WJIP
WJIP (1370 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk radio format. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC, and is licensed to Ellenville, New York, United States. The station broadcasts with a power of 5,000 watts, daytime only, from a single tower located off Irish Cape Road in the hamlet of Napanoch.
| Simulcast of WKIP, Poughkeepsie | |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Southeastern Catskill Mountains |
| Frequency | 1370 kHz |
| Branding | News Radio 1450/1370 WKIP |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One Compass Media Networks Fox News Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WKIP, WRNQ, WPKF, WRWD-FM, WHUC, WBWZ, WZCR, WCTW, WRWB-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1964 (as WELV) |
Former call signs | WELV (1964–2004) WRWD (2004–2006) WELG (2006–2009) WRWD (2009–2012) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 63528 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 5,000 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°44′19.00″N 74°23′48.00″W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1450wkip.iheart.com |
The station simulcasts the programming of AM 1450 WKIP in nearby Poughkeepsie. Weekdays begin with a local morning show, Hudson Valley Focus Live with Tom Sipos. The rest of the day features nationally syndicated shows, mostly from co-owned Premiere Networks, including Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. Weekends feature shows from Kim Komando, Joe Pags, Gary Sullivan, Leo Laporte, Ric Edelman, Bill Handel and The Jesus Christ Show. Some weekend hours are paid brokered programming. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.