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WEJL (630 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station broadcasting in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The station, known on-air as "Northeast PA's ESPN Radio", carries sports radio programming from ESPN Radio. WEJL is owned by Times-Shamrock Communications, publishers of Scranton's daily newspaper, ''The Times-Tribune (Scranton), The Times-Tribune''. The station serves as the Northeastern Pennsylvania outlet for Philadelphia Phillies baseball, Philadelphia Eagles football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Notre Dame football and Villanova Wildcats basketball. History Early years Effective December 1, 1921, the U.S. Department of Commerce, which regulated radio communication at this time, adopted regulations to formally establish a broadcast service category. It set aside the wavelength of 360 meters (833 kHz) for "entertainment" broadcasting, and 485 meters (619 kHz) for "market and weather reports". By mid-1922 hundreds of radio stations had been established, many of which were owned ...
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WFUZ (AM)
WFUZ (1240 Hertz, kHz) is an AM radio, AM radio station in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It simulcasts the classic rock radio format of WEZX in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Scranton, filling in the gaps in WEZX's signal outside Lackawanna County. It is owned by Times-Shamrock Communications of Scranton. History WFUZ is the oldest radio station in northeast Pennsylvania, founded as WBAX on April 29, 1922 by John H. Stenger Jr. WFUZ is also the fifth-oldest station in Pennsylvania and tied for being the 60th-oldest station in the United States, U.S. WFUZ has been on the air continuously for over 94 years. It originally broadcast on a frequency of 833 Kilohertz, kHz, the common local broadcast frequency used in 1922. By 1925, the station changed frequency to 1170 kHz. In 1928, WBAX changed frequencies to 1200 kHz, which it shared with Wilkes-Barre's other station, WYCK, WBRE. The time-sharing arrangement between WBAX and WBRE ceased by 1930 when WBAX moved to 1210 kHz and WBRE ...
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WQFM (FM)
WQFM (92.1 FM, "QFM") is a radio station licensed to Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Owned by Times-Shamrock Communications, it broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format serving the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton area. History WMJW, WEAY, WTZR On October 31, 1973, the station signed on the air as WMJW. It was owned by Thunder Broadcasting and carried an automated adult contemporary format. In 1988, it changed its call sign to WEAY and switched again in 1994 to WTZR. WQFM Oldies The call letters became WQFM in 1996. It played oldies of the 1960s and 70s, known as "Oldies 92 and 100", then switched to Hot Adult Contemporary, branded as ''QFM'' and later ''The Q''. On June 30, 2008, the station dropped the Hot AC format and began playing music exclusively from The Beatles. On July 3, 2008, the station switched back to an oldies format, branded as "Cool 92.1 and 100.1". In addition, it was the flagship station of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins minor league hockey team until 2009. Tom Grace ...
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The Scranton Times-Tribune
''The Scranton Times-Tribune'' is a morning newspaper serving the Scranton, Pennsylvania, area. It is the flagship title of Times-Shamrock Communications and has been run by three generations of the Lynett-Haggerty family. On Sundays, the paper is published as ''The Sunday Times''. The paper has an average circulation of 47,663. History The current paper is the result of a 2005 merger between the afternoon ''Scranton Times'' and morning ''Scranton Tribune''. The ''Times'' was founded in 1870. It struggled under six owners before E. J. Lynett bought the paper in 1895. Within 20 years, the ''Times'' was the dominant newspaper in northeastern Pennsylvania, and the third-largest in the state (behind only the ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' and the ''Pittsburgh Press''). In January 1923, Lynett founded one of Scranton's first radio stations, WQAN. The Lynett family still owns the station today under the calls WEJL. Lynett died in 1943, and his three children took control of the paper with ...
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The Times-Tribune (Scranton)
''The Scranton Times-Tribune'' is a morning newspaper serving the Scranton, Pennsylvania, area. It is the flagship title of Times-Shamrock Communications and has been run by three generations of the Lynett-Haggerty family. On Sundays, the paper is published as ''The Sunday Times''. The paper has an average circulation of 47,663. History The current paper is the result of a 2005 merger between the afternoon ''Scranton Times'' and morning ''Scranton Tribune''. The ''Times'' was founded in 1870. It struggled under six owners before E. J. Lynett bought the paper in 1895. Within 20 years, the ''Times'' was the dominant newspaper in northeastern Pennsylvania, and the third-largest in the state (behind only the ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' and the ''Pittsburgh Press''). In January 1923, Lynett founded one of Scranton's first radio stations, WQAN. The Lynett family still owns the station today under the calls WEJL. Lynett died in 1943, and his three children took control of the paper with ...
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WAAF (AM)
WAAF (910 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Scranton, Pennsylvania. Owned by Audacy, Inc., WAAF airs a talk radio format. It is powered at 900 watts by day and 440 watts at night, using a non-directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is at the corner of Penn Avenue and Spruce Street, on the Scranton Times Building. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WAAF's programming is available online via Audacy. WAAF is one of four simulcast radio stations in Northeastern Pennsylvania that call themselves ''WILK Newsradio'', along with 103.1 WILK-FM in Avoca, 1300 WODS in West Hazleton and 980 WILK in Wilkes-Barre. Studios and offices are on Route 315 in Pittston. "WILK Newsradio" has a weekday schedule with mostly local hosts, except for the early afternoon when the station carries Rush Limbaugh. At night, the stations air nationally syndicated shows including Dave Ramsey, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and America in The Morning. Week ...
