I see from looking at their website that WENK/WTPR is now owned by Forever Communications. Could this mean that Union City's mayor-for-life Terry Hailey could soon be retiring? He has been at WENK since 1967.
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This link shows that sale to Forever was last December 28th. But not sure how accurate this is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WENK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WENK
Probably not of interest to anyone but me, but I see (from looking at his Facebook page) that Hailey has indeed finally retired from WENK. His photo no longer appears on their website.
Evidently, he is still mayor of Union City; has been for about 30 years now! Wonder how long until he retires from the mayor's office as well?
Evidently, he is still mayor of Union City; has been for about 30 years now! Wonder how long until he retires from the mayor's office as well?
Someone at WTPR AM isn't paying attention, as the station continues operating at night.
So are they not licensed to be on at night? I'm not understanding what the big deal is.
WTPR AM is licensed as a daytime-only station. Apparently, FCC rules mean nothing these days.
This might explain why I no longer hear the WENK/WTPR simulcast these days when I listen to WENK online. I'm guessing that WTPR still simulcasts with their FM sister station.
When you mentioned about them being on the air at 10:00 p.m. a couple of weeks ago, I took that to mean that they were on LIVE at that time. Otherwise, I would have expected some form of automation or voice-tracking to take over by that time.
For whatever reason, WTPR no longer simulcasts WENK in Union City. This change was made several months ago. 710 AM and 101.7 FM are branded as "The Greatest Hits of All Time" in the Paris area.
WTPR AM in Paris is supposed to sign-off at night. The license is only for daytime.
I see online streaming for WENK, but not for WTPR.
WTPR AM in Paris is supposed to sign-off at night. The license is only for daytime.
I see online streaming for WENK, but not for WTPR.
WENK still uses that slogan as well.
Yep, same here, as I cannot follow WTPR from here.
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