WOWY (FM)

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WOWY
Broadcast area State College, Pennsylvania
Frequency 103.1 MHz
BrandingWOWY 97.7 103.1 103.5
Programming
Format Classic hits
Affiliations United Stations Radio Networks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Ownership
Owner
  • Seven Mountains Media, LLC.
  • (Southern Belle Media Family, LLC)
WBHV, WBUS, WFGE, WHUN, WLEJ, WZWW
History
First air date
1965 (1965) (as WMAJ-FM)
Former call signs
  • WMAJ-FM (1964–1972)
  • WXLR (1972–1988)
  • WBHV (1988–2005)
  • WJHT (2005–2006)
  • WJHT-FM (2006)
  • WQKK (2006)
  • WQWK (2006–2009)
  • WRSC-FM (2009–2016)
  • WAPY (2016–2023)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 48926
Class A
ERP 370 watts
HAAT 398 meters (1,306 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°48′30″N77°56′32″W / 40.80833°N 77.94222°W / 40.80833; -77.94222
Repeater(s) 1150 WHUN (Huntingdon)
103.5 WHUN-FM (Huntingdon)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website wowyonline.com

WOWY (103.1 FM) is a classic hits radio station in State College, Pennsylvania operating with a power of 370 watts.

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History

The talk programming of WRSC moved from 1390 AM to 103.1 FM on Monday, August 3, 2009, as "Newsradio 103 WRSC".

Until May 20, 2015, WRSC-FM carried many nationally syndicated shows such as, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, America in the Morning with Jim Bohannon, The Glenn Beck Program , The Dave Ramsey Show , The Sean Hannity Show , The Michael Savage Show , The Mark Levin Show, The Jerry Doyle Show , The Clark Howard Show, and Live on Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham . WRSC-FM also aired a local show, The WRSC Morning Show, starring Centre Region-area radio veteran Kevin Nelson (& Company), which was replaced with Pat Urban show. WRSC-FM aired NASCAR programming as well during the week from MRN Radio.

The news/talk format moved from WRSC-FM back to 1390 AM on May 20, 2015, as 103.1 flipped to classic hits as WAPY, "Happy 103.1".

It was announced on October 12, 2022, that Forever Media was selling 34 stations and 12 translators, including WAPY and five other sister stations, to State College-based Seven Mountains Media for $17.375 million. [2] The deal closed on January 1, 2023. [3]

On December 30, 2022, it was announced that the station's classic hits format would be merged with that of Seven Mountains Media's WOWY (97.1 FM) within days. [4] On January 3, 2023, WAPY picked up the WOWY classic hits format from 97.1, which began stunting towards a new format. [5] WAPY changed its call sign to WOWY on January 16, 2023.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WOWY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "SEVEN MOUNTAINS MEDIA TO ACQUIRE 34 STATIONS FROM FOREVER MEDIA". RadioInsight.com. October 12, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Seven Mountains Media-Forever Media Deal To Close Jan. 2". October 12, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Seven Mountains Confirms Imminent State College Shakeup - RadioInsight". December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ Seven Mountains Media State College Format Shuffle Update Radioinsight - January 5, 2023
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