WALY (FM)

WWOT
	File:WWOT HOT100 logo.png
Altoona, Pennsylvania;
Broadcast area	Altoona, Pennsylvania
Frequency	100.1 MHz
Branding	Hot 100
Programming
Format	Top 40
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Forever Broadcasting
Sister stations	WALY, WFBG, WFGY, WRKY, WTNA
History
First air date	January 27, 1954; (first license granted)
Call sign meaning	WW(H)OT
Technical information
Facility ID	47090
Class	B1
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	291 meters (955 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.foreveraltoona.com/hot100pa/

WWOT is the Top 40 music formatted radio station in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Forever Broadcasting and is related with Hot 92 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The station has an ERP of 3,000 Watts.

History of the 100.1 frequency

100.1 was previously held by WPRR, which was also a CHR formatted station from 1986 until the call letter change to WWOT on March 15, 2005. Prior to the format change in 1986, WPRR had been formatted as AOR since 1980, and prior to 1980 it had been WVAM-FM, an automated, Drake-Chenault, Top 40 station. One of its most popular features in the 1990s was the morning show with Tommy Edwards and Danice Bell, which aired every weekday. Other popular personalities to pass through WPPR during the 1980s and 1990s were Scott St. John, Dave McCall, Steve Hilton, Bob McCarty, Dave Austin, J.B. Savage, Kristen Fox, Chad Bender, Jim Hatch, Darrell Ray, Hollywood John Harlow and Rich Dennis.^{[citation needed]}

Conflict with 100.1 in Romney, West Virginia

As one travels southbound on Interstate 99 towards Bedford, Pennsylvania, WWOT's signal will start to conflict with WVMD in Romney, West Virginia, a Country station.^{[citation needed]} Romney is located near the intersection of US 220, US 50 and West Virginia Route 28.

Temperature inversions can cause FM signals to travel farther, but the two stations are operating within Federal Communications Commission guidelines.^[2]

References

^ "FM Query Results - Audio Division (FCC) USA". Transition.fcc.gov. 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^ "FM Broadcast Station Classes and Service Contours". Federal Communications Commission. Dec 11, 2015. Retrieved Oct 15, 2019.

External links

Official website
‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› WWOT in the FCC FM station database
WWOT in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

40°34′12″N 78°26′24″W / 40.570°N 78.440°W / 40.570; -78.440

[1] "FM Query Results - Audio Division (FCC) USA". Transition.fcc.gov. 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2019-10-15.

[2] "FM Broadcast Station Classes and Service Contours". Federal Communications Commission. Dec 11, 2015. Retrieved Oct 15, 2019.

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