WENI (AM)
| Broadcast area | Corning, New York |
|---|---|
| Branding | News Talk 1450 |
| Frequency | 1450 (kHz) |
| First air date | 1950 |
| Format | Talk |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 930 watts night |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | WENI is similar to WENY, with which it simulcasts programming |
| Owner | WS Media LLC |
| Sister stations | WCBA, WENI-FM, WENY, WENY-FM, WGMM |
WENI (1450 AM) is a radio station in the Elmira-Corning market of New York state. It broadcasts at 1000 watts day and night on 1450 kHz from studios in South Corning, NY. It is a talk radio station that airs Elmira Pioneers baseball.
It was founded as WCLI by the Corning Leader newspaper in 1950 as the first AM station licensed to Corning and the fourth station in the market. It joined FM station WKNP, which had signed on in 1947 and was Corning's first station. Both were owned by the Corning Leader newspaper and broadcast from its building, then located at Erie Avenue (now Dennison Parkway) and Walnut Street in Corning.
The Erie Railroad mainline passed nearby and passing freight and passenger trains used to shake the building—and the recorded music on the turntables, according to Leader columnist Dick Peer.
Disc jockey Bob Shaddock, who became one of the market's iconic radio personalities, developed the skill of picking up the needle from the 78 RPM records and making announcements while trains passed, according to Peer.
The Leader sold the stations in 1953. Though the FM station changed call letters a few times (and frequency once), the stations remained linked until 1997, when owner Sabre Communications sold WCLI to Eolin Broadcasting Inc.
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