WEJL

WEJL

Infobox Radio station


name = WEJL
frequency = 630 kHz
city = Scranton, Pennsylvania
area = Scranton, Pennsylvania
airdate = November 29, 1922 [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff560/chrono1.html A Chronology of AM Radio Broadcasting (1900-1960)] ]
format = Sports
power = 2,000 watts (day)
32 watts (night)
owner = Times-Shamrock Communications
licensee= The Scranton Times, L.P.
branding = "ESPN Radio 630-1240"
former_callsigns = WRAY (1922)
WQAN (1922-55)
callsign_meaning = W Edward J. Lynett
("The Scranton Times" late publisher)cite news |url=http://www.fybush.com/sites/2007/site-070119.html |title=A selection from a decade of visits to tower and studio sites in the Northeast and beyond |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |first=Scott |last=Fybush |date=2007-01-19]
website = http://www.wejl-wbax.com|

WEJL is a radio station broadcasting in Scranton, Pennsylvania on the AM dial at 630 kHz. Its programming is simulcast on WBAX in Wilkes-Barre, at 1240 kHz. The two stations, known on-air as ESPN Radio 630-1240, broadcast sports talk programming from ESPN Radio, as well as Philadelphia Phillies baseball and Notre Dame football. They are owned by Times-Shamrock Communications, publishers of Scranton's daily newspaper, "The Times-Tribune".

History

E. J. Lynett, publisher of "The Scranton Times" (now "The Times-Tribune") believed radio was a natural business for a newspaper. In November 1922, he bought WRAY, that had signed on a few days earlier (November 29 [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff560/chrono1.html A Chronology of AM Radio Broadcasting (1900-1960)] ] ) and changed the calls to WQAN. The "Times" thus became the first American newspaper to own and operate a radio station. [ [http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?brd=2185&nav_sec=49656&nr=1&nostat=1 Times-Tribune history page] ]

Originally at 1070 kHz, WQAN changed frequency to 1200 kHz by 1925 [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff560/1925am.html U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1925] ] . By 1927, the station had begun sharing the frequency of 1300 kHz with Scranton's other station, WGBI [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff99500/1927am.html U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1927] ] (now WBZU).

WQAN/WGBI moved to 880 kHz by 1930 [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff99500/1930am.html U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1930] ] . The year 1941 brought a nationwide frequency reassignment period and the two stations had to change their frequency sharing arrangements to 910 kHz [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff560/1942am.html U. S. AM Stations as of 1942] ] . The 21-year frequency sharing arrangement between WQAN and WGBI came to an end in 1948 when the Lynett family built a tower atop the Times Building in downtown Scranton for the new WQAN-FM at 92.3 MHz and moved the AM station to the new frequency of 630 AM from the same tower, where it remains today [ [http://www.fybush.com/sites/2005/site-051209.html A selection from a decade of visits to tower and studio sites in the Northeast and beyond] ] . WQAN-FM's calls were changed in the early 1950s to WEJL-FM, in honor of family patriarch E.J. Lynett In 1955, WEJL-FM had gone silent, and the AM station took the call letters of the FM and became WEJL. Originally a 500-watt daytime-only operation, it has since boosted its power to 2,000 watts.

For decades, WEJL was a full-service radio station. Its news updates 12:30 pm and 4:30 pm, along with mine working schedules, were an institution in Scranton. It adopted its current sports radio format in the 1990s.

In 1994, the Lynetts bought WBAX in Wilkes-Barre to fill in the gaps in WEJL's signal. Although WEJL's daytime signal decently covers Wilkes-Barre, much of the southern part of the market (for instance, Hazleton) gets only a grade B signal due to the area's rugged terrain. At night, it must power down to 32 watts, effectively limiting its nighttime coverage to Lackawanna County.

In 2008, the stations applied for special temporary authority to rebroadcast on FM translators W241AZ (96.1 Dunmore) and W241BB (96.1 Wilkes-Barre).cite news |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |title=This Week's Bloodbath: Citadel |first=Scott |last=Fybush |url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080303/nerw.html |date=2008-03-03]

References

External links

* [http://www.wejl-wbax.com/ WEJL/WBAX official website]
*AMQ|WEJL
*AML|WEJL
*AMARB|WEJL
*Geolinks-US-buildingscale|41.409444|-75.666944


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