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| Broadcast area | Mohawk Valley |
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| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Full Service Adult Contemporary |
| Affiliations | CBS Radio News New York Yankees Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1944; 80 years ago (1944) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 72291 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°01′30″N 74°21′10″W / 43.02500°N 74.35278°W / 43.02500; -74.35278 |
| Translator(s) | 105.1 MHz W286CD Gloversville |
| Links | |
| Website | WENTradio.com |
WENT (1340 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a Full Service Adult Contemporary radio format, with a heavy emphasis on local news, weather and sports information.[1] Licensed to Gloversville, New York, the station primarily serves the Fulton & Montgomery County portion of New York's Mohawk Valley. It is owned by Michael Schaus. WENT carries New York Yankees baseball games and weekly NFL games, as well as high school football and basketball. World and national news is covered by CBS Radio News.
WENT is powered at 1,000 watts, non-directional. It also operates FM translator W286CD at 105.1 MHz, co-located at the WENT AM broadcast facility.
WENT signed on the air in 1944. It broadcast at 250 watts and was owned by the Sacandaga Broadcasting Company at 8 West Fulton Street.[2] It was a network affiliateofCBS Radio and the Mutual Broadcasting System. It carried their dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio."
In 2013, it added an FM translator, 105.1 W286CD, for listeners who prefer to hear the station in FM stereo.
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