WIKG (AM)

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WIKG
Broadcast area
Frequency 1380 kHz
BrandingFox Sports Mason Dixon
Programming
Language English
Format Sports radio
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Verstandig Broadcasting
  • (HJV Limited Partnership)
History
First air date
August 9, 1953
(72 years ago) (1953-08-09)
Former call signs
  • WAYZ (1953–1993)
  • WHGT (1993–2005)
  • WCBG (2005–2019)
  • WLIN (2019–2025) [1]
Call sign meaning
 Kris Kringle (callsign moved from 92.1 FM)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 27402
Class D
Power
  • 1,000 watts (daytime)
  • 20 watts (nighttime)
Transmitter coordinates
 39°44′20.0″N77°36′10.0″W / 39.738889°N 77.602778°W / 39.738889; -77.602778
Translator 100.9 W265DU (Waynesboro)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.thelinenews.com

WIKG (1380 kHz) is a AM sports radio formatted broadcast radio station affiliated with Fox Sports Radio.

Contents

WIKG is licensed to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, serving the Waynesboro/Chambersburg area. WIKG is owned and operated by VerStandig Broadcasting.

History

The WCBG calls were on AM 1590 until January 1, 2005. VerStandig Broadcasting "donated" the station to Emmanuel Baptist Temple after a very public battle over the station's tower, which was in Chambersburg city limits. On January 1, WCBG switched calls with then sister WHGT and moved all programming to AM 1380 and AM 1590 fell silent. AM 1590 would remain silent until December 4, 2005.

In the 1950s, its earlier call "WAYZ" was owned by Richard Field Lewis Jr. (1907–1957), owner of the Richard Field Lewis Jr. Stations (later Mid Atlantic Network Inc.). [3] [4] [5]

AM 1380 spent years as country formatted WAYZ, later gaining an FM station on 101.5 (today, WAYZ resides on FM 104.7). WAYZ changed calls in 1993, to WHGT pending a format change that never happened. When country WAYZ moved to FM 104.7 in September 2000, AM 1380 changed to a simulcasting of classic rock "Star 92.1" WSRT. On February 28, 2005, when FM 92.1 changed their format to CHR as "The Point", sister AM WCBG was sold and the calls and talk format moved to AM 1380.

On August 12, 2019, the station changed its call sign to WLIN. On August 15, WLIN changed their format from ESPN sports to talk/sports, branded as "The Line" to match the new call sign. [6]

On October 7, 2024, WLIN dropped the talk portion of its format and switched to Fox Sports Radio programming, branded as "Fox Sports Mason Dixon Line". [7]

Previous logos

WLIN TheLine100.9-1380 logo.jpg

References

  1. ↑ "FCC History Cards for WIKG". FCC .
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WIKG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Lewis, Multiple AM Owner, dies" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 28, 1957. p. 74. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Obituary" (PDF). Television Digest. October 1957. p. 6. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Marion P. Lewis". Free Lance-Star. April 14, 2001. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ WCBG Becomes The Line Radioinsight - August 15, 2019
  7. ↑ Pair of Sports Launches in Hagerstown/Chambersburg Radioinsight - October 8, 2024
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