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WISR
WISR (680 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Butler, Pennsylvania. The station was the first to go on the air in Butler County, doing so on September 26, 1941. The station was the last to be granted a broadcast license before the FCC halted the licensing of any additional stations until after World War II. It has always broadcast on AM 680 with a maximum power output of 250 Watts, non-directional. WISR had operated as a daytime-only station until it was granted limited nighttime power in the late 1980s. The station has a construction permit for an FM translator (W298CW) that would allow it to operate at 107.5 mHz. The permit was granted January 25, 2018. The FM translator officially signed on air September 28, 2021, making WISR available on both the AM and FM bands, and was licensed effective October 15, 2021. After more than two decades of ownership under the Butler County Radio Network, WISR was sold to Pittsburgh Radio Partners in September 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WISR (680 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Butler, Pennsylvania. The station was the first to go on the air in Butler County, doing so on September 26, 1941. The station was the last to be granted a broadcast license before the FCC halted the licensing of any additional stations until after World War II. It has always broadcast on AM 680 with a maximum power output of 250 Watts, non-directional. WISR had operated as a daytime-only station until it was granted limited nighttime power in the late 1980s. The station has a construction permit for an FM translator (W298CW) that would allow it to operate at 107.5 mHz. The permit was granted January 25, 2018. The FM translator officially signed on air September 28, 2021, making WISR available on both the AM and FM bands, and was licensed effective October 15, 2021. After more than two decades of ownership under the Butler County Radio Network, WISR was sold to Pittsburgh Radio Partners in September 2022. After less t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WISR (680 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Butler, Pennsylvania. The station was the first to go on the air in Butler County, doing so on September 26, 1941. The station was the last to be granted a broadcast license before the FCC halted the licensing of any additional stations until after World War II. It has always broadcast on AM 680 with a maximum power output of 250 Watts, non-directional. WISR had operated as a daytime-only station until it was granted limited nighttime power in the late 1980s. The station has a construction permit for an FM translator (W298CW) that would allow it to operate at 107.5 mHz. The permit was granted January 25, 2018. The FM translator officially signed on air September 28, 2021, making WISR available on both the AM and FM bands, and was licensed effective October 15, 2021. After more than two decades of ownership under the Butler County Radio Network, WISR was sold to Pittsburgh Radio Partners in September 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WISR (680 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Butler, Pennsylvania. The station was the first to go on the air in Butler County, doing so on September 26, 1941. The station was the last to be granted a broadcast license before the FCC halted the licensing of any additional stations until after World War II. It has always broadcast on AM 680 with a maximum power output of 250 Watts, non-directional. WISR had operated as a daytime-only station until it was granted limited nighttime power in the late 1980s. The station has a construction permit for an FM translator (W298CW) that would allow it to operate at 107.5 mHz. The permit was granted January 25, 2018. The FM translator officially signed on air September 28, 2021, making WISR available on both the AM and FM bands, and was licensed effective October 15, 2021. After more than two decades of ownership under the Butler County Radio Network, WISR was sold to Pittsburgh Radio Partners in September 2022. After less t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WISR (680 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Butler, Pennsylvania. The station was the first to go on the air in Butler County, doing so on September 26, 1941. The station was the last to be granted a broadcast license before the FCC halted the licensing of any additional stations until after World War II. It has always broadcast on AM 680 with a maximum power output of 250 Watts, non-directional. WISR had operated as a daytime-only station until it was granted limited nighttime power in the late 1980s. The station has a construction permit for an FM translator (W298CW) that would allow it to operate at 107.5 mHz. The permit was granted January 25, 2018. The FM translator officially signed on air September 28, 2021, making WISR available on both the AM and FM bands, and was licensed effective October 15, 2021. After more than two decades of ownership under the Butler County Radio Network, WISR was sold to Pittsburgh Radio Partners in September 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WISR (680 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Butler, Pennsylvania. The station was the first to go on the air in Butler County, doing so on September 26, 1941. The station was the last to be granted a broadcast license before the FCC halted the licensing of any additional stations until after World War II. It has always broadcast on AM 680 with a maximum power output of 250 Watts, non-directional. WISR had operated as a daytime-only station until it was granted limited nighttime power in the late 1980s. The station has a construction permit for an FM translator (W298CW) that would allow it to operate at 107.5 mHz. The permit was granted January 25, 2018. The FM translator officially signed on air September 28, 2021, making WISR available on both the AM and FM bands, and was licensed effective October 15, 2021. After more than two decades of ownership under the Butler County Radio Network, WISR was sold to Pittsburgh Radio Partners in September 2022. After less t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBUT
