WJET (1400

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) branded as Jet Radio 1400 is a

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. It broadcasts a

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and is owned by

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WJET's studios are in the Boston Store building in downtown Erie. WJET has a power of 1,000

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s. The

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is at the intersection of East 18th Street and Ash Street in the city of Erie. Programming is also heard on 250-

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W244DX at 96.7

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Programming

WJET primarily runs

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hosts from the co-owned

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. Weekdays begin with a local news and information show, ''Erie Talk in the Morning,'' hosted by Barry Dain Steinhagen. The rest of the schedule is made up of nationally syndicated shows: ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Joe Pags Show'', ''

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with

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'' and '' America in the Morning with John Trout''. Weekends include ''

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'', ''Free Talk Live'', ''Bill Handel on the Law'', '' Money Talk with Bob Brinker'', '' Mike Gallager'' and ''iHeartRadio Podcast Premiere''. Under previous ownership, ''

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'' was dropped in December 2008 after Premiere Networks demanded higher fees from WJET's owner to carry Limbaugh. It was immediately restored when iHeartMedia assumed ownership of the radio station in 2019.

History

In , WJET

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the air. It was powered at only 250 watts and its studios were at 1635 Ash Street, where its transmitter is located to this day. For much of its early history, the station was owned by WJET, Inc., a

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of Myron Jones Stations. During the 1960s and 1970s, WJET had a

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format, playing the big hits of the day. But by the 1980s, most music listening had shifted from AM to FM stations. In 1986, WJET Broadcasting bought an FM station at 102.3 MHz, and shifted its Top 40 format to that station, giving it the WJET

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. AM 1400 became talk station WLKK, carrying programming from

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and the

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later bought WJET and WLKK. In 2001, the WJET call letters returned to AM 1400. FM 102.3 is now

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, owned by

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. On March 27, 2019, Connoisseur Media announced that it would transfer WJET and WLKK to iHeartMedia in exchange for

WFRE WFRE (99.9 FM) is a radio station located in Frederick, Maryland, in the United States. It plays Country music and is owned by Connoisseur Media along with its sister station 930 WFMD. Despite the station being located approximately 45 mile ...

and

WFMD WFMD (930 AM) is a news/ talk/sports-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Frederick, Maryland, serving the Frederick/ Hagerstown area. WFMD is owned and operated by Connoisseur Media. Sale WFMD, along with its sister station WFRE, wer ...

in the

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. WFRE and WFMD were part of the

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. The sale closed on May 20, 2019. In August 2021, the

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team announced a radio partnership with WJET, beginning with the 2021-2022

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season.

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