WITK is an AM

AM broadcasting

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 radio station

Radio station

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 licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 (FCC) to serve the community of Pittston, Pennsylvania

Pittston, Pennsylvania

Pittston is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It gained prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as an active anthracite coal mining city, drawing a large portion of its labor force from European immigrants. The population was...

. WITK broadcasts at 1550 kHz and covers much of northeastern Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, including Scranton

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S...

 and Wilkes-Barre

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

. The station airs various Christian

Christian radio

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 religious programming. WITK is owned by Steel City Radio, Inc. The station was sold in 2007 by Lackawanna County

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

As of the census of 2000, there were 213,295 people, 86,218 households, and 55,783 families residing in the county. The population density was 465 people per square mile . There were 95,362 housing units at an average density of 208 per square mile...

 Commissioner Robert C. Cordaro . Steel City Radio, Inc. is part of the Wilkins Communications Network, Inc. of Spartanburg, SC

Spartanburg, South Carolina

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, whose owners, Robert and Luann Wilkins, own 15 other stations in cities such as WWNL

WWNL

WWNL is a Christian radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station, which is owned by Steel City Radio, Inc., broadcasts at 1080 kHz with a power of 50,000 watts daytime .- History :...

 (Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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), WYYC

WYYC

WYYC is a religious radio station in York, Pennsylvania, and is owned by Steel City Radio, Inc....

 (York, PA

York, Pennsylvania

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), KCNW

KCNW

KCNW is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Fairway, Kansas. The station broadcasts a religious radio format to the Kansas City metropolitan area with a 2,500-watt daytime and 29-watt nighttime signal...

 (Kansas City, MO

Kansas City, Missouri

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), WELP

WELP

WELP is a Religious formatted radio station located in Easley, South Carolina. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast on 1360 AM with 5000 Watts of power during the day and 36 Watts at night.- External links :*...

 (Greenville, SC

Greenville, South Carolina

-Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...

), WBRI

WBRI

WBRI is an AM radio station in Indianapolis, Indiana licensed to Heritage Christian Radio, Inc which is owned by Wilkins Communications Network. The station operates on the AM radio frequency of 1500 kHz. The studios and transmitters are located at 4802 E. 62nd Street on the northeast side of...

 (Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis, Indiana

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), and WBXR

WBXR

WBXR is a radio station licensed to Hazel Green, Alabama, that serves the greater Tennessee Valley area. WBXR is licensed to New England Communications, Inc...

 (Huntsville, AL

Huntsville, Alabama

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).

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