WLIE

WLIE (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/sports format. Licensed to Bellaire, Ohio, United States, it serves the Wheeling area. The station is currently owned by Forever Media, through licensee FM Radio Licenses, LLC.

For the station using the WLIE call letters from 2002 to 2018, see WBWD (AM).
WLIE
Simulcast of WEIR Weirton, WV
CityBellaire, Ohio
Broadcast areaWheeling, West Virginia
Frequency1290 kHz
BrandingRiver Talk
Programming
FormatNews/Talk/Sports
Ownership
OwnerForever Media
(FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
WRQY, WSTV, WUKL
History
First air date
1947 (1947) (as WTRF)
Former call signs
WTRF (1947-1954)
WTRX (1955–1959)
WOMP (1959–2017)
WLEJ (2017)
WYLY (2017–2018)
Technical information
Facility ID3038
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
33 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
40°02′09″N 80°46′16″W
Translator(s)100.1 W261DH (Wheeling, WV)
Links
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteWLIE Online

Originally known as WTRF, the station signed on the air for the first time in 1947 on both the AM and FM bands. Fittingly, the call sign stood for "Two Radio Frequencies." It became WTRX in 1955 and then WOMP in 1959.

On June 5, 2017, WOMP changed their format from sports to classic country, branded as "Lejends 100.1/1290" (simulcast on FM translator W261DH 100.1 FM Wheeling, West Virginia).[1] The station changed its call sign to WLEJ on June 12, 2017. The station changed its call sign and branding again on September 8, 2017, to WYLY, "Willie 100.1/1290". When the WLIE call letters became available, WYLY used them and changed to WLIE on January 1, 2019.

On November 15, 2021 WLIE changed their format from classic country to a simulcast of talk/sports-formatted WEIR 1430 AM Weirton, West Virginia, branded as "River Talk".[2]

References
  1. Forever Brings Classic Country Lejends to Wheeling Radioinsight - June 13, 2017
  2. Rocky Gets Some Rage & One Less Willie In Wheeling Radioinsight - November 15, 2021
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