WPIC 790 AM

A commercial AM radio station licensed to Sharon, Pennsylvania, operating at 790 kHz and serving the Youngstown metropolitan area. Owned by Cumulus Media, the station operates with a news/talk format and transmits at 1,000 watts during daytime hours, reducing to 58 watts at night to prevent interference with co-channel stations. Its transmitter is located at Mercer Avenue and Pine Hollow Boulevard in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Weekday programming begins with a locally produced morning news segment before transitioning to nationally syndicated conservative talk programming, including shows by Chris Plante, Dan Bongino, Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, and Red Eye Radio. Local talk content includes The Ron Errett Show, The Bombeck Show, and The Mercer County Bulletin Board. The station holds a CBS News Radio affiliation and carries live play-by-play coverage of local high school football and basketball during the academic year. Weekends feature a broader programming mix, including shows focused on money, health, law, and religion, as well as specialty programming serving the local Greek, Italian, and Polish communities. Syndicated weekend hosts include Bill Cunningham and Bill Handel. The station was founded in Sharon, Pennsylvania, with roots dating to 1935, when a partnership between John Fahnline Jr., the Sharon Herald newspaper, and the Heiges Brothers established the broadcasting company. It signed on the air on October 25, 1938.