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An extremely weak signal plagues this eastern Pittsburgh Christian station which used to be repeated on 98.5 FM in Glenshaw. 98.5 had to sign off in 2002, when the 98.3 signal was moved to Duquesne. WRWJ's programming comes from "He's Alive Radio Network" based at WAIJ in Grantsville, MD/Somerset, PA.

Carnegie Mellon University's radio station. The station has been around since the '40s and was broadcast on 900 AM until the early '70s. WRCT stands for "Radio Carnegie Tech" from the pre-CMU days. The station has a good coverage for Allegheny County with 1750 watts to the North, South and West; 675 watts to the East. On a quirky note, WRCT's FCC ID number is "1" and is perhaps one of the first directional FMs in the country.

This NPR and PRI affiliate has been on the air for over 30 years. A part of QED communications, the station's focus is on classical music and the arts in and around town. WQED-FM is sister to WQED Channel 13 which was the country's first Publically funded television station. WQED has a repeater signal in Johnstown - WQEJ 89.7.

Another NPR and PRI affiliate coming from the campus of Duquesne University. "W Duck" is the only station in town where you can get traditional jazz. This is also our outlet for "All Things Considered" and many shows of that nature.

Another member supported station where the sounds attract the coffeehouse crowd. Originally housed at Chatham Center, this station is now located on the South Side of Pittsburgh which is where many coffee houses and bars are located. Originally, WYEP was an 850 watt station on 91.5 FM starting up in 1974. In 1982, the station upped its power to a more substatial wattage and 91.3 FM. WYEP was the first station to play what we now know as Alternative Rock in 1976.

University of Pittsburgh radio. 92.1 WPTS This station was at 98.5 FM until 1994, when it moved to its present dial location. It is hard to pick up outside the city limits especially to the North where it competes with oldies station WKPL 92.1 in New Castle.

Lite FM signed on a number of years ago after KDKA used the frequency for a part-time simulcast of their AM signal. That's when the KDKA Legal ID was, "This is KDKA and KDKA-FM Pittsburgh, Group W Westinghouse Broadcasting." When not simulcasting, KDKA-FM would play Easy Listening. This may have led to or out of WPNT. WPNT was WSHH's closest Easy Listening competition and known as "The Point". In the late 1980s, WLTJ signed on with an adult contemporary format. The hosts of the morning show were Gary (Love) & Beth (Bershock) who may have been one of the longest-lasting (on one station) morning shows in the market. John Gallagher who, at one time, served as station PD, was also on the air for many years. However, on Easter Day 2008, the staff received their pink slips and the current "Q92/9" was born - poor ratings were to blame. Many listeners don't feel the format has changed - just the presentation. John Cline (formerly WBZZ) and Kerri Griffith (formerly WZPT) handle the mornings. An automated voice follows each song announcing the title and artist.

A fine example of "Everything old is new again," better yet, "if it ain't broke..." Beginning December 10, 1981, many Gen-Xers would grow up to the current sounds on B-94 WBZZ-FM. Throughout the 80s and 90s, B-94 was THE station for current hits. In the 80s the mornings were hosted by Quinn & Banana - Jim Quinn and Banana Don Jefferson. The 90s brought in "JohnDaveBubbaShelley" (with participant changes in the latter years) for the mornings. Prior to WBZZ, the station was Beautiful Music as WJOI and WKJF. (WKJF had a sister TV station on Channel 53 for a time too.) On June 30, 2004 that all changed. CBS pulled the plug in the middle of the morning show announcing the format change to classic rock and a Pittsburgh outlet for Howard Stern. (Just months before, Stern was removed from Clear Channel-owned stations including WXDX in Pittsburgh.) The station became WRKZ with Stern's arrival and the classic rock format was born. After Stern moved to Sirius Satellite Radio and replacement David Lee Roth was a bust, the station aired "Opie & Anthony" from XM Satellite Radio. The station plummeted even further in the ratings and in 2007, one year after Stern's departure, a format change was in the works. On April 2, 2007, WRKZ made way for WTZN - The Zone or "The MAN Station". CBS lured Scott Paulsen from WDVE and moved John McIntire over from KDKA. Dennis Miller's syndicated program was aired mid-days. Within six months the station went bust and on October 5, 2007, after a week-long Christmas music stunt, B-94 returned to the airwaves. The current morning show is "Buckhead & Bubba" (the same Bubba from the previous morning show) along with Melanie Griffith - another alumnus of the previous incarnation of B-94. The station's former WBZZ calls were not available, and thus settled for WBZW.

