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WYFM (102.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Youngstown, Ohio market with a classic rock format. It is one of eight radio stations in the Youngstown market owned by Cumulus Broadcasting with studios and transmitter at "The Radio Center" in Youngstown. The station has a large coverage area and can be picked up fairly well even in Akron, and as far away as Erie, Pennsylvania. Within the large coverage area, WYFM competes with WNCD in Niles, WONE in Akron, WRQK in Canton, WFXJ in Ashtabula, WNCX in Cleveland, WRKT and WQHZ in Erie, and WDVE in Pittsburgh. WYFM originally signed on the air as WPIC-FM in 1947, simulcasting sister AM 790 WPIC until the early 1970s. The call letters were changed to WYFM in 1973. From the early 1970s until November 1973, the station was known as "The Alternative at 102.9", following a music format that at the time was called "progressive" or "underground"; in effect, playing music th ...
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WYFM (102.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Youngstown, Ohio market with a classic rock format. It is one of eight radio stations in the Youngstown market owned by Cumulus Broadcasting with studios and transmitter at "The Radio Center" in Youngstown. The station has a large coverage area and can be picked up fairly well even in Akron, and as far away as Erie, Pennsylvania. Within the large coverage area, WYFM competes with WNCD in Niles, WONE in Akron, WRQK in Canton, WFXJ in Ashtabula, WNCX in Cleveland, WRKT and WQHZ in Erie, and WDVE in Pittsburgh. WYFM originally signed on the air as WPIC-FM in 1947, simulcasting sister AM 790 WPIC until the early 1970s. The call letters were changed to WYFM in 1973. From the early 1970s until November 1973, the station was known as "The Alternative at 102.9", following a music format that at the time was called "progressive" or "underground"; in effect, playing music that ...
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WYFM (102.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Youngstown, Ohio market with a classic rock format. It is one of eight radio stations in the Youngstown market owned by Cumulus Broadcasting with studios and transmitter at "The Radio Center" in Youngstown. The station has a large coverage area and can be picked up fairly well even in Akron, and as far away as Erie, Pennsylvania. Within the large coverage area, WYFM competes with WNCD in Niles, WONE in Akron, WRQK in Canton, WFXJ in Ashtabula, WNCX in Cleveland, WRKT and WQHZ in Erie, and WDVE in Pittsburgh. WYFM originally signed on the air as WPIC-FM in 1947, simulcasting sister AM 790 WPIC until the early 1970s. The call letters were changed to WYFM in 1973. From the early 1970s until November 1973, the station was known as "The Alternative at 102.9", following a music format that at the time was called "progressive" or "underground"; in effect, playing music that ...
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WPIC
WPIC (790 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Sharon, Pennsylvania and serving the Youngstown metropolitan area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and has a talk radio format. WPIC is powered at 1,000 watts by day. To avoid interfering with other stations on 790 AM, it reduces power at night to 58 watts. It uses a non-directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is at Mercer Avenue at Pine Hollow Boulevard in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Programming Weekdays begin with the local morning news, then standard syndicated conservative talk shows, including those of Chris Plante, Dan Bongino, Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, Jim Bohannon, ''Red Eye Radio'' and '' America in the Morning''. The station carries coverage of local high school football and basketball during the school year. The station is a CBS Radio News affiliate. On weekends, shows on money, health, law and religion are heard, as well as music and talk shows for the Greek, Italian and Polish communities. ...
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Sharon, Pennsylvania
Sharon is a city in western Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city, located along the banks of the Shenango River on the state border with Ohio, is about northeast of Youngstown, about southeast of Cleveland and about northwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 13,147 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. History The Sharon area was first settled in 1795. It was incorporated as a borough on October 6, 1841, and incorporated as a city on December 17, 1918. The city operated under the Pennsylvania third-class city code until 2008, at which point it adopted a home rule charter under which the elected position of mayor was replaced with a hired city manager and financial officer. The founding families of Sharon first settled on a flat plain bordering the Shenango River, between two hills on the southwestern edge of what is today Sharon's downtown business district. According to local legend, the community received its name ...
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WNCD
WNCD is a commercial radio station serving Youngstown, Ohio, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and broadcasting a mainstream rock format at 93.3 MHz. Its signal covers Youngstown, Warren, and New Castle, PA, and at times even reaches Erie and New Kensington, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh market). However, as one approaches Meadville and points east, a station from Jamestown, New York starts to interfere with WNCD's signal. WNCD goes by the nickname "93.3 The Wolf". WNCD's morning programming comes from Rover's Morning Glory, from 6am to 10am. Until May 2007, the station's playlist featured an active rock format, playing classic rock from artists such as Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC and Metallica, while playing new rock from bands like Nickelback, Mudvayne, Breaking Benjamin, Staind, Disturbed, Tool, Chevelle, Three Days Grace, Linkin Park, Puddle of Mudd and Seether. Since 2007, WNCD has played more classic rock than new rock and is considered a Mainstream Rock Stat ...
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WWIZ
WWIZ is a commercial Frequency modulation, FM radio station in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Youngstown, Ohio market broadcasting at 103.9 Megahertz, MHz with an oldies format between January and September or October, and a Christmas music, Christmas format between September or October and January. It is one of seven radio stations in the Youngstown market owned by Cumulus Broadcasting with studios in "The Radio Center" in Youngstown. History WWIZ first signed on the air in October 1972. Format Flips On March 31, 2017, WWIZ dropped its active rock format (as "Rock 104") and began stunting (broadcasting), stunting with a loop of The Moody Blues' “Nights in White Satin” and The Royal Guardsmen's “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (song), Snoopy vs. the Red Baron”, with just a legal ID between the songs. The following day at Noon, the station flipped to classic hits as "Z104" using Westwood One (current), Westwood One's "Good Time Oldies" satellite fee ...
