WQTW
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| City | Latrobe, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Branding | "Music Power 104" |
| Frequency | 1570 kHz |
| First air date | December 12, 1951 (as WAKU) |
| Format | Classic Hits (WLSW simulcast) |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 224 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 36115 |
| Former callsigns | WAKU (1951-1959) WSHH (1959-1963) |
| Owner | Sharon Wall as administrator |
| Website | musicpower104.com |
WQTW is an American radio station, licensed to the city of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. WQTW operates at 1570 kHz with a maximum power of 1,000 watts day, 220 watts night. The station was owned by L. Stanley Wall, who also owned and operated WLSW-FM in Connellsville (licensed to Scottdale), Pennsylvania until his death on June 4, 2015.
WQTW first signed on the air as WAKU on December 12, 1951, making it the second AM station to come on the air in Westmoreland County, as WHJB (now WKHB) had been the first in 1934. A second station, WTRA (now WCNS) came on the air five years later after WAKU's debut.
WAKU was originally owned by Clearfield Broadcasters, Inc., which owned and published the Clearfield Progress newspaper, headquartered in Clearfield, Pennsylvania; as well as radio station WCPA. The newspaper was looking to expand its advertising reach by building or buying radio stations in nearby markets, and would do so with further acquisitions in Indiana and Centre counties. The station initially signed on the air as a daytime-only station, with a maximum power output of 250 watts, with studios at 200 Depot Street in downtown Latrobe.
WAKU, which by this time relocated to 215 Church Street, was granted permission in 1955 to increase its power to a full 1,000 watts; its current power output today. [1]
In 1957, Clearfield Broadcasting decided to sell WAKU, as they were preparing to acquire Indiana County-based WDAD and WQMU, a transaction that would be completed in 1958. WAKU was sold to WAKU, Inc., a company headed by Harry Reed on July 1, 1956. This would mark the first of several transactions over the next decade.
In 1959, WAKU was acquired by Rosenblum Stations, which also owned WISR in Butler, and WACB in Kittanning, as well as two other stations in Ohio. The call letters were then changed to WSHH, which were later acquired by a Pittsburgh FM station that still uses these same call letters today. Rosenblum Stations, however, sold WSHH to Tayloradio, in 1962. This period of ownership would also not last long, as WSHH was sold to Westmoreland Broadcasting Corporation in February 1963 and assigned its current callsign, WQTW. In the mid 60's WQTW featured popular radio personalities such as Tom Sidwell, John Vincze, Jim Albright and Joe Gearing.
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