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WZDB
WQQP (95.9 FM, "Pop 92.7-93.1-95.9") is a radio station licensed to Sykesville, Pennsylvania. Owned by Seven Mountains Media, it broadcasts a Top 40 format simulcast with sister stations WCCR-FM (92.7) in Clarion and WPQP (93.1 FM) in Clearfield. History The roots of WQQP can be traced back to the early 1980s, when the 95.9 MHz channel was first assigned to Brookville, Pennsylvania; operating then as WMKX, a mostly automated station that played adult contemporary music. In the mid-1990s, Renda Broadcasting Corporation, which owned competitors WECZ and WPXZ in Punxsutawney, applied to put a new 25,000 watt station on the air in Brookville at 103.3 MHz. For that station, WKQL, to go on the air, several FM channel shuffles would have to take place. This affected the operation of WMKX, which under the plan, would move to 105.5 MHz from 95.9. Not long after the changes took place in 2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened a window for a series of low- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCPA (AM)
WCPA (900 kHz, "Passport Radio") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, the seat of government for Clearfield County. WCPA is owned and operated by Kristin Cantrell, through licensee Southern Belle, LLC. WCPA broadcasts with a power output of 2,500 watts (day); and 500 watts (night). History WCPA was the first of three radio properties once owned by Progressive Publishing, first going on the air back in 1947. Though it had always broadcast at its current frequency, this station would not be granted nighttime power authorization until 1990, when it undertook a major engineering project. Prior to this, WCPA enjoyed a reputation as an immediate and reliable source for breaking local news, largely through the newspaper cross-ownership. This alliance resulted in many awards for the quality of their local newscasts. Wishing to expand their reach into other markets, Progressive also purchased WDAD in Indiana, Pennsylvania Indiana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPQP
WPQP (93.1 FM, "Pop 92.7-93.1-95.9") is a radio station licensed to Clearfield, Pennsylvania. Owned by Seven Mountains Media, it broadcasts a Top 40 format. The station is also simulcast with WCCR-FM (92.7) in Clarion and WQQP (95.9 FM) in Sykesville. History Throughout the 1980s, WQYX was an affiliate of Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and Retro Pop Reunion. In October 2016, First Media reached a deal to sell its remaining stations in West Central Pennsylvania to Seven Mountains Media for $4.5 million. At this point, WQYX was broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format branded as ''93.1 WQYX''. In August 2017, the station changed its call letters to WPQP, and announced that it would flip to contemporary hit radio as ''Pop 93.1'' on 29 August. On 19 March 2018, sister station WZDB switched from rock to a simulcast of WPQP, changing its call sign to WQQP on 23 March 2018. On 29 June 2023, sister station WCCR-FM WCCR-FM (92.7 MHz) is an American radio station licensed to the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKFT (FM)
WKFT (101.3 Hertz, MHz) is an FM radio, FM radio station licensed to Strattanville, Pennsylvania. The station broadcasts a classic country radio format, format with sister station WWCH (1300 AM and 94.1 FM) and is owned by Kristin Cantrell, through licensee Southern Belle, LLC. History On May 30, 2017, WZDD changed their format from mainstream rock, simulcasting WQQP, WZDB (95.9) in Sykesville, to Country music, country, branded as "Bigfoot Country 102.1 & 101.3" and simulcast with WIFT (102.1) in DuBois. Radioinsight - May 31, 2017 On September 25, 2023, WKFT broke from the simulcast with WIFT and began simulcasting a classic country format, "Bigfoot Legends", with WWCH (1300 AM), which Seven Mountains Media had acq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIFT
WIFT (102.1 FM, "Bigfoot Country 102.1") is a country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to DuBois, Pennsylvania, serving the DuBois/ Punxsutawney/ Clearfield area. WIFT is owned and operated by Kristin Cantrell, through licensee Southern Belle, LLC. History Early years For many years, the station had been the sister station of WCED, also licensed to DuBois. The station made its debut seven years after WCED first signed on. Like many FM stations that were part of an AM portfolio, this station made its debut as WCED-FM, simulcasting its AM sister for portions of the broadcast day, separating for a period during the day as part of a 1965 FCC mandate requiring combination AM/FM licensees to originate separate programming for at least half of the broadcast day. In 1981, the separate-programming rule was repealed by the FCC, but WCED-FM went the opposing direction and adopted the call letters WOWQ and the moniker Q102, becoming a fully independent station with its o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCCR-FM
WCCR-FM (92.7 MHz) is an American radio station licensed to the borough of Clarion, Pennsylvania. WCCR-FM operates with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts. This station, along with its co-located AM sister WWCH, is owned by Seven Mountains Media, through licensee Southern Belle, LLC. History Founded by Clarion County Broadcasting, WCCR-FM launched in 1985 under the moniker C-93, with a Top 40/CHR format. It was, and still is, sister to WWCH. The construction permit to build the station was issued on February 14, 1983, with the call sign WMQP first assigned on September 4, 1984. The station never used that call sign, taking its current call sign less than a month later. Throughout the years, the station's formats fluctuated between Top 40 and classic rock, eventually settling on hot adult contemporary. WCCR-FM is the voice of Clarion University Golden Eagles Sports. On November 7, 2022, Seven Mountains Media announced their purchase of WCCR-FM, sister station WWCH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
