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Wkge
WKGE (850 AM) is a radio station licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania and broadcasting with 10 kW day and night. Owned by Edward A. Schober through licensee Zip2, LLC, the station currently airs an Adult Hits format as "101.3 107.1 Jack FM", as part of a simulcast with WYUP 1400 AM in Loretto. WKGE currently uses a complex directional antenna array to protect other stations on 850 kHz. It had a Construction Permit (CP) to move to 870 kHz and become a daytime-only Class D station. This included a power cut to 7 kW, and a reduction from a 9-tower to a simpler 3-tower array, utilizing one eastern, one central and one western tower of the original 9-tower array. History WKGE was first licensed on March 11, 1925, with the sequentially assigned call letters of WHBP, to the Johnstown Automobile Company at 101 Main Street, broadcasting with 10 watts on 1170 kHz. On June 15, 1927 the station was assigned to 1310 kHz. On November 11, 1928, as part of the im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYUP
WYUP is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Loretto, Pennsylvania and serving Blair, and Cambria Counties in west central Pennsylvania. WYUP operates fulltime with 1,000 watts on 1400 kHz. The station is owned by Matt Lightner, through licensee Lightner Communications, LLC. Programming As with most Jack FM stations, WYUP has no disc jockeys or organized programming, relying entirely on pre-recorded liners from Howard Cogan, the voice of Jack FM nationwide. History WYUP was first authorized in 1963, as WWSF, for Saint Francis College (now Saint Francis University) in Loretto, Pennsylvania (near Johnstown). It initially operated with 250 watts fulltime on 1400 kHz. The college had conditionally applied for this assignment in 1957, with the understanding that the frequency first had to be vacated by WJAC (now WKGE), which at the same time applied to move from 1400 kHz to 850 kHz. The college continued its ownership of the station until 1979, when it was sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Francis University
Saint Francis University (SFU) is a private Catholic university in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular. The university is situated on in the forests and farmland of Loretto. History Saint Francis College was established in 1847 by six Franciscan teaching Brothers from Mountbellew, Ireland, who had been given land in Loretto by Michael O'Connor, the first Bishop of Pittsburgh, to establish a school. The university was one of the first Catholic universities in the United States and the first Franciscan college in the nation. Although it originally only admitted males, it became one of the first Catholic Universities to become co-educational. Loretto is the site of the first English-language Roman Catholic settlement established west of the Allegheny Front, in what is now the United States, by Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin in 1799. In 2001 Saint Francis College was approved to cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKGE 101
WKGE (850 AM) is a radio station licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania and broadcasting with 10 kW day and night. Owned by Edward A. Schober through licensee Zip2, LLC, the station currently airs an Adult Hits format as "101.3 107.1 Jack FM", as part of a simulcast with WYUP 1400 AM in Loretto. WKGE currently uses a complex directional antenna array to protect other stations on 850 kHz. It had a Construction Permit (CP) to move to 870 kHz and become a daytime-only Class D station. This included a power cut to 7 kW, and a reduction from a 9-tower to a simpler 3-tower array, utilizing one eastern, one central and one western tower of the original 9-tower array. History WKGE was first licensed on March 11, 1925, with the sequentially assigned call letters of WHBP, to the Johnstown Automobile Company at 101 Main Street, broadcasting with 10 watts on 1170 kHz. On June 15, 1927 the station was assigned to 1310 kHz. On November 11, 1928, as part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Philipsburg is a borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is at (40.895, -78.2193). It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The borough's population was 2,770 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 square mile (2.1 km2), all land. Major roads which pass through the area are U.S. Route 322 and state routes 53, 350 and 504. Historical landmarks Philipsburg is home to a number of sites of renovated historical interest, including the Rowland Theater (located on Front Street), the Union Church and Burial Ground (also known as the "Mud" Church, on Presqueisle Street), the Simler House (on North Second St), and the Hardman Philips House (located off Presqueisle Street near Ninth Street), thought to be a stop on the Underground Railroad, although no evidence to support this has been published. The Rowland Mansion (on South Centre Street) is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPHB
WPHB is a commercially licensed AM radio station serving Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania in Centre County. WPHB is licensed to 1260 kHz and operates at a daytime power of 5,000 watts and a nighttime power of 34 watts. The station is owned by Matt Lightner, through licensee Lightner Communications, LLC., and is broadcasting a classic country format, simulcasting WQWK (AM), WQWK 1450 AM State College. History WPHB first went on the air on June 1, 1956. The station was founded by Reverend William Emert, and for much of its early history, broadcast a religion-based format under the name Moshannon Valley Broadcasting, which it operated under for many years, though the owner principals would change over time. As AM stations were also issued FM licenses, WPHB began with an FM sister station, but this license would be forfeited and returned to the FCC by the end of the 1950s. WPHB was acquired on July 16, 1982 by brothers C. Dean and Sheldon Sharpless, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelbyville, Kentucky
