WIKG
contemporary hit radio station in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States
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.).
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.
The public source identifies “WIKG” as contemporary hit radio station in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around WIKG, contemporary and radio.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “WIKG”, the useful work is to connect “contemporary hit radio station in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7947619. Authority coordinates are 39.739, -77.603. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1380, 1907, 1957 and 1993.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “WIKG” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.