WILK-FM

WILK-FM

City	Avoca, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton
Branding	WILK Newsradio
Frequency	103.1 MHz (FM) (also on HD Radio) 103.1 HD-1 (WILK News Radio) 103.1 HD-2 (Smooth Jazz)
First air date	1976 (as WQEQ)
Format	News/Talk
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	22 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	22666
Callsign meaning	WILKes-Barre
Former callsigns	WQEQ (1976-?) WACM (?-1996) WWFH (1996-1998) WILP-FM (9/1998-11/1998) WWFH (1998-2001) WBZH (2001-2002) WAMT (2002-2004) WFEZ (2004-2007)
Owner	Entercom Communications (Entercom Wilkes-Barre Scranton, LLC)
Sister stations	WILK-AM, WKZN, WBZU
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	WILKNewsRadio.com

WILK-FM is a radio station licensed to Avoca, Pennsylvania operating at a frequency of 103.1 MHz serving the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton radio market. The station serves as the premiere station in the regionally simulcast WILK News Radio Network, a network of four radio stations owned by Entercom carrying local news and talk programming for the region served by the stations. In 2007, WILK-FM started hybrid-digital IBOC broadcasting using the HD Radio system by Ibiquity. The main HD-1 audio channel carries the simulcast of the FM (analog) channel programming, and the HD-2 audio sub-channel carries Smooth Jazz music programming.

History

The radio station was originally licensed to Freeland, Pennsylvania and signed on in 1976 with the call sign WQEQ, known as "QE 103", when it ran a syndicated Top 40/Soft Rock radio format with some local news. From the late 1980s and into the early 1990s, the station switched to an oldies music radio format and was known as "Oldies 103".^[1] The station during this time period started to be simulcast on its sister station WXPX at 1300 kHz on AM. The simulcast relationship between the two stations exists again today even though both WQEQ and WXPX went through a number of call sign changes, format changes, ownership changes, and the 103.1 MHz FM signal was moved to Avoca.^[2] The stations, now known as WILK-FM and WKZN, both simulcast the WILK News Radio network.

References

↑ Brian Malina (September 24, 1995). "Part of Freeland Life Ends with Two Stations' Closure Radio Fans Reminisce As Big Changes Take Place In The Area's Entertainment Market". The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania).
↑ Scott Fybush. "Northeast Radio Watch - October 6, 2003 - Pennsylvania". Retrieved October 6, 2003.

External links

WILK official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WILK

Radio-Locator information on WILK

Radio stations in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market

By AM frequency	590 630 730 750 800 910 980 1240 1280 1300 1340 1400 1440 1460 1490 1550 1590 1640

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.5 93.7 94.3 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.1 97.9 98.5 99.5 100.1 100.3 100.5 101.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 104.3 104.5 104.9 105.7 105.9 106.1 106.9 107.3 107.7 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	W205AG W235AA W262AI W282BK W291AP WARM WAZL WBAX WBHT WBHD WBSX WBWX WBZU WCDL WCIG WCIN WCLH WEJL WEJL-FM WEZX WPZX WFTE WFUZ WGGY WGMF WICK WILK WILK-FM WITK WKRF WKRZ WKZN WLKA WMGS WMQX WPEL WPEL-FM WPNX700 WPSN WQOR WRGN WRKC WSBG WSJR WTRW WUSR WVIA-FM WVMW-FM WWRR WXL43 WYCK WZZH WZMF

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

All-News	KQV – Pittsburgh KYW – Philadelphia WLRI-LP – Gap

News & Talk	KDKA – Pittsburgh WAEB – Allentown WBLF – Bellefonte WBZU – Scranton WCBG – Waynesboro WCED – Du Bois WECZ – Punxsutawney WEEO-FM – McConnellsburg WEEU – Reading WFBG – Altoona WFYL – King of Prussia WHP – Harrisburg WIEZ – Lewistown WILK – Wilkes-Barre WILK-FM – Avoca WJAS – Pittsburgh WJET – Erie WKOK – Sunbury WKST – New Castle WKZN – West Hazleton WLBR – Lebanon WLLI – Somerset WMLP – Milton WNTJ – Johnstown WNTP – Philadelphia WNWR – Philadelphia WPGP – Pittsburgh WPHT – Philadelphia WPIC – Sharon WPIT – Pittsburgh WRSC – State College WRTA – Altoona WSBA – York WWPA – Williamsport

Defunct	WOYL – Oil City WPLY – Mount Pocono

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

Entercom

AM radio stations	KCSP KCTC KEZW KFH KFXX KJCE KMBZ KMTT KNSS KRWZ♦ KWOD KYYS WAXY WBEN WBZU WEAL WEEI WGR WILK WKZN WMC WMFS WORD WPET WQXI WRKO WROC WSSP WVEI WWKB WWL WWWL WWWS WXNT WYRD

FM radio stations	K242CC KALC KAMX KBLX-FM KBZT KDGS KDND KEYN-FM KFBZ KFH-FM KGMZ KGON KHTP KIFM KISW KKDO KKMJ-FM KKWF KMBZ-FM KNDD KNRK KOIT KQKS KQMT KQRC-FM KRBQ KRBZ KRSK KRXQ KSEG KSON KSOQ-FM KSWD KUDL KUFX KWJJ-FM KYCH-FM KZPT WAAF WBEE-FM WBZA WCMF-FM WDAF-FM WEEI-FM WEZB WFBC-FM WGGI WGGY WILK-FM WJMH WKAF WKBU WKRF WKRZ WKSE WKTK WLFP WLKK WLMG WLYF WMC-FM WMFS-FM WMHX WMMM-FM WMQX WMXJ WMYX-FM WNTR WNVZ WOLX-FM WPAW WPTE WPXY-FM WQMG WROQ WRVR WSFS WSKY-FM WSMW WSPA-FM WSTR WTPT WTSS WVEI-FM WVKL WWDE-FM WWEI WWL-FM WXSS WYRD-FM WZPL

Notes	♦=Being sold to KSE Radio Ventures, pending FCC approval

Penn State Athletics Radio Affiliates

AM	KQV WAEB WBFD WBZU WCHA WCPA WGET WHP WHVR WIEZ WILK WISR WJEJ WKOK WKZN WLBR WLLI WNPV WNTJ WNTP WPAZ WPPA WPSE WQWK WRAW WSBA WTRN WVAM WVNJ

FM	WAVT-FM WBUS WBYB WCZT WHGL-FM WILK-FM WKNB WKSB WLAK WMRF-FM WNBQ WNBT-FM WQYX WRKY-FM WSQV WVSL-FM WWBE WYGL-FM WZDB

National	GoPSUSports.com

Coordinates: 41°18′22″N 75°45′36″W / 41.306°N 75.760°W / 41.306; -75.760

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