WAPY
WAPY is a classic hits station in State College, Pennsylvania operating at 103.1 MHz on the FM band with a power of 370 watts.
City | State College, Pennsylvania |
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Broadcast area | State College, Pennsylvania |
Frequency | 103.1 MHz |
Branding | Happy 103 |
Programming | |
Format | Classic Hits |
Ownership | |
Owner | Forever Broadcasting (FM Radio Licenses, LLC) |
WBHV-FM, WMAJ, WFGE, WQWK, WRSC (AM) | |
History | |
First air date | 1965 |
Former call signs | WXLR (1965-1988) WBHV (1988-2005) WJHT (2005-2006) WJHT-FM (2006) WQKK (2006) WQWK (2006-2009) WRSC-FM (2009-2016) |
Call sign meaning | HAPpY |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 48926 |
Class | A |
ERP | 370 watts |
HAAT | 398 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°48′30″N 77°56′32″W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | WAPY Online |
The then-WRSC-FM moved its talk programming from 1390 AM to 103.1 FM on Monday, August 3, 2009 as "Newsradio 103 WRSC." The news/talk format moved back to 1390 AM on May 20, 2015 as 103.1 flipped to classic hits as "Happy 103".
Former logo
Programming
Until May 20, 2015, WAPY carried many nationally syndicated shows such as, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, America in the Morning with Jim Bohannon, The Glenn Beck Program, The Dave Ramsey Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Michael Savage Show, The Mark Levin Show, The Jerry Doyle Show, The Clark Howard Show, and Live on Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham. WAPY also aired a local show, The WRSC Morning Show, starring Centre Region-area radio veteran Kevin Nelson (& Company), which is currently replaced with Pat Urban show. WAPY aired NASCAR programming as well during the week from MRN Radio.
Now that the station broadcasts a Classic Hits format it has a live local morning show and receives the rest of its programming from Westwood One Classic Hits Local
History
WAPY had been a talk radio station before becoming branded as News Radio 1390.
Andy Flick, currently a coordinating producer at CNN Radio, worked at WAPY during and after his time at Penn State University. John Lorinc, an anchor/editor for CNN Radio worked at sister station WQWK at the same time. Other WAPY alums include Pat Kain and Jennifer Goodwin.
External links
- Official Website
- WAPY in the FCC's FM station database
- WAPY on Radio-Locator
- WAPY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database