"3-W-S" signed on in the mid-1980s with an oldies format. The station was originally WWSW but became top-40 WPEZ for many years prior to being "3-W-S". WPEZ was muscled out by competition from WBZZ (93.7) and WXKX (96.1). The latest format tweek was in 2002 when the station's music focus went to 60's and 70's dropping the term "oldies." Jim Merkel handles the morning show and has been with the station since its WPEZ days. Merkel has had co-hosts over the years. His most recent co-host was Cris Winter. Gary Dickson was the co-host at two separate times around a stint in Boston. While Dickson was in Boston, Steve Hansen took the co-host spot. Until late 2000, WWSW was simulcast on 970 WWSW-AM - its original sister. At that time, 970 was switched to Sports outlet WBGG. For the last several years, 3-W-S has been Clear Channel's Christmas Music station from mid-November through Christmas Day. After Christmas Day 2006, the station began to have more of a "Gold-AC" sound. This Clear Channel Station is sister to WBGG, WDVE, WXDX, WKST and WPGB.

Originally WASP-FM, this signal serves the southern counties of Western PA. WASP hired Jimmy Roach on in the morning after he left WDSY. The country format on WASP became WOGG with Forever Broadcasting's "Froggy" format. The station's announcers have swamp-related names. In February of 2000, the station started to simulcast on its sister station WZKT 98.3 (turned WOGI) in Charleroi to help increase its broadcast range.

A rather weak signal in the metro-Pittsburgh area unless you have a strong receiver. Many considered the oldies format on WJPA to be better than that of WWSW when it was a full-time oldies station. WJPA is one of the few locally owned FMs.

In the mid 70's, 96.1 was a simulcast of WTAE-AM as WTAE-FM. At that time it was "Solid Gold T-A-E." (This station was once co-owned and housed with WTAE-TV and Radio in Forest Hills.) The station was simulcast until 7 PM and then became "Disco 96" with automated Disco music being pumped in. The KX format was brought in as Disco fizzled and WXKX "96KX" (or 96Kix) came aboard. This was a top-40 top "trax" format. This era was lead by PD Bobby Christian who brought this format with him from Denver. The morning show of famed duo O'Brien and Garry was simulcast from WTAE-AM. The format was separate the rest of the day. Susie Barbour got her Pittsburgh start at 96KX and George Hart was on board as well as Shawn McCoy. "Hit Radio 96" WHTX was on the air at 96.1 during most of the 80's playing the softer pop hits. In 1989, the station became "Gold 96" focusing on music from the 60's, 70's and 80's. In 1991, WHTX made way for WVTY Variety 96 a Hot AC format - playing music that floated between Soft AC and Hot AC. SFX Broadcasting bought the station (and WTAE-AM) from Hearst in 1997 and gave it a modern hit format as WDRV "The River". WDRV changed formats again in early February 1999 and become WPHH with the "Mix 96.1" moniker. The format did not amount to much and in September, 2000 the format was bumped up to a CHR/top 40 as WKST "Kiss-FM." It was the first time fierce competition beat out WBZZ.

