WWLE (1170
AM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
Regional Mexican
Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mex ...
format. Licensed to
Cornwall, New York, United States, the station serves the Newburgh-Middletown area.
1170 AM 117 may refer to:
*117 (number)
*AD 117
*117 BC
*117 (emergency telephone number)
*117 (MBTA bus)
* 117 (TFL bus)
*117 (New Jersey bus)
*''117°'', a 1998 album by Izzy Stradlin
*No. 117 (SPARTAN-II soldier ID), personal name John, the Master Chief ...
is a United States
clear-channel
A clear-channel station is an AM radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. The system exists to ensure the viability of cross-co ...
frequency, on which
WWVA and
KTSB share
Class A status. WWLE must leave the air during the sunset to sunrise period to protect the nighttime
skywave
In radio communication, skywave or skip refers to the propagation of radio waves reflected or refracted back toward Earth from the ionosphere, an electrically charged layer of the upper atmosphere. Since it is not limited by the curvature ...
signals of the Class A stations.
History
WWLE has existed in two incarnations. The original WWLE came to air on November 22, 1969, as the dream of the late
ABC radio newscaster William L. Edmonds; the call letters are his initials. Edmonds' widow Adeline served as WWLE's president, while their son Bill ran the news department. The station aired a big band/standards format with country programs on the weekends, broadcasting from the village of
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Cornwall-on-Hudson is a riverfront village in the town of Cornwall, Orange County, New York, United States. It lies on the west bank of the Hudson River, approximately north of New York City.
The population as of the 2010 census was 3,018 ...
. After several years, the station faced financial troubles and was eventually bought out by investors including Angelo Martinelli, the mayor of
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York (state), New York, after New York City and Buffalo, New York, Buffalo. The popul ...
. By 1981, the station had changed its call letters to WCRR and eventually went dark for several years.
The old WWLE returned as WNBW on February 19, 1990, changing later in the year to WARW, then finally bringing back the old WWLE call letters in 1996. By the late 1990s, the station had moved out of the village of Cornwall to a facility on
New York State Route 299 near
New Paltz, New York, airing an automated Big Band format. Later, the station was bought by 1170 Broadcast Radio, Inc. and flipped to
News Talk Information format, featuring programming from
CNN Radio.
In 2010, WWLE filed a petition to move to 1150 AM and increase its power (not possible on 1170 because of interference by
WWVA in
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located almost entirely in Ohio County, of which it is the county seat, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and also contains a tiny portion extendin ...
); no action has been taken by the FCC.
In 2014, WWLE changed again, this time to a Regional Mexican format under the name ''El Poder'' ("The Power")
Effective March 18, 2019, 1170 Broadcast Radio sold the station to WWLE Radio LLC.
References
External links
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Radio stations established in 1969
1969 establishments in New York (state)
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