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WIKG

WIKG is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. It is owned by VerStandig Media and airs a Top 40 (CHR) format.

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WIKG
Broadcast area
Hagerstown metropolitan area
Frequency1380 kHz
Branding100.9 Next FM
Programming
LanguageEnglish
Format Top 40 (CHR)
Ownership
Owner
  • Verstandig Broadcasting
  • (HJV Limited Partnership)
History
First air date
August 9, 1953 (1953-08-09)
Former call signs
  • WAYZ (1953–1993)
  • WHGT (1993–2005)
  • WCBG (2005–2019)
  • WLIN (2019–2025)1
Call sign meaning
Kris Kringle (callsign moved from 92.1 FM)
Technical information2
Licensing authority
FCC
27402
ClassD
Power
  • 1,000 watts (daytime)
  • 20 watts (nighttime)
Transmitter coordinates
39°44′20.3″N 77°36′9″W / 39.738972°N 77.60250°W / 39.738972; -77.60250
Translator100.9 W265DU (Waynesboro)
Links
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Websitewww.thenextfm.com Edit this at Wikidata

WIKG (1380 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. It is owned by VerStandig Media and airs a Top 40 (CHR) format.

History

In the 1950s, as WAYZ, the station was owned by Richard Field Lewis Jr. (1907–1957), owner of the Richard Field Lewis Jr. Stations (later Mid Atlantic Network Inc.).345

AM 1380 spent years as country music formatted WAYZ, later gaining an FM station on 101.5. WAYZ changed calls in 1993, to WHGT pending a format change that never happened. When WAYZ-FM moved to FM 104.7 in September 2000, AM 1380 changed to a simulcasting of classic rock "Star 92.1" WSRT. On February 28, 2005, when FM 92.1 changed their format to contemporary hit radio as "The Point", sister station WCBG (1590 AM) was sold and the calls and talk radio format moved to AM 1380.

The WCBG calls were on AM 1590 until January 1, 2005. VerStandig Broadcasting "donated" the station to Emmanuel Baptist Temple after a very public battle over the station's tower, which was in Chambersburg city limits. On January 1, WCBG switched calls with WHGT and moved all programming to AM 1380 and AM 1590 fell silent. AM 1590 would remain silent until December 4, 2005.

Logo as "The Line" source ↗

On August 12, 2019, the station changed its call sign to WLIN. On August 15, WLIN changed its format from ESPN Radio sports to talk/sports, branded as "The Line" to match the new call sign.6

On October 7, 2024, WLIN dropped the talk portion of its format and switched to Fox Sports Radio programming, branded as "Fox Sports Mason-Dixon".7 The sports programming of WIKG (92.1 FM) in Mercersburg was combined with the WLIN format on WLIN's frequency on September 1, 2025, as part of a shuffle of frequencies and call signs spurred by the sale of WAYZ (104.7 FM).8

On April 6, 2026, WIKG changed their format from sports to Top 40/CHR, branded as "100.9 Next FM".9

References

References

  1. "FCC History Cards for WIKG". FCC.
  2. "Facility Technical Data for WIKG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. "Lewis, Multiple AM Owner, dies" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 28, 1957. p. 74. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  4. "Obituary" (PDF). Television Digest. October 1957. p. 6. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  5. "Marion P. Lewis". Free Lance-Star. April 14, 2001. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  6. Venta, Lance (August 15, 2019). "WCBG Becomes The Line". RadioInsight.
  7. Venta, Lance (October 8, 2024). "Pair of Sports Launches in Hagerstown/Chambersburg". RadioInsight.
  8. Venta, Lance (August 5, 2025). "Verstandig Sets Programming Plans For Hagerstown Shuffle". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  9. Top 40 is Next for WIKG Radioinsight - April 6, 2026
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