WPYT

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WPYT is a new talk radio station serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania market. The station, which is owned by Langer Broadcasting, broadcasts on 660 kHz on the AM dial with a power of 260 watts, daytime only, and is licensed to Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. WPYT was recently granted a construction permit to increase power to 1400 watts, still daytime only.

[edit] History: Beginnings at AM 1470 in Cambria County

The station was originally on 1470 kHz, and licensed to Portage, Pennsylvania, halfway between Johnstown and Altoona.

This station began as WRML, and had operated as a daytime-only station for much of its history since signing on back in the early 1960's. Through the years and format and callsign changes, (usually between country and oldies) it finally received nighttime power authorization in the early 90's, allowing it to operate at night with a limited power of 88 watts. Though successful financially in its earlier years, the station and its FM sister, then known as WZGO, experienced a sharp decline in the mid 80's, as did the local economy, in part due to the collapse of the region's rich steel-producing and coal-mining industries.

Under FCC rules which permit a station owner to move a daytime-only station and change its frequency, the station was relocated to the Pittsburgh area with a new frequency and city of license at the turn of the 21st century.

On 660, the station first signed on with the call letters WCIX. On 1470, it had previously been known as WRML, WWML, WHYM, and WZGO.

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[edit] External links

• WPYT Website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WPYT
• Radio Locator Information on WPYT