WOWY (FM)

WOWY (103.1 FM) is a classic hits radio station in State College, Pennsylvania operating with a power of 370 watts.

WOWY
Broadcast areaState College, Pennsylvania
Frequency103.1 MHz
BrandingWOWY 97.7 103.1 103.5
Programming
FormatClassic hits
AffiliationsUnited Stations Radio Networks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Ownership
Owner
  • Seven Mountains Media, LLC.
  • (Southern Belle Media Family, LLC)
WBUS, WFGE, WHUN, WLEJ, WRSC, WZWW
History
First air date
1965 (as WMAJ-FM)
Former call signs
  • WMAJ-FM (1964–1972)
  • WXLR (1972–1988)
  • WBHV (1988–2005)
  • WJHT (2005–2006)
  • WJHT-FM (2006)
  • WQKK (2006)
  • WQWK (2006–2009)
  • WRSC-FM (2009–2016)
  • WAPY (2016–2023)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID48926
ClassA
ERP370 watts
HAAT398 meters (1,306 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°48′30″N 77°56′32″W
Repeater(s)1150 WHUN (Huntingdon)
103.5 WHUN-FM (Huntingdon)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewowyonline.com

Programming

Until May 20, 2015, WOWY 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. WOWY also aired a local show, The WRSC Morning Show, starring Centre Region-area radio veteran Kevin Nelson (& Company), which was replaced with Pat Urban show. WAPY aired NASCAR programming as well during the week from MRN Radio.

History

WOWY had been a talk radio station before becoming branded as News Radio 1390.

Andy Flick, currently a coordinating producer at CNN Radio, worked at WOWY 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 WOWY alums include Pat Kain and Jennifer Goodwin.

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 103.1".

It was announced on October 12, 2022 that Forever Media was selling 34 stations and 12 translators, including WAPY and five other sister stations, to State College-based Seven Mountains Media for $17.375 million.[1] The deal closed on January 1, 2023.[2]

On December 30, 2022, it was announced that the station would be simulcasting WOWY within days.[3]

On January 3, 2023, WAPY picked up the WOWY classic hits format from WOWY 97.1 FM University Park, which began stunting towards a new format.[4] WAPY changed its call sign to WOWY on January 16, 2023.

Former logos

References
  1. "SEVEN MOUNTAINS MEDIA TO ACQUIRE 34 STATIONS FROM FOREVER MEDIA". RadioInsight.com. October 12, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  2. "Seven Mountains Media-Forever Media Deal To Close Jan. 2". October 12, 2022.
  3. "Seven Mountains Confirms Imminent State College Shakeup - RadioInsight". 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  4. Seven Mountains Media State College Format Shuffle Update Radioinsight - January 5, 2023


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