic Resources, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, bought the stations for a reported $1 million with intentions to move the high power WERT-FM to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where it remains today as WBYR. WERT was then paired with a new FM station: WKSD, licensed to Paulding, Ohio, at 99.7 MHz. WERT and WKSD were sold to Community Broadcasting of Van Wert in 1991. In 1994 Chris Roberts (previously with WOWO in Fort Wayne) purchased the stations after forming First Family Broadcasting, Inc.

Programming

WERT broadcasts a mix of adult standards from the 1940s through today from its studios along Lincoln Highway. It is the heritage station serving the Van Wert area, and is co-owned with oldies/sports radio station WKSD 99.7 FM in Paulding.

For many years WERT aired programming from Citadel Media's "Timeless Favorites" format. After "Timeless Favorites" was discontinued in February 2010, the station opted to return to locally originating programming.

A powerful windstorm powered by the remnants of Hurricane Ike caused damage to its transmitting tower on September 14, 2008. According to a WLIO news story dated September 15, 2008, engineers from the Fort Wayne area along with Chief Engineer Chris Roberts, also the principal owner, worked feverishly to bring the station back on the air. In the interim, WERT continued to operate with reduced power by means of a temporary antenna and an internet audiostream until September 19, 2008 when the new tower was finished. The station returned to full power late in the afternoon on that day as reported by the Van Wert Independent newspaper.

Station ownership

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References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WERT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WERT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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