WERI (FM)

WERI (102.7 MHz) is an FM radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits radio format. Licensed to serve Wattsburg, Pennsylvania, plays Classic Hits. It is owned by Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Inc.[1]

"WNAE-FM" redirects here. For the Clarendon, Pennsylvania, radio station, see WNAE (FM).
WERI
Frequency102.7 MHz
Programming
FormatClassic Hits radio
Ownership
OwnerLake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Inc.
WMCE-FM, WWCB
History
First air date
December 2007 (2007-12)
Former call signs
  • WNAE-FM (2007–2011)
  • WCGM (2011–2023)
Call sign meaning
Erie
Technical information
Facility ID164188
ClassA
ERP3,500 watts
HAAT132.0 meters (433.1 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°59′57″N 79°41′59″W

History

WERI previously held the call sign WNAE-FM, aired a country music format, and was temporarily a simulcast of sister station WKNB.[2] At this time, the station was licensed to Clarendon, Pennsylvania, United States, and was owned by Frank Iorio under his holding company Iorio Broadcasting, Inc. In 2010, WNAE-FM was sold to Family Life Ministries, with the intention of moving the station from Clarendon to Wattsburg.[3] The call sign was changed to WCGM on June 15, 2011,[4] swapping with a Family Life-owned construction permit in Belfast, New York.[5] The relocated WCGM relaunched as a Family Life Network station in October 2011.[6]

Effective July 20, 2023, Family Life Ministries sold WCGM to Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Inc. Coincident with the closing of the sale, the station changed its call sign to WERI, with the WCGM call sign moving to a construction permit Family Life Ministries is in the process of acquiring in Somerset, Pennsylvania.

References
  1. "WERI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Fybush, Scott (2008-01-21). "NY Talker's Award un-Grant-ed". NorthEast Radio Watch.
  3. Fybush, Scott (2010-08-02). CRTC Pulls the Plug on CHSC. NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  4. "Call Sign History (WCGM)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  5. Fybush, Scott (June 20, 2011). "Arbitron Enters the "Hudson Valley"". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  6. Fybush, Scott (October 10, 2011). "Nassau Awaits Judge's Ruling". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved March 8, 2020.


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