The station basically held the same basic format under the names of "WMYG/WRRK Magic 97" and "WRRK 97-ROCK". Nonetheless, after years as a classic rock station, the format was changed in November 2005. It is the sister station of WLTJ. The original studios were a small building in Braddock - a small town east of Pittsburgh. In fact, the Legal ID still has Braddock as the city of license, but moved to 7 Parkway Center when the current owners -- Steel City Media -- bought the station. In the days when the station was in Braddock, it was WLOA-FM and AM which took on an Easy Listening style sound. In the late 70's, FM-97 signed on playing more of a Soft AC sound under the direction of McVay Media Consultant Dave Popovich. The format was tweaked to a soft rock geared to women and given the nickname "Fem-FM". A callsign change was in order and WFFM Rockin' Easy was the name. WFFM was one of the first stations to give away $1 Million to a single listener. The contest flooded Ma Bell's lines as they took the 97th caller for the contest. Most of them were heard on the air. In recent times, many a listener will recall hearing Jimmy Roach (WOGG) and Steve Hansen together in the morning on the old WMYG. They were first at WDVE and then to Florida before their gig here. They were let go when the ratings and their performance went through the roof! Jim Quinn moved to RRK after having been fired from WBZZ where he hosted mornings with "Banana" Don Jefferson. After Quinn and Rose moved to 104.7 FM in 2004, the station went with syndicated "Bob & Tom" for mornings. In late 2005, WRRK was changed to "BOB-FM" and a format which plays a very eclectic mix of music. Many thought the new "Bob" format wouldn't take hold, but the ratings have proven differently.

Originally WESA-FM, the station held an Adult Contemporary format and was licensed to Charleroi with sister WESA-AM. The station could sometimes be reached in southern Allegheny County, but because of signal strength, often stayed south of Pittsburgh in Greene, Washington and Fayette Counties. In the late 90's this station became WZKT and started a new top-40 dance format as "Z-98". In late 1999, the station (and its sister WESA-AM) were acquired by Forever Broadcasting. In early 2000, WZKT became WOGI a simulcast to sister WOGG. WOGI simulcasted its sister station until March of 2002 when WOGI moved the City of License to Duquesne to bring the format to Pittsburgh proper. Jimmy Roach moved his morning show over to WOGI but it (and parts of the evening and night shifts) are still broadcast on WOGG. The license is a Class A and therefore must be licensed to a smaller community. The antenna is in Downtown Pittsburgh with studios in Carnegie.

Formerly a low power FM, W253AD was licensed to Glenshaw, Shaler Township in the North Hills and could really only be picked up there. It was a simulcast of WRWJ 88.1 which broadcasts from Murrysville. WRWJ This was the original frequency of WPTS until about 1994. In 2002, when WOGI moved its signal closer to Pittsburgh, this frequency was shut down.

WPKL was long known to Connellsville residents as WPQR. Sister with WCVI-AM (1340 AM), the two stations were run into the ground financially in 2000 and went dark. After some legal action was taken against the owner by the FCC, the stations were sold at auction to Keymarket. Now on the air with the "Pickle" format, the station airs rock from the '50s-'70s. The format is simulcast on WYJK (1340 AM) and sister WASP (1130) in Brownsville.

"Wish 99.7." Wish has long-held the number one spot for an AC music station in Pittsburgh. Carrying beautiful music throughout the 70's and 80's, it was very successful in attracting the older audience until 1989 when most Beautiful Music stations faltered in ratings. Perhaps now the only station in the country with the "Wish" moniker, the station has grown gracefully into a soft rock music station. The first station to air on 99.7 was WJAS-FM in 1948 when the signal was allotted to WJAS (1320) for FM use. Ever since, 1320 and 99.7 have been sister stations...that is except for one year. In the early 80s when Benni Broadcasting bought 13Q from Nationwide and changed it back into WJAS, Tony Renda bought WSHH from Nationwide. The two companies co-existed in the same, small Crane Avenue building until Renda bought WJAS a year later. Wish is attracting the female crowd between the ages of 25-54. Late in the stations beautiful music era (1988), Jack Bogut was brought in to boost morning show ratings. He remained with the station six years as they slowly evolved into a soft rock station. (He is now morning host on sister station 1320 WJAS.) "Banana" Don Jefferson was hired in May, 1997 after the station tried unsuccessfully other morning shows following Bogut's departure. Don's tenure lasted three years until he took a job elsewhere. PD Ron Antil currently hosts the show with Sara Lockard and they are joined by Hank Baughman who has been the morning news man since 1987. The station has carried syndicated love song and advice host Delilah since 1996. In late 2006, The John Tesh Show began to air overnights. The station is still owned by and is the flagship for Renda Broadcasting Corporation along with WJAS, WPTT and Greensburg's WGSM.

