Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Radio

[Travis C Sparks]

Greetings from a market that is 2 1/2 hours from and 2 1/2
decades behind New York City, not just in radio but in everything.
However, W-B is still the home of some great, legendary radio. Here's
what I know about now and then.

FRQ. CALL CITY FORMAT
88.1 WGRN SWEET VALLEY RELIGIOUS
88.5 WRKC WILKES-BARRE KING'S COLLEGE
HOME OF RADIO HOME VISITOR, THE NATION'S OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER READING
SOURCE FOR THE BLIND (1974)
89.1 WSFX NANTICOKE LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
89.9 WVIA PITTSTON NPR/CLASSICAL
90.7 WCLH WILKES-BARRE WILKES UNIVERSITY
91.5 WVMW SCRANTON MARYWOOD COLLEGE
92.1 WTZR NANTICOKE Z-ROCK
WAS WYOS, WEAY, WMJW
92.9 WMGS WILKES-BARRE AC
MAGIC 93, '95 BILLBOARD #1 SMALL MARKET AC, WAS WYZZ
93.7 WDLS DALLAS HOT COUNTRY
94.3 WSGD SCRANTON OLDIES
WAS WLSP, WCDL-FM
94.9 WRTI PHILA. JAZZ
TEMPLE U. TRANSMISSION
95.7 WKQV SCRANTON SPORTS
WAS WINH, WZZV
97.1 WBHT WILKES-BARRE 40
HOT 97, HOME OF KID KELLY #1 SMALL MARKET 40 JOCK, WAS WYXY, WYRM
97.9 WZMT HAZLETON ROCK
THE MOUNTAIN, WAS WWSH, WVCD
98.5 WKRZ WILKES-BARRE 40
THE EPITOME OF EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG IN THIS MKT. SHAME IT'S #1
(OWNED BY KEYMARKET. ENOUGH SAID. RIGHT WWKB?) WAS WBRE-FM
99.5 WUSR SCRANTON UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON
101.3 WGGY SCRANTON COUNTRY
FROGGY 101, WAS WGBI-FM
102.3 WWSH PITTSTON SATEL. AC
WISH 102, WAS WSKS (KISS 102.3), WTLQ (Q102), WWRB (REBEL RADIO)
104.9 WWDL SCRANTON AC
LITE 105
106.9 WEZX SCRANTON ROCK
ROCK 107, WAS WEJL-FM
590 WARM SCRANTON N/T
LEGENDARY TOP 40 IN 50S-60S: HARRY WEST, LEN WALLISON, TOMMY
WOODS, BOBBY DAY, GEORGE GILBERT, TERRY MCNULTY, ETC. "THE MIGHTY 590"
630 WEJL SCRANTON SATEL. ASTD.
730 WNAK NANTICOKE ADULT STD.
910 WGBI SCRANTON N/T
SIMULCAST WILK
980 WILK WILKES-BARRE N/T
TOP 40 FROM '67-'87: BROTHER BRUCIE, BANANA JOE, CHUCK MCCANN, DR. DON
BRUCE, WHERE FRANKIE WARREN OF MAGIC 93 STARTED
1240 WBAX WILKES-BARRE SATEL. ASTD.
SIMULCAST WEJL
1320 DARK SCRANTON
WAS WSCR, WBQW: HOME OF FRANTIC FREDDY, JOE MIDDLETON, ETC.
1340 DARK WILKES-BARRE
WAS WBCR, WYOM, WPLJ-AM??, WKRZ-AM, LEGENDARY WBRE-AM
1400 WICK SCRANTON EASY
FIRST AREA TOP 40 "THE WICK IS LIT!"
1550 WKQV PITTSTON SPORTS
WAS WARD, WPTS: OWNED BY LATE, GREAT JIM WARD

LONG DX
94.1 WQKX SUNBURY TOP 40; 94KX
101.9 WAVT POTTSVILLE TOP 40; T102
102.7 WKSB WILLIAMSPORT AC; KISS FM
103.1 WQEQ HAZLETON SATEL. AC; SIMULCAST WWSH
103.5 WKAB BERWICK SATEL. OLDIES; B103.5
106.5 WHLM BLOOMSBURG AC40; MIX 106.5
550 WJMW BLOOMSBURG WAS WHLM-AM
750 WMXH JERMYN ADULT STD.; WAS WWAX
930 WCNR BLOOMSBURG COUNTRY
1070 WKOK SUNBURY AC
1160 WYNS LEHIGHTON OLDIES
1280 WSQV BERWICK TOP 40; 1280Q; WAS WBRX
1300 WXPX HAZLETON N/T; SIMULCAST WILK
1440 WCDL CARBONDALE ADULT STD.
1460 WEMR TUNKHANNOCK COUNTRY
1490 WAZL HAZLETON N/T

If anyone has anything else to add, station of personality-wise, past or
present, I would appreciate the info. Thanx
sparki
tcsp...@rs01.kings.edu