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Pennsylvania radio station purchases for Lightner; a few months later, Lightner purchased the other AC/adult standards station in the region, AM 1400, and flipped it to adult hits as
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Simpson signed WTRN on the air on January 12, 1955. Simpson also successfully applied for an FM license to also
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W264BZ is an FM translator, which retransmits the WTRN 1340 AM signal on the FM band at 100.7 MHz. When
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88:Affiliations
82:Classic hits
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1692: /
1525:Titusville
1445:Pittsburgh
1415:New Castle
1365:Lock Haven
1355:Linesville
1320:Huntingdon
1290:Greensburg
1210:Clearfield
1180:Brookville
1150:Bellefonte
780:Translators
251:Listen Live
231:Public file
196:(unlimited)
168:Facility ID
71:Programming
1707:Categories
1680:78°15′21″W
1677:40°39′37″N
1575:Wellsboro
1555:Uniontown
1495:Smethport
1475:Riverside
1405:Nanticoke
1375:Mansfield
1335:Johnstown
616:Huntingdon
493:2023-09-13
424:References
386:WTRN today
359:FM signals
1633:religious
1618:news/talk
1485:Scranton
1465:Red Lion
1425:Olyphant
1310:Hazleton
1280:Franklin
1250:Emporium
1160:Bellwood
1054:Johnstown
863:call sign
845:frequency
306:WKBI (AM)
128:Call sign
98:Ownership
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1594:See also
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1230:Dushore
1170:Berwick
1130:Altoona
1070:See also
488:"W264BZ"
61:Branding
1613:country
1608:college
1565:Warren
1545:Tyrone
1449:WWSW-FM
1399:WBZD-FM
1329:WHUN-FM
1300:Hawley
1264:WMCE-FM
1234:WGMF-FM
1044:Bedford
1021:Defunct
997:WRKY-FM
980:WMES-LP
966:WJSM-FM
956:WHUN-FM
931:WDBF-FM
852:162.425
612:Altoona
561:in the
545:in the
525:in the
443:YouTube
291:History
257:Website
246:Webcast
208:Altoona
130:meaning
111:History
1648:top 40
1643:sports
1628:oldies
1395:Muncy
1220:Corry
987:WNG589
911:W294AE
906:W274BE
901:W273BE
896:W264BZ
891:W253CJ
886:W249DD
881:W245CZ
876:W241CQ
871:W207CN
569:W264BZ
553:W245CZ
192:1,000
77:Format
1658:other
1653:urban
1260:Erie
828:106.7
823:102.7
818:102.5
813:100.7
771:107.7
754:106.3
749:104.9
744:103.9
739:103.5
734:100.1
630:Blair
281:watts
217:Links
194:watts
188:Power
178:Class
103:Owner
53:1340
1638:rock
1579:WNDA
1569:WRRN
1559:WPKL
1549:WTRN
1539:WGMM
1529:WTIV
1519:WPCO
1509:WOWY
1499:WXMT
1489:WWRR
1479:WHNA
1469:WSOX
1459:WYCK
1439:WOGL
1429:WGMF
1419:WKST
1409:WQFM
1389:WIKG
1379:WOGA
1369:WBPZ
1359:WMVL
1349:WLBR
1339:WNTJ
1324:WHUN
1314:WGMA
1304:WYCY
1294:WHJB
1284:WHMJ
1274:WQFN
1254:WQKY
1244:WKPL
1224:WWCB
1214:WCPA
1204:WOWQ
1194:WXMJ
1184:WKQL
1174:WMMZ
1164:WQWY
1154:WBLF
1144:WNNA
1134:WTNA
1012:WTRN
1007:WTNA
1002:WRTA
992:WQWY
983:WMMH
976:WLKE
971:WKMC
961:WJSM
951:WHUN
946:WHHN
941:WFGY
936:WFBG
926:WBXQ
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916:WALY
808:98.5
803:97.7
798:96.9
793:96.1
788:89.3
764:LPFM
729:98.1
724:94.7
719:94.3
714:93.5
709:92.7
705:91.9
701:88.1
682:1430
677:1370
672:1340
667:1290
662:1240
657:1150
652:1110
632:and
614:and
533:WTRN
451:2021
409:WBXQ
405:WBRX
401:WRTA
397:WKMC
393:WYUP
318:WGMR
298:WHUN
269:WTRN
172:1056
20:WTRN
1623:NPR
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