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| Broadcast area | Mohawk Valley |
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| Frequency | 1340kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Full ServiceAdult Contemporary |
| Affiliations | CBS Radio News New York Yankees Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1944; 81 years ago (1944) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 72291 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°1′30″N74°21′10″W / 43.02500°N 74.35278°W /43.02500; -74.35278 |
| Translator(s) | 105.1MHz W286CD Gloversville |
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Public license information | |
| Website | WENTradio.com |
WENT (1340kHz) is acommercialAMradio station broadcasting aFull ServiceAdult Contemporaryradio format, with a heavy emphasis on local news, weather and sports information.[2] Licensed toGloversville, New York, the station primarily serves the Fulton & Montgomery County portion of New York'sMohawk Valley. It is owned by Michael Schaus. WENT carriesNew York Yankeesbaseball games and weeklyNFL games, as well as high school football and basketball. World and national news is covered byCBS Radio News.
WENT is powered at 1,000watts,non-directional. It also operatesFM translatorW286CD at 105.1MHz, co-located at the WENT AM broadcast facility.
WENTsigned on the air in 1944. It broadcast at 250 watts and was owned by the Sacandaga Broadcasting Company at 8 West Fulton Street.[3] It was anetwork affiliate ofCBS Radio and theMutual Broadcasting System. It carried their dramas, comedies, news, sports,soap operas,game shows andbig band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio."
In 2013, it added anFM translator, 105.1 W286CD.
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