WWLZ
| City | Horseheads, NY |
|---|---|
| Branding | 820 Wheelz |
| Frequency | 820 (kHz) |
| First air date | 1966 |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Power | 4,100 watts 850 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | WWheeLZ |
| Owner | Community Broadcasters, LLC |
| Sister stations | WNKI, WNGZ, WPGI, WRCE |
| Website | http://www.wwlzam820.com/ |
WWLZ (820 AM) is a radio station in the Elmira-Corning market in New York state. It is a talk radio station that airs the Premiere Networks lineup (Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show and Coast to Coast AM) during the workday and overnight, Cumulus Media Networks programs (First Light, Imus in the Morning, The Mark Levin Show, The John Batchelor Show) during the evening and in morning drive, MRN races and Elmira Jackals hockey.
The station signed on in 1966 as WIQT, broadcasting from studios on Hanover Square in Horseheads during daylight hours on 1000 kHz. It was the fifth station to sign on in Chemung County. It was a beautiful music station (extremely easy listening) in its early years.
WIQT served as the headquarters of a flood-emergency network during the Hurricane Agnes flood of June 22 and 23, 1972, under the direction of chief engineer C. Michael Scullin and program director David G. Ridenour. It was the only Chemung County station that remained on the during the disaster, which kept all other stations off the air for over a week. Personnel from other stations volunteered to work alongside their WIQT colleagues to broadcast emergency information 24 hours a day, by special dispensation of the FCC to extend their daytime license. A US Army communications command post was set up in their studios, and a CB radio network node as well, for use by civil authorities.
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