"The Point" came about in late 1994 after 100.7 was beaten out as country station, "K-Bear." Originally airing music strictly from the 70s, the station has gradually worked its way into a modern format playing mostly the "music of the 80s, 90s and Today". The current format became known as "Star" in June 2000 with a focus of 80's and 90's music. The station had been plauged with low ratings as "The Point" for some time. 100.7 was also WXXP in 1986-1988, under direction of Denis McNamara, who had worked with New York City alternative rocker WLIR. Then the alternative rock died at 100.7, WXVX (1510 AM) went on the air to keep a handful of disenfranchised listeners from jumping off bridges when WXXP became WMXP, "The Mix". WXVX stayed on the air playing alternative rock even after it became popular. WZPT it is a sister to WTZN, WDSY and KDKA. Owned by Infinity. WZPT originally had studios in New Kensington (and still has its license there). In the early 70s this was WNUF, a big band station. It was then an adult contemporary station before becoming "alternative" before alternative was popular (which is why WXXP died).

Salem Communications originally owned beautiful music WEZE 104.7 and in 1991 switched to a religious format. Later in the 90s, WORD moved over to 101.5 where sister station WPIT-FM has been. (WPIT remained on AM 730.) WORD-FM consists of family programming as well as faith-based programming. John and Stephanie host a local program on the station during weekday afternoons.

For many years, WDVE was almost always ranked second in the 12+ Arbitron ratings behind KDKA. More recently, WDVE has held the top spot proving it is one of the most listened-to stations in Pittsburgh. The morning show is hosted by Jim Krenn, a local stand up comedian and Randy Baumann. Krenn joined the show in the late 80's as a guest of Scott Paulsen. These two managed to keep their listeners for many years under the name of "Paulsen and Krenn in the Morning". They would freely poke fun at Pittsburgh and many local dignitaries and TV personalities (ie Former Mayor Sophie Masloff and newscaster Paul Long). Scott Paulsen did not renew his contract at the end of 1999 leaving the show to Krenn. Jimmy (Roach) and Steve (Hansen) were morning hosts until 1985 when they left. Scott Paulsen was originally at 96.1 WHTX (at the time not a sister to WDVE) and was hired soon after Jimmy and Steve left. He later asked Krenn to join him. Paulsen "retired" in 2000 and returned to WBGG nearly a year later doing a PM Drive program. Not long after that Paulsen returned to evenings on 'DVE until late 2006. The station was originally KQV-FM many years ago with their top-40 format. WDVE ("Dove") signed on with their "Love" format in 1968 and began to "Rock" in 1969. WDVE is a Clear Channel Member and the sister to WXDX, WKST, WPGB, WWSW and WBGG.

WANB, named for it's location in WAyNesBurg, has been around since the 1950's and most recently touted a country format. In March 2009, the callsign was switched to WKVE in preparation for the station's move to Mt. Pleasant. An application was filed in early 2007 to move the City of License to Mount Pleasant and boost the signal from Uniontown. The station is owned by Broadcast Communications Inc. with its AM counterpart WANB-AM, WKHB and WKFB. WKVE was previously used by Broadcast Communications owner Bob Stevens at 97.5 FM in St. Mary's PA.

WLSW is Power 104 in Connellsville which is east of Pittsburgh. Having a somewhat nice mixture of AC and Oldies music Power 104 is home to several unique radio shows. For instance, the "CA" Show is aired on WLSW and hosted by Charlie Apple. Charlie's basic show consists of the 1950's doowop music. Stan Wall owns this station.