Shelbyville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,045 at the 2010 census. History Early history The town of Shelbyville was established in October 1792 at the first meeting of the Shelby County Court after local landowner William Shannon agreed to surrender of his property to the community and provide 1 free acre for public buildings. As a result of the grant, Shelbyville, rather than the nearby Squire Boone's Station, became the home of Shelby County.Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names''. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. The agricultural town was situated on the western bank of Clear Creek at the confluence of Mulberry Creek and near a road between Louisville and Frankfort. The town required new residents to construct a 1½-story log cabin with a stone chimney; by 1795, there were 40 of these and, by 1800, there were 262 residents residing in Shelbyville. New lots were platted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCND
WCND (940 AM) is a radio station licensed to Shelbyville, Kentucky Shelbyville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,045 at the 2010 census. History Early history The town of Shelbyville was established in October 1792 at the first m ..., United States. The station is owned by Pedro C. Arce. The station had been off the air since at least August 2009. There is no publicly accessible record indicating that the owner of the station filed for authorization to maintain the license while remaining off the air. On June 1, 2010, WCND returned to the air with a Regional Mexican format branded as "La Explosiva 940". References External links CND Shelbyville, Kentucky Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States {{Kentucky-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southfield, Michigan
Southfield is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 76,618. As a northern suburb of Detroit, Southfield shares part of its southern border with Detroit. The city was originally part of Southfield Township before incorporating in 1958. The autonomous city of Lathrup Village is an enclave within Southfield. The city is home to the Southfield Town Center complex, which includes five connected office buildings. The tallest of these, 3000 Town Center, is tall; it is the state's second-tallest building outside Detroit (after the River House Condominiums in Grand Rapids) and the state's 16th-tallest building overall. History Southfield was surveyed in 1817 according to the plan by Michigan territorial governor Lewis Cass. The first settlers came from nearby Birmingham and Royal Oak, Michigan, as well as New York and Vermont. The area that became Southfield was settled by John Daniels in 1823. Among thfounder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birach Broadcasting Corporation
Birach Broadcasting Corporation is a company based in Southfield, Michigan, USA, that owns several AM radio stations and, formerly, one low-power television (LPTV Low-power broadcasting is broadcasting by a broadcast station at a low transmitter power output to a smaller service area than "full power" stations within the same region. It is often distinguished from "micropower broadcasting" (more commonly " ...) station in the US. Many stations in the Birach portfolio run ethnic broadcasting. The company is wholly owned by its president and CEO Sima Birach. Stations owned Radio stations Television station External links Official site {{Birach Broadcasting Radio broadcasting companies of the United States Television broadcasting companies of the United States Companies based in Southfield, Michigan Birach Broadcasting Corporation stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerset, Pennsylvania
Somerset is a borough in and the county seat of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,046 at the 2020 census. The borough is surrounded by Somerset Township. Somerset is just off Exit 110 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike ( I-70 and I-76). Somerset is the principal city of the Somerset, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is also one of two cities, the other being Johnstown, that make up the larger Johnstown-Somerset, PA Combined Statistical Area. History The Somerset County Courthouse and Uptown Somerset Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. *Somerset was a central stage for the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. Several rebellion leaders, including Harmon Husband, lived in Somerset. The federal militia sent to put down the rebellion worked from its headquarters in the nearby town of Berlin. The Whiskey Rebellion was the first major test of the federal authority under the newly adopted U.S. Constitution and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNTI
WNTI (990 AM) is an American radio station, licensed to serve Somerset, Pennsylvania; the seat of news/ talk for Somerset County. The station broadcasts with a maximum output power of 10,000 watts during the day and greatly reduces power to 100 watts at night, using a two-tower directional antenna system. The station is a simulcast of WNTJ in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. History: beginnings as WVSC The very first radio station in Somerset County, this station signed on as WVSC on January 15, 1951. Operating as Somerset Broadcasting Co., the owners were T. H. Oppegard, President & General Manager, and Carl R. Lee, Sales Manager and Chief Engineer. The call letters stood for an acronym of "We're the Voice of Somerset County". The station for many years programmed a full-service format of news, sports, and talk, much of it local. The station was also the longtime local voice of ABC News, including the legendary Paul Harvey. WVSC was joined by an FM sister station, WVSC-FM, on June 15, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNTJ
WNTJ (1490 AM, "News Talk 1490") is a radio station licensed to serve Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. The station, established in 1946, is currently owned by Seven Mountains Media and is a simulcast of WNTI out of Somerset, Pennsylvania. It broadcasts a 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 letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 8, 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/56 (now on virtual channel 19 as WPCW in Pittsburgh). For many years, these three stations would be under common ownership, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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