WQLE

WQLE (960 AM) was the last official call sign of a now defunct radio station in Kane, Pennsylvania.

WQLE signed on as WADP on August 4, 1954 under the ownership of Northern Allegheny Broadcasting Company. Studios and offices were located inside the Penn-Kane Hotel, at the corner of Fraley and Greeves Streets in Kane. Transmitter facilities were located along Highland Road, outside of Kane. The construction permit to build the station was issued on February 24, 1954, which allowed the station to operate at the assigned frequency of 1590 kHz and at a daytime-only power of 500 watts.

However, the FCC granted WADP permission to move to the stronger dial position of 960 kHz one month later, but it still operated as a daytime-only service, with its power output remaining at 500 watts. One year prior to WADP's inception, WFRM in Coudersport, provided southern and central McKean County with local news service to its station from studios in Smethport, the county's seat, following a very positive response after doing a remote broadcast in town. However, local broadcasts that were exclusive to McKean County were only about an hour a day and generally confined to mornings, and it soon became obvious that this part of McKean County not only needed its own radio station, but was able to support one. Service from WESB in Bradford, which first went on the air in 1947, was barely able to be heard in the area due to the rugged mountain terrain literally splitting the county in two, as well as its Class C local frequency that provided a very limited signal. WHDL in Olean, New York also had some coverage in the northeastern portion of the county. WFRM, while having the better signal that blanketed McKean County, could only offer so much service to a county not its own. Two WFRM employees, Bob and Lois Johnson, who were part of the new WFRM studio operations in Smethport, left the station a short time later to assist in the startup of WADP.

In November 1958, the FCC granted WADP permission to double its power to one thousand watts, while retaining its daytime-only status.

On April 1, 1959, WADP was acquired by Kane Broadcasting Corporation, a company headed by Gordon Hanks, who served as the company's president and general manager. On July 1, 1965 the station was sold again to WKZA Broadcasting Company, headed by general manager Edward Lenaway and his wife Rita. Concurrently, the station's call letters were changed to WKZA.

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