WLEE (AM)

For defunct radio stations with this callsign, see WLEE (disambiguation).
WLEE
Frequency1570 kHz
BrandingThe Hawg
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsAP Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Seth Kent
  • (Back Forty Broadcasting, LLC)
WLEE-FM
History
First air date
October 25, 1958
Former call signs
WONA (1958–2016)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID61280
ClassD
Power1,000 watts (day)
25 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
33°27′52″N 89°44′11″W / 33.46444°N 89.73639°W / 33.46444; -89.73639
Translator(s)W251CN (98.1 MHz, Winona)
Links
Public license information

WLEE (1570 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Winona, Mississippi, United States. The station is currently owned by Seth Kent, through licensee Back Forty Broadcasting, LLC.

WLEE broadcasts a country music format including select news programming from AP Radio.[2]

The station, established in 1958, was assigned the call sign WONA by the Federal Communications Commission.[3][4] The station changed its call sign to WLEE on March 15, 2016.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLEE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
  3. ^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-125.
  4. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved July 27, 2009.