WENG

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WENG

Englewood, Florida
Broadcast area	Florida Sun Coast
Frequency	1530 kHz
Branding	News-Talk 1530
Programming
Format	Talk radio
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Westwood One Compass Media Networks Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner	Joe Fiorini (Fiorini Broadcasting, LLC)
History
First air date	November 15, 1964; 60 years ago (1964-11-15)
Call sign meaning	Englewood
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	47073
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts days 1 watt nights
Transmitter coordinates	26°58′15.00″N 82°19′24.00″W / 26.9708333°N 82.3233333°W / 26.9708333; -82.3233333
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wengradio.com

WENG (1530 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Englewood, Florida, the studios are on South River Road. WENG serves the Florida Sun Coast between Sarasota and Fort Myers. It is owned by Joe Fiorini, through Fiorini Broadcasting, LLC.

By day, WENG is powered at 1,000 watts non-directional.^[2] As 1530 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station WCKY in Cincinnati, at night, to reduce interference, WENG reduces power to one watt. Programming is heard around the clock on two FM translators at 98.1 MHz and 107.5 MHz.

Weekday mornings on WENG begin with "The Sun Coast This Morning with Ken Birdsong", a local news and information show. The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated conservative talk shows, including Glenn Beck, Jimmy Failla, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Rich Valdés, America in the Morning, This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.

Weekends feature Kim Komando, Leo Laporte, Somewhere in Time with Art Bell and Live from The 60s with The Real Don Steele. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.

The station signed on the air on November 15, 1964.^[3] It was owned and operated by the Sarasota-Charlotte Broadcasting Corporation. Edward J. Ewing Jr. was the first general manager. At that time, the station was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night.

On August 27, 1993, the station was acquired by The Murray Broadcasting Company. Murray renovated the studios and offices and installed state-of-the-art equipment and digital sound technology.

WENG was later acquired by Joe Fiorini and operated by Fiorini Broadcasting LLC.

WENG broadcasts on two FM translators.

• Facility details for Facility ID 47073 (WENG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WENG in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 200625 (W251CU) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W251CU at FCCdata.org
• Facility details for Facility ID 140474 (W298AV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W298AV at FCCdata.org