A Clear Channel station that has been home to many formats over the last few decades. Originally known as WYDD, it was a "Real Jazz" format and then took on a rock format. 104.7 was the first COMMERCIAL station in Pittsburgh to play alternative music starting in 1980, under Program director Tom Mondell, with Rick Carroll (KROQ Los Angeles) as programming consultant. This venture yet visionary, was unfortunately short lived. In 1982 the station was playing top-40 tunes, competing with B-94. In 1989, WYDD became CHR station WNRJ, "Energy 104". It's not surprising that few were aware of this, for the format only lasted 10 months! In 1990, WNRJ became easy listening WEZE which took over the Bonneville beautiful music format when WSHH dumped it. In late 1991, it became WORD, followed by country WXRB "The Rebel" and alternative "The Revolution" WNRQ. The station became WJJJ with the smooth jazz format in June 1996. Chancellor Media's big switch of May 24, 1999 brought Pittsburgh the Jammin' Oldies format via WJJJ. The Jammin' Oldies format brought a new name to the station - "The Beat." The format was tweaked to more of an R&B Mix during the nearly five years it carried the urban-style format. WPGB came on board in 2004 when Clear Channel decided to bring Pittsburgh its first FM news/talk station with Jim Quinn as the morning show host. 104.7's studios were originally in New Kensington and moved to Greentree while WEZE was on the air. WORD 101.5 still uses these studios today. WPGB is sister to and located with WWSW, WBGG, WDVE, WXDX and WKST.

"The X." was Howard Stern's Pittsburgh outlet until early 2004 when Clear Channel cut Stern from all of its stations. WXDX originally aired on 106.7 in Beaver County. Once it was acquired by Secret Commuications, the station was moved into Pittsburgh on 105.9 FM. Secret Communications paid Sheridan Broadcasting's WAMO $14 Million to give up the strong 105.9 signal in exchange for the weak 106.7 in 1996. Currently owned by Clear Channel Communications along with WDVE, WWSW, WBGG, WPGB and WKST.

The flagship station for Sheridan Broadcasting Network, this station was once home to the infamous Porky Chedwick. When WAMO swapped frequencies with WXDX, the signal serving the Pittsburgh region was reduced greatly - only serving the western portion of the market. A simulcast was set up using WSSZ 107.1 out of Greensburg to cover the eastern suburbs. Used to be WWKS (Kiss 106.7), an adult contemporary station in Beaver Falls. It then programmed hard rock/heavy metal for a short time before going to all alternative in about 1993/1994 time frame and changing calls to WXDX (now at 105.9).

Was an automated classic rock station known as WSSZ in Greensburg, PA until about 1996. It was the sister to WHJB 620 in Greensburg. When the frequency swap of WAMO-FM and WXDX took place, WSSZ simulcast WAMO's signal to the eastern portion of the listening audience. In 2003, 106.7 was able to move into Allegheny County diminishing the need for the simulcast which continued anyway. In 2004, after WJJJ 104.7 became WPGB, WSSZ became WJJJ and continued the simulcast. In late 2004, the simulcast was switched over to WAMO-AM 860. Early in 2006, Sheridan Broadcasting sold WJJJ to Renda Subsidiary St. Pier Group. The station became WGSM and is programmed with Westwood One's "SAM" variety format. "SAM" stands for "Simply About Music".

"Y108." The only station to survive the Pittsburgh country wars. Back in the early 90's Pittsburgh seemed to have more country stations than necessary. There was "Y108", "K-Bear" at 100.7 and "The Rebel" at 104.7. Oddly enough the reason for three such stations was to have two gang up on one! WXRB (104.7) was sister to WDSY and both stations ranked up listeners to beat out K-Bear in 1994. Once that was taken care of, WXRB became WNRQ and played Alternative. WDSY was home to Jimmy Roach in the Mornings from 1990 to 1997 or 98 when John Garabo was brought on board to host the mornings. (Roach is now on WOGI 98.3.) Garabo left town in '99 for the west coast. Welsh and Woody were in the slot for a few years as well. Monty, Chris and Zeke are the current morning hosts. WDSY was originally known as "Daisy" which played a mostly instrumental format of Country Hits before taking on original renditions of Country Music. WDSY is owned by CBS with WTZN, WZPT and KDKA.