WBUT (1050 AM) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Butler, Pennsylvania, in the northern suburbs of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. It is owned by Pittsburgh Radio Partners, along with its sister stations WISR and WLER-FM. The station is pending a sale to St. Barnabas Broadcasting. WBUT carries a Classic Country radio format, along with local news, sports and weather. WBUT is a MRN and PRN affiliate carrying NASCAR, a Penn State Football Network affiliate, and also carries Butler Area Senior High School football and basketball games. The studios and offices are at 252 Pillow Street. By day, WBUT is powered at 500 watts. But because 1050 AM is a clear channel frequency, the station must reduce power at night to only 62 watts to avoid interference. Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator W247DF at 97.3 MHz. WBUT also streams via the TuneIn app. History WBUT first applied for a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission in March 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLER-FM
WLER-FM (97.7 MHz) is an active rock radio station that officially can be heard in Butler County, Pennsylvania, but can also be heard in parts of northern Allegheny County, including Pittsburgh. The station, which is owned by the Butler County Radio Network, operates with an ERP of 4.6 kw and is licensed to Butler, Pennsylvania. WLER-FM is owned by Pittsburgh Radio Partners and is under contract to be sold to St. Barnabas Broadcasting. Beginnings As WISR-FM WLER-FM's beginnings, like most FM's, were rather humble. The station began in 1949 as WISR-FM, when the AM license had been issued for those same call letters when the license was first granted in 1941. The ownership at that time, Butler Broadcasting Company, chose to turn the license back to the FCC after having the FM license failed to make any kind of an impact financially. As WBUT-FM However, the license was recovered years later by WISR's AM crosstown competitor, WBUT, returning to the air in 1959. The station op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network
The Pittsburgh Pirates, the Major League Baseball franchise in Pittsburgh are carried on radio stations throughout four states including Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland. In 2012, KDKA-FM in Pittsburgh became the flagship station, replacing WPGB-FM., KDKA (AM) also simulcasts all weekday afternoon games as well as select other broadcasts, and serves as the backup station when 93.7 airs Pittsburgh Panthers football. Greg Brown and Joe Block does play by play. They are joined by either Steve Blass (for home games only) or John Wehner John Paul Wehner (pronounced "Way-ner") (born June 29, 1967) is an American former utility player in Major League Baseball (MLB) and a current broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Pirates. His nickname is "Rock". Career A Pittsburgh native and graduate ... (for all road games and some home games). Affiliate stations Station list References {{Major League Baseball on the radio Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball on the radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network
The Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network is an American radio network composed of 39 radio stations which carry English-language coverage of the Pittsburgh Steelers, a professional football team in the National Football League (NFL). Since 2013, co-owned Pittsburgh market stations WDVE () and WBGG () have served as the network's two flagships. The network also includes 37 affiliates in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia: eighteen AM stations, fifteen of which supplement their signals with a low-power FM translator; and nineteen full-power FM stations. Station list * indicates low-power FM translator. * indicates station is a simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultane ... of another station. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butler, Pennsylvania
Butler is a city and the county seat of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located north of Pittsburgh and is part of the Greater Pittsburgh region. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 13,502. History Butler was named for Maj. Gen. Richard Butler,''An Historical Gazetteer of Butler County, Pennsylvania'', p. 118 who fell at the Battle of the Wabash, also known as St. Clair's Defeat, in western Ohio in 1791. In 1803, John and Samuel Cunningham became the first settlers in the village of Butler. After settling in Butler, the two brothers laid out the community by drawing up plots of land for more incoming settlers. By 1817, the community was incorporated into a borough. The first settlers were of Irish or Scottish descent and were driving westward from Connecticut. In 1802, the German immigrants began arriving, with Detmar Basse settling in Jackson Township in 1802 and founding Zelienople the following year. After George Rapp arrived in 1805 and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKFO (AM)
WKFO (1380 AM) is a 24-hour commercially licensed radio station with a maximum power output of 1,000 watts, non-directional. The station, licensed to the county seat of Kittanning, Pennsylvania is wholly owned by Matthew Lightner, through licensee Lightner Communications, based in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Studios, offices and transmitter facilities are located on Bunker Hill Road, in North Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania. History Beginnings as WACB WKFO began broadcasting in 1949 as WACB, with the call letters standing for Armstrong County Broadcasting, the name of the original licensee, headed by its president, Lawrence Henry; and vice president Joseph B. Moore. WACB was the second radio station to come on the air in Armstrong County. The first was WAVL in nearby Apollo the year before; and the third was WKIN, which came on the air later in 1949 at 1600 kHz, but that station would later fail and its license returned to the FCC. Armstrong County Broadcasting sold W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
