WNAK

Infobox Radio Station
name = WNAK


city = Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
area = Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton
branding = "Calienete"
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 730 kHz (analog)
format = Tropical and Adult Contemporary Spanish
power = 1,000 Watts (day)
12 Watts (night)
class = D
former_callsigns = WHWL
sister_stations = WLNP, WAZL, WCDL, WCOJ
owner = [http://www.route81radio.com Route 81 Radio]
website = http://www.wnakam.com|

WNAK is an AM broadcasting radio station licensed to the city of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania and serves the Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and Hazleton radio markets with a mix of Tropical and Spanish language adult contemporary format radio programming cite web|title=More 'Caliente' For Northeast Pennsylvania|accessyear = 2007|accessmonthday = October 22|publisher = Hispanic Market Weekly (Coral Gables, Florida)|url=http://www.hispanicmarketweekly.com/article.cms?id=9752] simulcasting sister station WCDL located in Carbondale, Pennsylvaniacite web|title=In Brief: WNAK going Spanish|accessyear = 2007|accessmonthday = October 12|publisher = The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)|url=http://www.timesleader.com/business/20071012_12_briefs_biz_ART.html] cite web|title=Radio Stations Broadcasting in Spanish|author=Scott Schaffer|accessyear = 2007|accessmonthday = October 15|publisher = WNEP-TV (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)|url=http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=7216079&nav=menu158_2] . The station's programming is a mix of locally produced shows from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays followed by syndicated shows from Bustos Broadcastingcite web|title=In Brief: WNAK going Spanish|accessyear = 2007|accessmonthday = October 12|publisher = The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)|url=http://www.timesleader.com/business/20071012_12_briefs_biz_ART.html] . WNAK broadcasts at a frequency of 730 kHz with 1,000 Watts of power during the daytime with a non-directional antenna. During the nighttime hours, the station must reduce its power substantially to just 12 Watts which limits its listen able area to just the local Naticoke area. The power reduction at nighttime is required by rules set by the Federal Communications Commission in order to avoid interference from CKAC (AM), a Canadian radio station also on 730 kHz.

History

The radio station has its origins as WHWL, the last three letters standing for the initials of Henry W. Lark, the station's former owner [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WB&s_site=timesleader&p_multi=WB&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB71AA970913708&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Search Results ] ] .The station then changed hands and was owned by Radio Anthracite, Inc. with the call signs changing along the way to the present WNAK. The station changed ownership in 1958 to Attorney Martin Phillips and Wyoming Radio, Inc. [ [https://www.fastcase.com/Google/Start.aspx?C=c40eb94ed3f36290e5d2ad205c3b9661016c1ac39c0d657b&D=19a30db83fd2e421184a902de4485218d0864a3140c2b949 Fastcase ] ] . In 1965, Bob Neilson, Charmaine Grove, and accountant Harold Detwiler (to be known collectively as Seven-Thirty Broadcasters, Inc.) purchased radio station WNAK from Attorney Martin Phillips and Wyoming Radio, Inc [ [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=glpnews&search=wnak%20nanticoke&
] ] . During the 1980's, WNAK started broadcasting with the Kahn-Hazeltine AM stereo system, the only northeastern Pennsylvania AM broadcasting station to use the system.

In 2003, Seven-Thirty Broadcasters and WNAK were acquired by the present day owners of the station, Route 81 Radio, based in West Chester, PA [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-106759288.html Route 81 Radio Creates Radio Broadcasting Company. - PR Newswire - HighBeam Research ] ] . From 2004 until 2006, WNAK was simulcast on the former WNAK-FM located in Carbondale, Pennsylvania at 94.3 MHz. WNAK-FM is now known as "Lite 94.3" and broadcasts a soft rock format with the call signs WLNP. WLNP is still the sister station to WNAK and part of the Route 81 Radio group of stations. In 2005, WNAK was honored by the National Association of Broadcasters as the Adult Standards format station of the year in Pennsylvania [ [http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=5450.msg70635 Congrats WNAK Adult Standards Station Of The Year! ] ] . The station switched from an Adult Standards format on October 15, 2007 to Spanish language programming simulcasting sister station WCDL, "Caliente (Hot) 1440", from Carbondale, Pennsylvania cite web|title=In Brief: WNAK going Spanish|accessyear = 2007|accessmonthday = October 12|publisher = The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)|url=http://www.timesleader.com/business/20071012_12_briefs_biz_ART.html] cite web|title=Radio Stations Broadcasting in Spanish|author=Scott Schaffer|accessyear = 2007|accessmonthday = October 15|publisher = WNEP-TV (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)|url=http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=7216079&nav=menu158_2] .

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External References

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* [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WNAK&service=AM&status=L&hours=D Daytime Coverage Area of WNAK According to Radio-Locator.com]
* [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WNAK&service=AM&status=L&hours=N Nighttime Coverage Area of WNAK According to Radio-Locator.com]
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