WMCE (AM)

WMCE
City North East, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area North East, Pennsylvania
Erie, Pennsylvania
Ripley, New York
Branding MCE 1530
Slogan The Greatest Hits of All Time
Frequency 1530 kHz
First air date 1966 (as WHYP)
Format Oldies
Power 1,000 watts daytime
250 watts critical hours
Class D
Facility ID 26610
Transmitter coordinates 42°12′5.0″N 79°51′43.0″W / 42.201389°N 79.861944°W / 42.201389; -79.861944
Former callsigns WHYP (1966-1988)
WRKT (1988-1990)
WEHN (1990-1992)
WFLP (1992-1993)
WEYZ (1993-2004)
WYNE (2004-2013)
Owner Mercyhurst University
Sister stations WMCE-FM
Webcast Listen Live
Website WMCE Online

WMCE is an oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to North East, Pennsylvania, serving North East and Erie in Pennsylvania and Ripley in New York. WMCE is owned and operated by Mercyhurst University and the station director is "Captain" Dan Geary.

History

This station first signed on the air as WHYP on September 5, 1966. The station was founded by James D. Brownyard.

It was joined less than two years later by its like-named sister station, WHYP-FM (now WRKT), operating at 100.9. Like many co-owned FM stations of the era, it simulcast its AM sister during the daytime and provided local radio service after the AM station left the air after local sunset. Those hours of operation continue today for WMCE.

First sale

In January 1989, both WHYP-AM/FM were sold to Rambaldo Communications and went "All Beatles' with album sides until Rocket 101/1530 Launched in June 1989.

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