On Jan 17,1957 Douglas and Assoc. were Granted a CP fora new AM Radio Station on 540 in Canonsburg Pa. using 250Watts Directional North. Estimated Construction Cost $40,673.71, 1 Year Operating Cost $50,000. The Principals were Walter J McCoy Former Chief Engineer of WJAS Radio,R.A. Douglas Heating and Sheet Metal Contractor, Floyd S Bert, Henry Schueler Former Transmitter Engineers at WJAS. And Draga Powlich Each with 20%. On Feb 11, 1957 Call Letters WCNG Were Assigned. Nov 27, 1957 WCNG is on the Air [ Broadcasting YearBook Lists Nov 28,1957]. Oct 1, 1959 WCNG is Sold to Colonial Broadcasting for $50,000 Plus Incurred Debt. Sept. 7,1961 Tommy and Mary Lou Sutton Buy WCNG For $86,500. Oct 30, 1961 Call Letters Changed to WARO [ We Are Radio One , Location on the Radio Dial]. In April 1967 Universal Communitions Buys WARO for $135,472. Under This Owner Many Changes take Place Daytime Power is Incressed to 1,000 Watts in the Mid 80's Night Service is Added with 250 Watts and Clasical Music is the Format in Stere
n Sept 1, 1987 The Call Letters are Changed to WWCS. Later The Night Power is Incresed to 500 Watts And Day Power to 7,500 Watts. In May 1991 Bob Stevens [WKHB,WKFB] Buys WWCs for $750,00 Under his WKYN Brand. But that Deal Through. In 1992 Birach Broadcasting Bought WWCS for $440,000. The Format Was Mixed Ethnic, Then Oldies Under Zeke Jackson, Radio Disney, Spanish From Mich. And Now Fox Sports. On June , 26 ,1993 He Reduced Daytime Power to 5,000 Watts to Improve his WDVM 540 Pokomock Md. Signal into Washington DC, He Later Tried to Decress Daytime Power to 3500 Watts . And Tried to Move WDMV Closer to DC with a Fulltime Power of 1,000 Watts, But NIMBY Is Stopping That. Many Changes Have Taken Place Over the 55 Years But WCNG -WARO - WWCS Chugs Along. Happy Birthday AM 540 May you have Many More Years.
n Sept 1, 1987 The Call Letters are Changed to WWCS. Later The Night Power is Incresed to 500 Watts And Day Power to 7,500 Watts. In May 1991 Bob Stevens [WKHB,WKFB] Buys WWCs for $750,00 Under his WKYN Brand. But that Deal Through. In 1992 Birach Broadcasting Bought WWCS for $440,000. The Format Was Mixed Ethnic, Then Oldies Under Zeke Jackson, Radio Disney, Spanish From Mich. And Now Fox Sports. On June , 26 ,1993 He Reduced Daytime Power to 5,000 Watts to Improve his WDVM 540 Pokomock Md. Signal into Washington DC, He Later Tried to Decress Daytime Power to 3500 Watts . And Tried to Move WDMV Closer to DC with a Fulltime Power of 1,000 Watts, But NIMBY Is Stopping That. Many Changes Have Taken Place Over the 55 Years But WCNG -WARO - WWCS Chugs Along. Happy Birthday AM 540 May you have Many More Years.