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WJHT
WJHT (92.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Seven Mountains Media, through licensee Southern Belle Media Family, LLC. This station was assigned the WJHT call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on July 13, 2006 in radio, 2006. History As WARD-FM The first station to use 92.1 MHz in Johnstown first signed on August 16, 1948, as WARD-FM, sister to WNTJ, WARD at AM 1490, and WPKD-TV, WARD-TV. As FM radio was still burgeoning and not very popular, it served as a simulcast outlet of its AM sister. This arrangement continued until the stations were sold in 1971 to the Jonel Construction Company (dba Cover Broadcasting). Shortly afterwards, the call signs for the AM station and the TV station were changed to WJNL, and the new owners were granted a construction permit to move WARD-FM to 96.5, which allowed a power increase to 50,000 watts. WJNL-FM 96.5 then signed on the air in 1973, and 92.1 went silent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNTJ
WNTJ (1490 AM broadcasting, AM) is a Radio broadcasting, radio station city of license, licensed to serve Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. The station, established in 1946, is currently owned by Seven Mountains Media, through licensee Southern Belle Media Family, LLC. Until May 1, 2023, WNTJ broadcast a All-news radio, news/talk radio format including Pittsburgh Pirates baseball, Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, Pittsburgh Steelers football and select Fox News Radio programming. The station was assigned the WNTJ call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on May 8, 2008 in radio, 2008. Prior to 2008, this station was home to ESPN Radio affiliate WPRR, and before that, was the first home for WNTJ. History: beginnings as WARD First coming on the air in 1948, this station began as WARD. Over the next decade, WARD would be joined by an FM station: WARD-FM 96.5 (now WFGI-FM at 95.5), and a UHF television station: WARD-TV channel 56 (now on virtual channel 19 as WPKD-TV in Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFBG
WFBG (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40/ CHR radio format in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It transmits with 5,000 watts during the day, and 1,000 watts at night. WFBG's programming is also heard on 92.1 WJHT in Johnstown. History WFBG was first licensed on July 23, 1924, to the William F. Gable Co., owner of Gable's department store on 11th Avenue in Altoona, for 100 watts on 1150 kHz. The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential list. Later that year the station moved to 1080 kHz, and as of the end of 1926 was reported to be on 1070 kHz. Following the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927, which moved the station back to 1080 kHz, which later that year was changed to 1120 kHz. In addition, stations were informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOWY (FM)
WOWY (103.1 FM) is a classic hits radio station in State College, Pennsylvania operating with a power of 370 watts. History The talk programming of WRSC moved from 1390 AM to 103.1 FM on Monday, August 3, 2009, as "Newsradio 103 WRSC". Until May 20, 2015, WRSC-FM carried many nationally syndicated shows such as, ''Coast to Coast AM'' with George Noory, ''America in the Morning'' with Jim Bohannon, ''The Glenn Beck Program'', '' The Dave Ramsey Show'', ''The Sean Hannity Show'', '' The Michael Savage Show'', ''The Mark Levin Show'', '' The Jerry Doyle Show'', ''The Clark Howard Show'', and ''Live on Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham''. WRSC-FM also aired a local show, The WRSC Morning Show, starring Centre Region-area radio veteran Kevin Nelson (& Company), which was replaced with Pat Urban show. WRSC-FM aired NASCAR programming as well during the week from MRN Radio. The news/talk format moved from WRSC-FM back to 1390 AM on May 20, 2015, as 103.1 flipped to classic hits a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPKD-TV
WPKD-TV (channel 19), branded KDKA+, is an independent television station licensed to Jeannette, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Pittsburgh area. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside KDKA-TV (channel 2), the market's CBS owned-and-operated station. The two stations share studios at the Gateway Center in Downtown Pittsburgh; WPKD-TV's transmitter is located in the city's Perry North neighborhood along with KDKA-TV. As CBS has done with most of its other duopolies in other markets, WPKD-TV's web address has been folded within the CBS News website with only basic station and programming information, along with entertainment news and promotional video. History As WARD-TV (1953–1970) WPKD-TV signed on the air on October 15, 1953, as WARD-TV on analog UHF channel 56, with studios on Franklin Street in downtown Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It operated at a power of 91,000 watts visual, and 45,500 watts aural power, which, as it was later learned in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGGI (AM)
WGGI (990 kHz) is an American AM radio station, licensed to serve Somerset, Pennsylvania; the seat of country music for Somerset County. The station broadcasts with a maximum output power of 10,000 watts during the day and greatly reduces power to 100 watts at night, using a two-tower directional antenna system. The station is a simulcast of WFGI-FM in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. History Beginnings as WVSC The station signed on, as WVSC, on January 15, 1951, and was the first radio station located in Somerset County. Licensed to Somerset Broadcasting Co., the owners were T. H. Oppegard, President and General Manager, and Carl R. Lee, Sales Manager and Chief Engineer. Sportscaster Mike Patrick began his career at the station. The call sign stood for "We're the Voice of Somerset County". The station for many years programmed a full-service format of news, sports, and talk, much of it local. WVSC was also the longtime local voice of ABC News, including the legendary Paul Harvey. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRKW
WRKW (99.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a commercially-licensed radio station that is licensed to Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. Owned by Seven Mountains Media, through licensee Southern Belle Media Family, LLC, it maintains studios and offices at 109 Plaza Drive in Johnstown. It operates at the federally-assigned, effective radiated power of 50,000 watts, and transmits from a facility at 480 Tower Road in Summerhill, Pennsylvania. To boost its signal, WRKW simulcasts on W230BK, a 175-watt translator on 93.9 FM that is licensed to serve Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Johnstown. The station is related to WRKY-FM "Rocky 104.9" in Altoona, Pennsylvania; both are owned by Seven Mountains Media. History The beginning For much of its existence, WRKW was known as WIYQ, first signing on the air as WEND-FM on July 15, 1962 from studios on Center Street in downtown Ebensburg, its licensed community. The station, along with its like-named AM sister station was founded by Cary H. Simpson, who also founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOWQ (FM)
WOWQ (101.7 MHz) is an American FM radio station physically located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, but licensed to the community of Central City, Pennsylvania. The classic hits formatted station currently is a simulcast of WOWY 103.1 FM State College. The station is owned by Seven Mountains Media, LLC. History Beginnings as WCCS For many years, this station was known as WYSN, "Sunny 101". Licensed to Central City in Somerset County, the station first went on the air October 19, 1972 as WCCS, whose calls are used today by an AM station north of Somerset County in Homer City. The original owner of the station was Central Broadcasting Company, with Ben Jones serving as the company's president. The station initially played a mix of easy listening and country music, with polka programming on the weekends. Coincidentally, the construction permit for WCCS in Homer City was once owned by the former Ridge Communications, this station's competitor, known then as WVSC (today as WGGI) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