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Philadelphia Phillies Radio Network
The Philadelphia Phillies Radio Network is a network of 21 radio stations in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey that air Major League Baseball games of the Philadelphia Phillies. The lead announcers are Scott Franzke with play-by-play and Larry Andersen with color commentary. The flagship station is WIP-FM 94.1 in Philadelphia. The broadcasts were discontinued on the former AM flagship station WPHT 1210 in 2016 (both stations share the same ownership and the move from WPHT was done to reduce pre-emptions of its talk radio schedule). WTTM in Lindenwold, New Jersey and WWAC in Atlantic City, New Jersey also air a separate broadcast in Spanish. Oscar Budejen is the play by play announcer, while Bill Kulik provides color commentary. Affiliates Key Stations See also * List of current MLB announcers *Broadcasting of sports events *List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations *List of XM Satellite Radio channels Since 2008, Sirius XM Radio has had a similar channel lineup, with ...
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Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Lincoln Financial Field in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. The franchise was established in 1933 as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets, when a group led by Bert Bell secured the rights to an NFL franchise in Philadelphia. Since their formation, the Eagles have appeared in the playoffs 28 times, won 15 division titles (11 in the NFC East), appeared in four pre- merger NFL Championship Games, winning three of them ( 1948, 1949, and 1960), and appeared in three Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl LII at the end of the 2017 season. Thirteen individuals affiliated with the Eagles have been inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including Bell, Chuck Bednarik, Bob Brown, Brian Dawkins, Reggie ...
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Times-Shamrock Communications
Times-Shamrock Communications is an American media company based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The company, owned by the Lynett and Haggerty families of Scranton, lists among its assets four daily newspapers, six weekly newspapers, and nine radio stations. Most of its properties are in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Assets Daily newspapers * '' The Times-Tribune'', Scranton, Pennsylvania * ''The Citizens' Voice'', Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania * The ''Standard-Speaker'', Hazleton, Pennsylvania * The ''Republican & Herald'', Pottsville, Pennsylvania Weekly newspapers * ''The Abington Suburban'' * ''The Triboro Banner'' * ''The Valley Advantage'' * ''The Pocono Times'' * ''Wyoming County Press Examiner'', Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania * ''Ithaca & Tri-Village Pennysaver'' Alternative weeklies * ''Electric City'', Scranton, Pennsylvania * ''Diamond City'', Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Radio stations * WZBA, Baltimore, Maryland (city of license: Westminster, MD) * WEJL Scranton, Pennsylvania * WEZX ...
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WEZX
WEZX (106.9 FM, "Rock 107") is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Scranton, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Times-Shamrock Communications, through licensee Scranton Times, L.P., and broadcasts a classic rock format. WEZX programming is simulcast on WPZX 105.9 FM in Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania, WFUZ 1240 AM in Wilkes-Barre, and on seven translators. The station's programming is also available via streaming on the station's website. WEZX uses HD Radio, and simulcasts sister station WQFM on its HD2 subchannel. History The station signed on for the first time in 1967. In the early 1970s, Times-Shamrock branded the station "FM 107" with a soft rock format. The format was changed to rock in 1980 and the station rebranded as "Rock 107". In 2000, sister station WPZX began simulcasting WEZX programming, followed by WVZX (now WHNB) in 2007. WEZX celebrated 30 years as "Rock 107" in 2010. The station commenced digital broadcasting on August 15, 2011. Weekend Themes ...
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Northeast PA's ESPN Radio Logo
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each separated by 90 degrees, and secondarily divided by four ordinal (intercardinal) directions—northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest—each located halfway between two cardinal directions. Some disciplines such as meteorology and navigation further divide the compass with additional azimuths. Within European tradition, a fully defined compass has 32 'points' (and any finer subdivisions are described in fractions of points). Compass points are valuable in that they allow a user to refer to a specific azimuth in a colloquial fashion, without having to compute or remember degrees. Designations The names of the compass point directions follow these rules: 8-wind compass rose * The four cardinal directions are north (N), east (E), s ...
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish participate in 23 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I intercollegiate sports and in the NCAA's Division I in all sports, with many teams competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Notre Dame is one of only 16 universities in the United States that play Division I FBS football and Division I men's ice hockey. The school colors are gold and blue and the mascot is the Leprechaun. It was founded on November 23, 1887, with football in Notre Dame, Indiana. History of the Fighting Irish Moniker The exact origin of the moniker "Fighting Irish" is unknown and has been the subject of debates and research. It is first attested as early as 1909, and subsequently became more popular in the 1910s, until it became the official nickname in 1927. The athletes and teams at Notre Dame were known by many different unofficial names throughout the lat ...
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