Punxsutawney (; Unami language, Lenape: ') is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in southern Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 5,769. It is located approximately northeast of Pittsburgh. Punxsutawney is known for its annual Groundhog Day celebration held each February 2, during which thousands of attendees and media outlets visit the community for an annual weather "prediction" by the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil. History Shawnee wigwam villages once occupied this site on the Mahoning Creek. The first settlement that included non-indigenous people was established in 1772, when Reverend John Ettwein, a Moravian Church missionary, arrived with a band of 241 christianized Lenape.''Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State'' (Illustrated). Oxford University Press, 1940. University of Pennsylvania, Federal Works Agency. p. 568. Google Books.''The WPA Guide to Pennsylvania: The Keystone State''. Trini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brookville, Pennsylvania
Brookville is a borough in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, northeast of Pittsburgh. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,933. Founded in 1830, it is the county seat of Jefferson County. History The area was initially settled in the late 1790s upon the arrival of brothers Joseph and Andrew Barnett, as well as their brother-in-law Samuel Scott, who together established the first settlement at the confluence of the Sandy Lick and Mill Creeks in the area now known as Port Barnett. The first non-Native American settler of the land within the eventual town limits was Moses Knapp, who built a log house at the confluence of North Fork Creek and Sandy Lick Creek (which form Redbank Creek) in 1801. The 105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, also known as the Wildcat Regiment, was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Geography Brookville is located in west-central Jefferson County, at the confluence of the North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WECZ
WECZ (1540 AM) is an American commercially licensed daytime-only radio station, licensed to serve the community of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The station operates with a power of 5,000 watts daytime, and 1,000 watts during critical hours. WECZ is owned by Renda Media, a wholly owned subsidiary of Renda Broadcasting Corporation of Pittsburgh. WECZ is simulcast over W265DI, an FM translator also licensed to Punxsutawney. The translator operates on 100.9 MHz, with 250 watts effective radiated power. The translator had been initially licensed to Oswego, New York as W231BK and under the ownership of Bath, New York–based Family Life Ministries. Renda Radio, Inc. purchased the translator from Family Life Ministries on January 27, 2016, for $120,000. The transaction includes two other FM translators held by Family Life Ministries that were sold to Renda Radio. History Beginnings as WPME WECZ became Jefferson County's very first radio station, having signed on the air in 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPXZ
WPXZ-FM is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, known as the "Weather Capital of the World". The station operates at a federally assigned frequency of 104.1 MHz and an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts. WPXZ, and its co-located sister stations, WECZ and WKQL, are all owned by Pittsburgh-based Renda Media. History WPME Signing on at 105.5 MHz, WPXZ originated in December 1973 as WPME-FM, simulcasting with its then same-named daytime-only AM sister station, known today as WECZ. The stations were owned by the Punxsutawney Broadcasting Company, headed by Clearfield County native and Punxsutawney resident Charles M. "Charlie" Erhard Jr. (April 30, 1928 - July 12, 2004), who sold the stations to its present owner in 1981. That year, the station pair would both be rebranded as WPXZ-AM-FM, continuing with simulcasting until 1989, when management finally began separate broadcasts. Seeing the FM station as the driving force of the tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Christian Music
Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christianity, Christian faith and stylistically rooted in Christian music. Originating in the United States, it was formed by those affected by the 1960s Jesus movement revival who began to express themselves in other styles of popular music, beyond the church music of hymns, Gospel music, gospel and Southern gospel music that was prevalent in the church at the time. Initially referred to as Jesus music, today, the term is typically used to refer to pop music, pop, but also includes Christian rock, rock, Christian alternative rock, alternative rock, Christian hip hop, hip hop, Christian metal, metal, Contemporary worship music, contemporary worship, Christian punk, punk, Christian hardcore, hardcore punk, Latin Christian music, Latin, Christian electronic da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKQL
WKQL (103.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is a classic hits formatted radio station. The station is licensed to Brookville, Pennsylvania. Owned by Renda Media,https://rendabroadcasting.com/our-markets/punxsutawney-pa it maintains its transmitter facility, but the station's programming and administration functions originate in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney, where it shares studio space with its affiliate stations WPXZ and WECZ. Since signing on the air for the first time in February 2000, this station had used the call letters WYTR, but had always maintained an oldies format, through ABC/SMN's Classic Hits (formerly "Oldies Radio") music format. At the time of its initial sign on, the station had very briefly used the call letters WBEU. Another set of call letters, WBKV (for Brookville), were proposed but never used. WKQL "Kool 103.3" serves Clarion County, Pennsylvania, Clarion, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, Clearfield, Elk County, Pennsylvania, Elk, Forest County, Penn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of License
In U.S., Canadian, and Mexican broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator. In North American broadcast law, the concept of ''community of license'' dates to the early days of AM radio broadcasting. The requirement that a broadcasting station operate a ''main studio'' within a prescribed distance of the community which the station is licensed to serve appears in U.S. law as early as 1939. Various specific obligations have been applied to broadcasters by governments to fulfill public policy objectives of broadcast localism, both in radio and later also in television, based on the legislative presumption that a broadcaster fills a similar role to that held by community newspaper publishers. United States In the United States, the Communications Act of 1934 requires that "the Commission shall make such distribution of licenses, frequenci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
