WLTH | |
City: | Gary, Indiana |
Branding: | Wea-LTH Radio |
Frequency: | 1370 kHz |
Airdate: | November 5, 1950 |
Format: | Community radio |
Power: | 1,000 watts day 9 watts night |
Coordinates: | 41.5714°N -87.3172°W |
Class: | D |
Facility Id: | 38402 |
Callsign Meaning: | WeaLTH |
Former Callsigns: | WGRY (1949-1964) |
Owner: | WLTH Radio |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WLTH (1370 AM) is a radio station in Gary, Indiana east of the Chicago metropolitan area. It is owned by Michilliana Broadcasting, LLC.[1] [2] The station's current format is soul music and African-American talk radio.
Notable radio alumni of WLTH include Steve King (later of WLS, and now with WGN); Felicia Middlebrooks (retired from WBBM); Michael King (now with WXIA-TV); Tommy Williams (later of WSCR); Dinahlynn Biggs over 38 years on air with more than 500,000 listeners of the popular show:The Dinahlynn Biggs Show until June 2017 now on Chicago Radio, R.Veronica Williams (later with Chicago Public Radio WBEZ 91.5 FM later of Radio-One Indianapolis WLTC AM 1310 "The Light"/106.7 WTLC-FM.
In September 2013, the station changed its location from Merrillville, Indiana, to its original city of Gary- specifically, 478 Broadway and then moved to 115 W. 5th Avenue in 2016.