WTLR is a
Christian
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formatted
broadcast
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radio station
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licensed to
State College, Pennsylvania
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, serving Central Pennsylvania.
WTLR simulcasts its programming on co-owned WQJU 107.1, which broadcasts to the
Mifflintown
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area as well as on
WPCL
WPCL is a religious-formatted radio station located in Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States. The station broadcasts programming from the He's Alive network on 97.3 FM.
History Beginnings as WCCZ-FM
WPCL first signed on the air on Sept ...
97.3 to the Northern Cambria/Ebensburgarea, and on W230CC 93.9 Altoona.
WTLR, WQJU, WPCL and W230CC are owned and operated by the Central Pennsylvania Christian Institute.
WTLR first signed on the air on January 1, 1978.
WTLR, WQJU, WPCL, and W230CC are known on air as "Way Truth Life Radio". This is based on
Jesus Christ's declaration in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Programming
Way Truth Life Radio is a full service Christian Inspirational radio ministry featuring quality
Bible
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teaching, quality Christian music, helpful programs on family life, news and information.
Some of the programs heard on Way Truth Life Radio include:
"Insight for Living" with
Chuck Swindoll
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"Summit Life" with
J.D. Greear
"Living on the Edge" with
Chip Ingram
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"The Alternative" with Dr.
Tony Evans
"Family Life Today"
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Focus on the Family
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"Revive Our Hearts" with
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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"MoneyWise" with Rob West
"Truth for Life" with
Alistair Begg
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"A New Beginning" with
Greg Laurie
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Laurie came to faith at the age of 17 as the Jesus Moveme ...
"Grace to You" with
John MacArthur John MacArthur or Macarthur may refer to:
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"Turning Point" with Dr.
David Jeremiah
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"In the Market With Janet Parshall" featuring
Janet Parshall
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"Haven Today" with Charles Morris
The ministry website i
WTLR in the News
On Friday, July 25, 2008,
Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, Ferguson Township police were dispatched to the Cato Avenue studios of WTLR as a man with a gun was on the way to the station.
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When 50-year-old Brian Neiman of
Pottersdale arrived at the radio station, police ordered him to stop. Neiman refused and reportedly became violent. Police say Neiman brandished a gun and drove at them in his Ford Bronco. Witnesses say "dozens of shots" were fired as Neiman exchanged gunfire with police.
After Neiman hit a second police cruiser, his SUV struck the side of a neighboring building and stopped. Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers pronounced Neiman dead on the scene.
Police aren't sure why Neiman targeted the radio station.
Neiman's ex-wife told The Centre Daily Times
that "he struggled with bipolar disorder".
After the shooting, WTLR issued a statement and a recount of events on their website.
References
External links
Way Truth Life Radio Online*
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