WWCH is an American

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, licensed to

Clarion, Pennsylvania Clarion is a borough in and the county seat of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located north-northeast of Pittsburgh and is part of the Pittsburgh DMA. Clarion was settled in 1839 and incorporated in 1841. In the past, the s ...

, the seat of government for Clarion County. WWCH is licensed to operate at the federally assigned frequency of 1300

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at a maximum power output of 850 watts. WWCH is a full-service, live and local radio station with a

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format.

History

WWCH is the sole AM radio station in Clarion County, first going on the air with a maximum power output of 500 watts on June 12, 1960. For much of this station's history, it had been a daytime-only operation, not getting nighttime power until the 1990s. WWCH bears the distinction of maintaining its same ownership since its debut, with the only exception being the changing in the owner principals over the years. William Sheridan was company president at the time of startup. 36 percent of the station was controlled by Mrs. Harriet Hearst, who also owned controlling stock in Clarion Newspapers, Inc., publisher of the weekly papers "The Clarion Democrat" and "The Clarion Republican". Mrs. Hearst's family still manages WWCH to this day. WWCH was joined by an FM sister station, also licensed to Clarion, in 1985. That station is known as WCCR-FM. WWCH has a long history of tenured personnel. Legendary News Director Frank Stacy has been a part of WWCH for more than twenty years. On November 7, 2022, Seven Mountains Media announced their purchase of WWCH and sister station WCCR-FM from Clarion County Broadcasting. Seven Mountains Media also owns WKFT 101.3 FM in Strattanville, serving as a Clarion-area simulcast of

WIFT WIFT (102.1 FM, "Bigfoot Country 102.1 & 101.3") 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 li ...

102.1 FM in DuBois.

References

1961-62 Broadcasting Yearbook

Broadcasting Yearbook - Broadcast Stations Identified With Newspaper Or Magazine Ownership page B-228

External links

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