| WICU | |
| Above: | Simulcast of WICU-FM, Lawrence Park–Erie |
| City: | Warren, Pennsylvania |
| Area: | Jamestown, New York |
| Branding: | Happi Radio |
| Frequency: | 1310 kHz |
| Format: | Contemporary hit radio |
| Class: | D |
| Facility Id: | 34928 |
| Coordinates: | 41.8139°N -79.1678°W |
| Callsign Meaning: | derived from sister station WICU-TV |
| Former Callsigns: | WNAE (1946–2020) |
| Owner: | Lilly Broadcasting |
| Licensee: | Lilly Broadcasting of Pennsylvania LLC |
| Sister Stations: | WRRN, WNAE |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WICU (1310 AM; "Happi Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Warren, Pennsylvania, United States, the station is a simulcast of Erie-based WICU-FM (92.7); its programming is also heard on translator station W244DY (96.7 FM). WICU is owned by Lilly Broadcasting.[1]
The station signed on December 31, 1946,[2] as WNAE. Northern Allegheny Broadcasting sold the station to Kinzua Broadcasting Company in 1974.[3]
The station was a long time local fixture, airing a contemporary music format, with a strong focus on local news and community information, as well as broadcasting local and national sports. It switched to a mostly talk format in the late 2000s, and eventually began simulcasting on 96.7 (W244DY), known as "News/Talk 96.7".
Kinzua Broadcasting sold WNAE, along with sister stations WRRN and WKNB, to Frank Iorio, who already owned the construction permit for a station on 102.7 FM in Clarendon, in 2005 for $1.25 million.[4] In 2019, after a failed attempt to sell the stations to Laurel Media two years prior, Iorio (who owned the stations under the name Radio Partners LLC) sold WNAE, WKNB, and WRRN, to Lilly Broadcasting, which operates WICU-TV and WSEE-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania, for $900,000.[5] The call sign was changed to WICU on March 4, 2020,[6] matching WICU-TV and WICU-FM in Erie; the change was a prelude to the replacement of WNAE's former talk radio format with a simulcast of WICU-FM's contemporary hit radio programming on April 1. The WNAE call sign was concurrently transferred to the former WKNB.[7]