WLEC

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**WLEC**

Broadcast area	Sandusky, Ohio
Branding	1450AM WLEC
Slogan	Sports Radio Sandusky
Frequency	1450 (kHz)
Format	Sports/talk
Power	1,000 watts
Class	C
Callsign meaning	Lake Erie Communications (founding company of the station)
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Radio Networks CBS Radio
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (current, sale pending)
Website	www.wlec.com

WLEC is an AM radio station in Sandusky, Ohio, USA broadcasting at 1450 kHz. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. WLEC carries a sports talk radio format, and is the Sandusky affiliate for Fox Sports Radio and The Jim Rome Show. The station also features local hosts Mark Fogg, Steve Shoffner and Dave Wiedenheft.

It is also the local affiliate for broadcasts of the Cleveland Indians baseball, Cleveland Browns football, Cleveland Cavaliers basketball, Ohio State football and basketball. In addition, WLEC is the home for weekly local high school football and basketball broadcasts, in conjuction with sister station WMJK.

1 History
2 Programming
- 2.1 Monday-Friday
- 2.2 Saturday
3 External link

[edit] History

In July 1986 the station was sold by Miller Broadcasting, headed by Richard H. Miller of Cleveland, to Erie Broadcasting Co., owned by Cleveland's Jim Embrescia. After a brief period in the hands of Signal One Communications from October 1987 to May 1990, it passed, along with WCPZ (FM), to Erie Broadcasting II, Inc., a new company also headed by Embrescia.

On April 30, 1997, it was announced that Jacor Communications, Inc. agreed to WLEC and WCPZ(FM)"Mix 102.7" from Erie Broadcasting II, Inc. for $7.65 million [1]. The sale was approved and the license transferred on June 25. In May 1999, Clear Channel Communications completed its $6.5 billion purchase of Jacor and its 454 stations, including WLEC.

WLEC itself maintained a pop standards/beautiful music format dubbed "The American Music Classics" until switching to sports talk on September 8, 2006. Classic rocker WMJK-FM, licensed to Clyde, Ohio as "100.9 The Coast" also make up the Clear Channel Sandusky cluster.

On November 16, 2006, WLEC, WCPZ and WMJK have been announced for sale as part of Clear Channel's divestiture of almost 450 small and middle-market radio properties in the U.S.