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| Ed DeHart |
The call letters WZUM are returning to Southwest
PA , at AM 1550.
On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission approved
that callsign for AM 1550, a Braddock station now owned by AM Guys LLC.
“It will be easier to promote the new format using call
letters that are familiar,” said AM Guys partner Ed DeHart told triblive.com, a
fan of the first WZUM. He did not disclose AM 1550's format before its sign on.
“I think it's the best possible use of the frequency,” said
Clarke Ingram, a veteran programmer who worked with Clear Channel and Broadcast
Communications Inc. in North
Versailles Township
“Since we are not going to be a top-40 station, we feel our
audience will have warm fuzzy feelings for the new call,” DeHart said.
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| Clarke Ingram |
AM 1550 was Matta Broadcasting's WLOA from 1947-79. From
1959-79 Matta ran WLOA-FM and WFFM-96.9, now Steel City Media's WRRK.
Since 2003 “WLOA” has been used by a Mercer County
AM
“If it gets any ratings at all, that will be a victory,”
Ingram said. “(It) has been an absolute zero since the WLOA days.”
AM Guys LLC tested AM 1550 with an eclectic music mix as it
installed automation.
Fantastic. It's Great to here the old sounds coming out of my AM radio.
ReplyDeleteI have already set my car radio to 15.50 AM. That's my number 1 position.
I'm part of a 60s band that just got back together this year.
All of the member of the group are from Hazelwood and in the 60s,
we picked the songs we played from an AM radio station from Homestead.
Now we are listening to your station for inspiration.
The original name of the band was the Gents +1/Confusion.
We have renamed ourselves as ConfusionsRevived.
I'm just starting to put together our Home Page.
You can here some of the songs we are performing on You Tube.
Just search for wego1149A. We have some songs recorded in the 60s
and a few vids from our premier show in August.
I'm Larry Stanley wego1149@verizon.net of 412-343-0218
I would love to get the opportunity to work with you and your station.
Thanks, Larry