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| Frequency | 1420kHz |
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| Programming | |
| Format | Full-service (talk/classic hits) |
| Affiliations | CBS News Radio Premiere Networks SportsMap Westwood One Buffalo Bills Radio Network New York Yankees Radio Network Syracuse ISP Sports Network Motor Racing Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Waynco Radio, Inc. |
| WUUF | |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 52123 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000watts day 500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°1′8″N77°4′41″W / 43.01889°N 77.07806°W /43.01889; -77.07806 |
| Translator | 96.9 W245DI (Sodus) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | 1420wack.com |
WACK (1420AM) is aradio station broadcasting afull serviceformat and licensed toNewark, New York, United States. The station is owned by Waynco Radio, Inc., and features programming fromCBS News Radio,Premiere Networks,SportsMap, andWestwood One.[2]
WACK is the station whereLowell Paxson, later the founder ofHome Shopping Network andPAX TV, began his broadcasting career. He and Joseph “Bud” Sova bought the radio station in 1962.
Programming heard on WACK includesNational Farm Report withOrion Samuelson,Farming America with Steve Alexander,America in the Morning, aclassic hits-formatted local morning show hosted by Dean Amsler,The Glenn Beck Program,Chris Plante,The Dave Ramsey Show,The Sean Hannity Show, a regionally syndicated program hosted by Andrew Hollister,On the House with the Carey Brothers, andAmerican Standards By the Sea. Any time slots not filled by programming are filled withSportsMap.
The combination of Beck, Plante, Ramsey and Hannity forms what the station dubs the "Great American Talk Show Line-Up" (prior to Beck and Plante,The Radio Factor and subsequentlyDennis Miller were also included in that branding, as wasThe Laura Ingraham Show). Samuelson's and Alexander's programs are considered to be one show, which is given its own full half-hour time slot under the title "WACK Farm and Agribusiness Report".
Sports programs heard on WACK include theBuffalo Bills,New York Yankees,Syracuse Orange and theNASCAR Cup Series, in addition to local high school sports.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W245DI | 96.9 FM | Sodus, New York | 202421 | 250 | 105 m (344 ft) | D | 43°8′54.5″N77°4′8.3″W / 43.148472°N 77.068972°W /43.148472; -77.068972 (W245DI) | LMS |
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