WEIR is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Weirton, West Virginia, serving the Weirton/Steubenville area. WEIR is owned and operated by Cody Barack, through licensee Ohio Midland Newsgroup, LLC known River Talk North with WLYV 1290 100.1 being River Talk South covering Bellaire/Wheeling.
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| Broadcast area | Weirton, West Virginia Steubenville, Ohio |
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| Frequency | 1430 kHz |
| Branding | River Talk 100.9FM 1430 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk/Sports |
| Affiliations | Salem Broadcasting |
| Ownership | |
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| WCDK, WOMP, WLYV, WRQY, WBGI | |
| History | |
First air date | 1950 |
Call sign meaning | WEIRton |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 40873 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,000 Watts day and night |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°26′45.0″N 80°37′36.0″W / 40.445833°N 80.626667°W |
| Translator(s) | 100.9 W265ED (Weirton) |
| Repeater(s) | WLYV |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WEIR Online |
The station broadcasts from transmitter facilities located along Ohio State Route 428 in Island Creek Township, Ohio.
History edit
WEIR first went on the air on September 15, 1950, doing business as The Tri-State Broadcasting Company, maintaining studios and offices at 243 North Fourth Street in downtown Steubenville, Ohio. Thomas Millsop served as company president, and Paul White was the general manager.
By the mid-1960s, studios had moved from North Fourth Street in Steubenville to 3992 Main Street in Weirton, but maintained the same ownership. On October 17, 1968, WEIR was sold to 1430 Corp., a company headed by Mone Anatha, Jr. William Greaver was General Manager. Studios were re-located to 3578 Pennsylvania Avenue in Weirton.
In August 1976, WEIR was sold to Gilcom Corporation, a company headed by Edward T. Giller. John Rambo was named station manager. In January 1985, WEIR was sold again, this time to Weir Radio Corp., headed by Don DeVorris.
In December 1989, WEIR was sold to McGraw Broadcasting Corporation, a division of McGraw Group Stations. The company was headed by Richard McGraw and Karen McGraw. A few years after this transaction, WEIR was joined by an FM sister station, WCDK, licensed to Cadiz, Ohio. This relationship continues today. Studios were relocated to 878 Bantam Ridge Road in Wintersville, Ohio.
On December 4, 1998, both WEIR and WCDK were sold to Priority Communications, a company headed by Jay Phillipone. Studios were moved to 2307 Pennsylvania Avenue in Weirton, where they remain today.
On August 2, 2017, Priority Communications of Ohio filed an application with the FCC to sell WEIR and WCDK to Ohio Midland Newsgroup, LLC of Bellaire, Ohio. The company is headed by Cody Barack and has no other broadcast interests. The sale was consummated on October 31, 2017 at a price of $700,000.
External links edit
- 1950 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1965 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1970 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1975 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1985 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1990 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 2000 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- WEIR 1430 Online
- WEIR in the FCC AM station database
- WEIR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W235BX in the FCC FM station database
- W235BX at FCCdata.org
- W265ED in the FCC FM station database
- W265ED at FCCdata.org
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- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WEIR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.