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WRQX (AM)
WRQX (600 kHz) – branded as ''AM 600 The Patriot'' – is a commercial talk radio station licensed to Salem, Ohio, and serving the Youngstown metropolitan area. Owned by Cumulus Media, WRQX is the local market affiliate for CBS News Radio and multiple talk programs from co-owned syndicator Westwood One. The WRQX studios are located in "The Radio Center" in Youngstown, while the transmitter is located in nearby Winona. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WRQX is available online. History The station began operations on June 25, 1965 as WSOM, which stood for "The Wonderful Sound Of Music". For decades, the station featured an adult standards format, including longtime Youngstown radio personalities Dick Thompson, Johnny Kay and Gary Rhamy. In its early years, WSOM was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. It eventually got authorization to broadcast around the clock using low power at night. WSOM changed to a talk radio format on December 13, 201 ...
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WQXK
WQXK (105.1 MHz, "K-105") is a commercial FM radio station, licensed to Salem, Ohio, and serving the Youngstown metropolitan area and the Mahoning Valley. It is one of eight radio stations in the Youngstown radio market owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a country music radio format. The studios and offices are in "The Radio Center" in Youngstown. WQXK has an effective radiated power of 88,000 watts. While most FM stations in the region are limited to 50,000 watts, WQXK is grandfathered at its unusually high power. The transmitter is off Franklin Avenue in Salem. History WFMJ-FM The 105.1 spot on the dial was originally WFMJ-FM and was licensed to Youngstown. The call letters spelled out the initials of its founder, William F. Maag, Jr. He was also publisher of ''The Youngstown Vindicator'', and owned WFMJ 1390 AM. Maag also put WFMJ-TV channel 21 on the air in 1953. WFMJ-FM was issued a construction permit in 1947, but the station did not go on the air until Jan ...
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WHOT-FM
WHOT-FM (101.1 MHz, "Hot 101") is a commercial radio station in Youngstown, Ohio. It airs a Top 40 (CHR) radio format. It is one of seven radio stations in the Youngstown market owned by Cumulus Media. It carries syndicated shows from Adam Bomb on afternoons and Carson Daly on Sunday mornings. The studios and transmitter are on Simon Road at Mayport Avenue in Boardman, using a Youngstown address. History In November 1959, the station signed on the air. Its first call sign was WRED and it was the FM sister station to an AM station with the WHOT call letters. The two stations were owned by Myron Jones. From the late 1970s, FM 101.1 had an album rock format. It called itself "The Wizzard" and used the call sign WSRD. The connection between the WHOT call sign and the Top 40/CHR format is one of the longest running in modern radio history, dating back to 1955. The AM version of WHOT was one of the first Top 40 stations in the country. That station was a daytime-only signal ...
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WBBW
WBBW (1240 AM) is a commercial radio station in Youngstown, Ohio, broadcasting a sports format. The station carries the CBS Sports Radio Network, much of it simulcast with co-owned 96.7 WLLF. WBBW is one of seven radio stations in the Youngstown market owned by Cumulus Media. The radio studios and offices are in "The Radio Center" in Youngstown. Prior to January 2, 2013, WBBW featured programming from ESPN Radio. WBBW carries the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in the collegiate summer baseball league. WBBW and WLLF are also the Youngstown affiliates of the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati .... WBBW has been on the air since February 20, 1949. References External links Sports radio stations in the United States ...
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Radio Stations In Pennsylvania
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * KYW-FM * WASP * WBEM * WBGI * WBYN * WDNR * WFBM-LP * WFTE * WGEV * WHYU-LP * WHZN * WISL * WJMW * WKVR-FM * WKZV * WLOG * WNAP * WNCC * WOYL * WPAM * WPLY * WQLE * WQDD-LP * WRDD * WSAJ * WTAC * WVSL * WWSM * WYBF * WZSK * WZUM * WZZE References {{Navboxes , title = Pennsylvania radio station regional navigation boxes , list = {{Allentown Radio {{Altoona Radio {{Bedford Radio {{Binghamton Radio {{Elmira-Corning Radio {{Erie Radio {{Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro Radio {{Harrisburg Radio {{Indiana Radio {{Jamestown NY Radio {{Johnstown Radio {{Lancaster Radio {{Lewistown Radio {{Meadville-Franklin Radio {{Northern PA Radio {{Olean Radio {{Philadelphia Radio {{Pittsburgh Radio {{Punxsutawney Radio {{Reading Radio {{S ...
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WRKT
WRKT (104.9 FM, "Rocket 105") is an active rock radio station in Erie, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by iHeartMedia. WRKT's studios are located in the Boston Store building in downtown Erie while its transmitter is located near NE Sherman Road and Miller Road in Chautauqua County, New York. It plays both old, new, and next rock songs plus an array of sports. History Launched on June 22, 1989, at 12:00 p.m., WRKT started as ''Rocket 101'' at , for 28 years before moving up the dial to and rebranding as ''Rocket 105'' at 12:00 p.m. on October 20, 2017. The final song as "Rocket 101" was "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, while the first song as "Rocket 105" was "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" by AC/DC. The 100.9 frequency was to be reallocated to Westfield, New York, and sold at auction. Rick Rambaldo, owner of WEHP, won the bid, but was late in getting his down payment sent to the FCC, leading to rejection of his bid. The frequency again went up for auction i ...
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