WCCS
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| Broadcast area | Homer City / Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Branding | Newstalk 1160 WCCS |
| Slogan | "The Voice of Indiana County" |
| Frequency | 1160 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 101.1 MHz (W266CZ) |
| First air date | October 25, 1983 |
| Format | News talk, Sports |
| Power | 10,000 watts (Daytime) 1,000 watts (Night) |
| ERP | 250 watts (FM) |
| Class | B (AM) D (FM) |
| Owner |
Renda Broadcasting Corporation (The St. Pier Group, LLC) |
| Website | http://www.1160wccs.com |
WCCS (1160 AM) is a commercially licensed American AM radio station, in Homer City, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, and 25 miles northwest of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. WCCS broadcasts at a frequency of 1160 kHz with a maximum daytime power output of 10,000 watts, and 1,000 watts night. The station operates with a four-tower directional antenna pattern, and programs a daily format of news talk, sports talk, and local news/sports reports.
WCCS was the brainchild of founders Mark Harley and Ray Goss, both of whom had served as general managers at radio stations in the area that were owned by Progressive Publishing, which also published the Clearfield Progress newspaper.
Goss left WDAD and WQMU in 1981 after being general manager for 15 years. Harley had also left WMAJ and WXLR after 11 years as general manager. Not long after they parted ways with their old stations, Harley called Goss and asked him about getting together to put a new station on the air.
"Mark told me 'what do you think about us putting a station on of our own?'," said Goss in an interview. "My response was 'with what?' Then he asked me how much equity I had in my house and if my wife was still working, and after thinking about it some more, I thought 'why not'." It was a well-matched partnership, as Harley's knowledge of accounting (he's also a CPA) and management complemented Goss' creative sales and marketing ingenuity.
The pair first considered obtaining a license in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, not too far from Goss' home base in Indiana. They learned of a dormant construction permit for an AM station two miles south of Indiana in Homer City that had yet to sign on the air. The pair formed Raymark Broadcasting in 1982 and negotiated with Ridge Communications of Somerset (which then owned WVSC-AM-FM in Somerset) to buy the permit. They purchased acreage in an alfalfa field to erect a tower site and a studio building, and on October 25, 1983, the station signed on the air as "AM 1520 The Adult Address." The call letters were WRID (originally the choice for Ridge Communications), but were seldom used. The station was one of the first in the country to use satellite-delivered technology for its news and for its adult contemporary music format, through an affiliation agreement with the Satellite Music Network (SMN).
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