WINT (1330

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, serving Lake County and eastern portions of

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. Owned by Spirit Broadcasting, WINT serves as a local affiliate for the Columbus Blue Jackets Radio Network;

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The Sean Hannity Show ''The Sean Hannity Show'' is a conservative talk radio show hosted by Sean Hannity. The program is broadcast live every weekday, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET. The show is produced in the New York City studios of radio station WOR and is transmitt ...

'' and '' The Dave Ramsey Show''. The station also airs programs hosted by nationally-syndicated personalities

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, Armstrong & Getty and

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. In addition to a standard broadcast AM signal

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, WINT is relayed over low-power Willoughby FM

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W268CO (101.5 FM), and is also available online.

History

The station first broadcast on January 27, 1965, as WELW. As the station's AM transmitter site (and current studio site) resides on the Eastlake-Willoughby border, the call letters stood for Eastlake and Willoughby. WELW's first format was briefly

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; subsequently, it has had

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, and

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formats. WELW almost always has broadcast nationality music shows, local sports and some religious programs. Spirit Broadcasting assumed ownership in February 1990. Over the years, the station has been honored countless times for its community service, as well as receiving

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awards.

On March 31, 2014, as a part of the station's 50th anniversary, WELW re-launched as ''Integrity Radio 1330'' and changed its call sign to WINT to match the branding. The station also upgraded their signal to serve more of the Cleveland radio market. In July 2015, WINT began simulcasting on translator W268CO (101.5 FM) from a site in Kirtland.

FM translator

Current programming

WINT carries national talk radio programs hosted by

, Armstrong & Getty,

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and

Dave Ramsey David Lawrence Ramsey III (born September 3, 1960) is an American radio personality who offers financial advice. He is the founder and CEO of Ramsey Solutions and a co-host of '' The Ramsey Show'', a nationally syndicated radio program. He ...

. Nationality programming is aired on Sunday mornings. Additionally, the station offers a small part of its broadcast schedule for purchase by program providers. WINT was the

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station of the

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minor league baseball team when they moved to Ohio in 2003. The Captains are now broadcast on a stream of WJCU, but not over the air. In 2014, WINT added NASCAR and IndyCar races to its programming. The station also broadcasts area

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games, and occasionally Lake Erie College Football games, as well as locally produced and originated shows focusing on sports talk, tech and computer, business and legal, plus veterans and senior issues. With the realization that many

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fans from

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and the Steel Belt have retired to warmer climates, WINT also began and serves as base operation for a 24/7 streaming polka website, 247polkaheaven.com, which was the first of its kind in the world. Known as the "World's Polka Network", it features polka hosts and music from across the United States and Canada.

References

External links

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247PolkaHeaven.com

FCC History Cards For WINT (AM) (1962–1980)
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