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Wert may refer to:




People


Don Wert (born 1938), American former third baseman in Major League Baseball
Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy
J. Howard Wert (19th century), American author and collector
Jeffry D. Wert (21st century), American historian and author
José Ignacio Wert (21st century), Spanish sociologist and politician, former Minister of Education.
Ray Wert (21st century), American online publication editor




Other uses


Wertpapierkennnummer, is a German securities identification code
WERT, a commercial AM radio station in Van Wert, Ohio, U.S.
wert, a past subjunctive form of to be formerly used with the pronoun thou




See also


De Wert (disambiguation)
Van Wert (disambiguation)
• Source: WERT

WERT (1220 AM) is a radio station broadcasting adult standards featuring soft oldies from the 1940s through today. Licensed to Van Wert, Ohio, United States, the station serves Van Wert primarily but is considered part of the Lima market. The station is owned by First Family Broadcasting and broadcasts from its studios on the Lincoln Highway (County Highway 418) just east of Van Wert.




History


From its first day of broadcasting on November 27, 1958, WERT, then owned by the Van Wert Broadcasting Company, has traditionally been a middle of the road formatted music station. WERT's original design engineer was also instrumental in the founding of WMVR in Sidney in 1963. The original owners also built and launched WERT-FM (98.9) in 1962, giving Van Wert its own FM service.
WERT and WERT-FM were sold to a California company in 1967 for $160,000, according to an article in that year's Van Wert Times Bulletin newspaper. The west coast firm would absentee own and operate the stations for the next four years. Ray Livesay, from Mattoon, Illinois, then purchased the stations in 1971 and operated them throughout much of the 1970s and 1980s, boosting the power of WERT-FM to 50,000 watts in 1984.
In 1988, Atlantic Resources, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, bought the stations for a reported $1 million with intentions to move the high power WERT-FM to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where it remains today as WBYR. WERT was then paired with a new FM station: WKSD, licensed to Paulding, Ohio, at 99.7 MHz. WERT and WKSD were sold to Community Broadcasting of Van Wert in 1991. In 1994 Chris Roberts (previously with WOWO in Fort Wayne) purchased the stations after forming First Family Broadcasting, Inc.




Programming


WERT broadcasts a mix of adult standards from the 1940s through today from its studios along Lincoln Highway. It is the heritage station serving the Van Wert area, and is co-owned with oldies/sports radio station WKSD 99.7 FM in Paulding.
For many years WERT aired programming from Citadel Media's "Timeless Favorites" format. After "Timeless Favorites" was discontinued in February 2010, the station opted to return to locally originating programming.
A powerful windstorm powered by the remnants of Hurricane Ike caused damage to its transmitting tower on September 14, 2008. According to a WLIO news story dated September 15, 2008, engineers from the Fort Wayne area along with Chief Engineer Chris Roberts, also the principal owner, worked feverishly to bring the station back on the air. In the interim, WERT continued to operate with reduced power by means of a temporary antenna and an internet audiostream until September 19, 2008 when the new tower was finished. The station returned to full power late in the afternoon on that day as reported by the Van Wert Independent newspaper.




Station ownership


1958–1967: Van Wert Radio
1967–1971: California Radio
1971–1988: Livesay Broadcasting
1988–1991: Atlantic Resources
1991–1994 Community Broadcasting
1994–present: First Family Broadcasting, Inc.




References






External links


Facility details for Facility ID 56181 (WERT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WERT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Facility details for Facility ID 147548 (W282CF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
W282CF at FCCdata.org

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