WLEE (AM)

WLEE
Frequency1570 kHz
BrandingThe Hawg
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsAP Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Seth Kent
  • (Back Forty Broadcasting, LLC)
WLEE-FM
History
First air date
October 25, 1958 (1958-10-25)
Former call signs
WONA (1958–2016)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID61280
ClassD
Power
  • 1,000 watts (day)
  • 25 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
33°27′52.4″N 89°44′11.3″W / 33.464556°N 89.736472°W / 33.464556; -89.736472
Translator98.1 W251CN (Winona)
Links
Public license information

WLEE (1570 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Winona, Mississippi, United States. The station is currently owned by Seth Kent, through licensee Back Forty Broadcasting, LLC.

WLEE broadcasts a country music format including select news programming from AP Radio.[2]

The station, established in 1958, was assigned the call sign WONA by the Federal Communications Commission.[3][4] The station changed its call sign to WLEE on March 15, 2016.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLEE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
  3. ^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-125.
  4. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved July 27, 2009.