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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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