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WRIE

WRIE 1260 AM, was a commercial radio station licensed to Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Owned by Cumulus Media, it carried an adult contemporary format as a simulcast of co-owned WXKC. WRIE's studios and transmitter site are located at 471 Robison Road in Erie. The station began broadcasting as WERC in 1941. It was locally owned by the Presque Isle Broadcasting Company and aired national radio programming from CBS and later NBC in the 1940s; it moved from 1490 to 1230 kHz in 1945 and then again to 1260 kHz in 1949. The station changed call signs to WWYN in 1961 and WLKK in 1977, the latter accompanying a switch to a country music format. WLKK flipped to beautiful music in 1986 and oldies in 1987, briefly adopting the WHDZ call sign before changing to WRIE in 1989. After airing Music of Your Life adult standards programming through the 1990s and early- to mid-2000s, the station switched to sports radio in 2007, initially as an ESPN Radio affiliate before changing to CBS Sports Radio (later renamed Infinity) at the start of 2013. WRIE also carried games from the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Cleveland Browns, and the Cleveland Guardians and was supplemented with a low-power FM translator.…

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WRIE 1260 AM, was a commercial radio station licensed to Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Owned by Cumulus Media, it carried an adult contemporary format as a simulcast of co-owned WXKC. WRIE's studios and transmitter site are located at 471 Robison Road in Erie. The station began broadcasting as WERC in 1941. It was locally owned by the Presque Isle Broadcasting Company and aired national radio programming from CBS and later NBC in the 1940s; it moved from 1490 to 1230 kHz in 1945 and then again to 1260 kHz in 1949. The station changed call signs to WWYN in 1961 and WLKK in 1977, the latter accompanying a switch to a country music format. WLKK flipped to beautiful music in 1986 and oldies in 1987, briefly adopting the WHDZ call sign before changing to WRIE in 1989. After airing Music of Your Life adult standards programming through the 1990s and early- to mid-2000s, the station switched to sports radio in 2007, initially as an ESPN Radio affiliate before changing to CBS Sports Radio (later renamed Infinity) at the start of 2013. WRIE also carried games from the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Cleveland Browns, and the Cleveland Guardians and was supplemented with a low-power FM translator.…

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  1. date of formation: 1500 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of formation is "1500". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350788985

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