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 Studios ofWRFY-FM and WRAW in Reading | |
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| Frequency | 1340kHz |
| Branding | NewsRadio 1340 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
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| History | |
First air date | September 1922; 103 years ago (1922-09) |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69566 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°19′27.34″N75°55′8.75″W / 40.3242611°N 75.9190972°W /40.3242611; -75.9190972 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | 1340wraw |
WRAW (1340kHz) is acommercialAM radio stationlicensed toReading, Pennsylvania. The station is owned byiHeartMedia and calls itself "Newsradio 1340 WRAW." It broadcasts aconservative talkradio format.
WRAW'stransmitter is off South 9th Street in Reading, near theSchuylkill River.[2] It is powered at 1,000 watts. The service contour covers communities such asEphrata,Pottstown,Kutztown,Boyertown andHamburg.[3]
Weekdays begin with the R.J. Harris Breakfast Showsimulcast from co-ownedWHP in nearbyHarrisburg, Pennsylvania. The rest of the weekday line up features mostlysyndicated shows from the co-ownedPremiere Networks:The Glenn Beck Radio Program,The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,The Sean Hannity Show,The Jesse Kelly Show,The Michael Berry Show andCoast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory.
On weekends, WRAW carriesIn the Garden with Ron Wilson,At Home with Gary Sullivan,Rich DeMuro on Tech,Bill Handel on the Law,The Weekend with Michael Brown,Armstrong & Getty andSunday Night with Bill Cunningham. Most hours begin with an update fromFox News Radio.
WRAW is one of the oldest radio stations in Pennsylvania. Itsigned on the air in September 1922.[4] In the 1960s and 1970s, the station had aTop 40 format. During the 1980s, it played asyndicatedadult standards format, known asThe Music of Your Life.
WRAW once broadcast inAM stereo using theC-QUAM system.[5]
On February 27, 2014, WRAW changed to Spanishcontemporary, branded as "Rumba 1340".[6] Programming was also heard onFM translator W222BY on 92.3 FM. The simulcast ended on August 8, 2019, after the translator was sold toEducational Media Foundation (EMF).
On August 12, 2019, WRAW ended Spanish programming and began airing aconservative talk format branded as "NewsRadio 1340 WRAW".[7] Another radio station in Reading,WEEU, discontinued airingRush Limbaugh's nationally syndicated show in a cost-cutting measure stemming from its parent company's bankruptcy and sale. That prompted WRAW to pick up the broadcast, and carry other conservative talk programming, from co-ownedPremiere Networks. After Limbaugh's death in 2021, WRAW, like other talk stations owned by iHeartMedia, switched to Limbaugh's replacement,The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show.