WLEC
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| City | Sandusky, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area |
Sandusky/Port Clinton Lake Erie Islands |
| Branding | 1450 AM WLEC |
| Slogan | News, Sports, Timeless Favorites |
| Frequency | 1450 (kHz) |
| First air date | February 1947 |
| Format | Adult Standards/Soft AC/Sports |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | The Lake Erie Corporation (founding owners) "We Love Erie County" |
| Affiliations |
Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Network Cleveland Indians Radio Network Ohio State IMG Sports Network Westwood One |
| Owner | BAS Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | WMJK, WCPZ, WFRO-FM, WOHF |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.wlec.com |
WLEC is an AM radio station in Sandusky, Ohio, United States, broadcasting at 1450 kHz. It is owned by BAS Broadcasting. WLEC carries an Adult Contemporary/Adult Standards format. The station also features longtime local hosts Mark Fogg and Steve Shoffner.
It is also the Vacationland area AM affiliate for broadcasts of the Cleveland Indians baseball, Cleveland Cavaliers basketball,Ohio State football and basketball, and the NFL on Westwood One. In addition, WLEC is the home for weekly local high school football and basketball broadcasts.
WLEC began broadcasting December 7, 1947, as a Mutual affiliate on 1450 kHz with 250 W power (full-time). The licensee was Lake Erie Broadcasting Company. In 1960, WLEC AM and simulcasting WLEC FM were sold to former Cleveland Mayor Raymond T. Miller who also owned WERE AM and WERE FM along with additional radio and television stations across the country. In 1972, Miller owned Cleveland Broadcasting Co. sold the stations to then General Manager Richard H. Miller.
In July 1986 the station was sold by Miller Broadcasting, headed by Richard H. Miller of Cleveland, to Erie Broadcasting Co., owned by Cleveland's Jim Embrescia. After a brief period in the hands of Signal One Communications from October 1987 to May 1990, it passed, along with WCPZ FM 102.7, to Erie Broadcasting II, Inc., a new company also headed by Embrescia. The format at the time was full-service adult contemporary.
On April 30, 1997, it was announced that Jacor Communications, Inc. agreed to buy WLEC and WCPZ from Erie Broadcasting II, Inc. for $7.65 million . The sale was approved and the license transferred on June 25. In May 1999, Clear Channel Communications completed its $6.5 billion purchase of Jacor and its 454 stations, including WLEC.
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