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| Broadcast area | Wilkes-Barre - Scranton -Northeastern Pennsylvania |
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| Frequency | 94.3MHz |
| Branding | "94.3 The Talker" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Salem Radio Network Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bold Gold Media Group, LP |
| History | |
First air date | December 22, 1974; 50 years ago (1974-12-22) |
Former call signs | WCDL-FM (1979–1981) WLSP-FM (1981–1988) WSGD-FM (1988–1998) WCTP (1998–2000) WBHD (2000–2002) WCWI (2002–2004) WNAK-FM (2004–2006) WLNP (2006–2010) |
Call sign meaning | WTalkRadio W |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 58314 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 970watts |
| HAAT | 249 meters (817 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°32′37.00″N75°27′44.00″W / 41.5436111°N 75.4622222°W /41.5436111; -75.4622222 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www.bold.gold/943thetalker |
WTRW (94.3FM) is acommercialradio stationlicensed toCarbondale, Pennsylvania, and serving theWilkes Barre-Scranton area ofNortheastern Pennsylvania. The station broadcasts atalk radioformat and is owned by the Bold Gold Media Group, LP.[2][3] The studios are on North Sekol Road in Scranton.
WTRW is aClass A station. It has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 970watts. Thetransmitter is on Salem Mountain Road near Firetower Drive inWaymart.[4]
WTRW has a weekday schedule mostly made up ofnationally syndicatedconservative talk shows:Hugh Hewitt,Sean Hannity,Dennis Prager,Mark Levin,Brian Kilmeade,Chris Plante,Red Eye Radio,Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb, andThis Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.
Weekends feature shows on money, health, technology, real estate, religion and law, with a Sunday afternoonpolka music show. Weekend talk shows includeThe Glenn Beck Radio Program, America Tonight with Rich Valdés,Bill Handel on the Law andRich DeMuro on Tech. Most hours begin with an update fromFox News Radio.
The stationsigned on the air on December 22, 1974; 50 years ago (1974-12-22). The originalcall letters were WCDL-FM. On October 12, 1981, it changed its call sign to WLSP-FM, and on August 5, 1988 to WSGD-FM.
As WSGD-FM, the station broadcast anoldies format under three different names: "Solid Gold 94", "Cool 94", and (after its sale toCitadel Broadcasting) "Big Oldies", whichsimulcast withDallas-licensed 93.7WDLS.
On May 22, 1998, WSGD-FM changed its call sign to WCTP. 93.7 and 94.3 spent theMemorial Day weekendstunting with allGarth Brooks music, before launching as "CatCountry 94" the following Tuesday.
On December 8, 2000, the station changed its call letters to WBHD. The country format ended, and the station began stunting for several days. It was "The Love Channel", broadcasting a continuous loop of phoned-in voices of people seeking dates and relationships. After that, the station began simulcastingMountain Top-licensedtop 40 stationWBHT.
On April 19, 2002, the station changed call letters again, this time to WCWI. The WBHT simulcast remained until the fall, when it was then replaced by a relaunched "Cat Country 94". That branding lasted for only a few months before Citadel put the station up for sale and replaced Cat Country 94 with a simulcast of CitadelAllentown-basedWCTO ("Cat Country 96").
In theWinter of 2004, the station was sold to Route 81 Radio. On February 10, 2004, the station changed call letters to WNAK-FM and began simulcasting theadult standards format ofWNAK730 AM inNanticoke.
On July 5, 2006, the station changed call letters once again, this time to WLNP.[5] The WNAK simulcast gave way toadult contemporary-formatted "Lite 94.3".
On February 1, 2010, Bold Gold Media closed on its purchase of WLNP and began temporarily simulcasting the format of co-owned "The River",WWRR 104.9 FM. On February 19, 2010, WLNP changed call letters to WTRW.
On March 23, 2010, WTRW changed to aconservative talk format, branded as "94.3 FM The Talker". Along with nationally-syndicated shows, WTRW featured local morning host David Madeira from May 2012 until December 2015.[6] In 2016, the station began only airing nationally syndicated talk shows, supplied byPremiere Networks,Salem Radio Network,Westwood One and other networks.