WTNA
City | Altoona, Pennsylvania |
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Broadcast area | Altoona, Pennsylvania |
Frequency | 1430 kHz |
Branding | Toona 1430 & 99.7 |
Programming | |
Format | Oldies |
Ownership | |
Owner | Forever Broadcasting, LLC (FM Radio Licenses, LLC) |
WALY, WFBG, WFGY, WRKY, WWOT | |
History | |
First air date | November 9, 1948 (first license granted)[1] |
Former call signs | WVAM (1948-2019) |
Call sign meaning | TooNA |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 47089 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Translator(s) | W259DG (99.7 MHz, Altoona) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www |
WTNA (1430 AM) is an oldies radio station licensed to Altoona, Pennsylvania. The station is branded as "Toona 1430 & 99.7". The station is owned by Forever Broadcasting.
WTNA is the flagship station for Altoona Curve baseball. It is also the Altoona affiliate of the Penn State Sports Network, Pittsburgh Steelers Football Network, and Pitt Basketball games on the Pitt ISP Radio Network.
Changes[]
On January 2, 2013, the station dropped the Jim Rome Show and replaced it with The Herd with Colin Cowherd.
History[]
Originally WVAM, it became a CBS affiliate when it went on the air December 15, 1947. At that time, it operated on 1430 kHz with 1,000 watts power.[2]
On February 6, 2019, WVAM changed their format from sports to oldies, branded as "Toona 1430".[3] On March 15, 2019, the station changed its call sign to WTNA.
In November 2020, the station launched a 250-watt translator on 99.7 to serve the Altoona area. With the launch of the translator, the branding was adjusted to "Toona 1430 & 99.7".
Previous logo[]
References[]
- ^ https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=47089
- ^ "Four New Affiliates Make CBS Total 171" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 17, 1947. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ A New Toona For Altoona Radioinsight - February 6, 2019
External links[]
- WTNA in the FCC AM station database
- WTNA on Radio-Locator
- WTNA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Coordinates: 40°29′42″N 78°24′06″W / 40.49500°N 78.40167°W
- Oldies radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations in Altoona, Pennsylvania
- Radio stations established in 1948
- 1948 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania radio station stubs