WOW! Dennis Miller Has FIVE Stations In Johnstown-Altoona!

[DToTheJ]

http://www.dennismillerradio.com/stationfinder?action=stateSearch&state=PA

And it looks like the only one airing it live is WBLF!

Meanwhile, the same link shows three affiliates in Philadelphia, though only one of them (WNTP) is legitimately in Philly; the other two are in Atlantic City and Dover.

 

[fybush]

There's no "Johnstown-Altoona" radio market. That's a TV creation. There are really at least three radio markets wrapped up under that label, and mountainous terrain means that radio signals from one city don't get heard in the others very well, if at all. WKGE/WWGE is a 2-AM simulcast that's the Johnstown-market signal. WFBG is the Altoona affiliate. WBLF is the State College affiliate. And I'd bet a fair sum of money that WHUN isn't really carrying the show at all - it used to be a simulcast of WFBG, but flipped a couple of years ago to a simulcast of WRSC in State College.

 

[DToTheJ]

WHUN is now operating under the calls WLLI - whatever that means...

 

[fybush]

WHUN is now operating under the calls WLLI - whatever that means...

Right you are - I even wrote about it in NorthEast Radio Watch back in March...

We overlooked a February format change up in the hills of central Pennsylvania: the former WHUN (1150 Huntingdon) has ditched its simulcast of news-talk WRSC (1390 State College), changing calls to WLLI and flipping to country.

http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2010/100322/nerw.html#pa

 

[KeyTimes950]

Scott, you're correct about the TV market, but there always has been some radio interaction among the three cities, most notably now Forever's operations based in Hollidaysburg, but back in the day Cary Simpson's Allegheny Mountain Network which had stations in Ebensburg and Tyrone that blanketed all the major counties.

Sadly, however, there is no one there now who could match the late showman Bill Bland, who told listeners in the late 70s, "In Cambria, Indiana, Clearfield and Blair counties, when people say radio, they mean WNCC, Barnesboro."

 

[phantomofthestudio]

KeyTimes950,you hit the nail on the head. Bill Bland took WNCC, a 500 watt daytimer and transformed it into a community station,not just for Barnesboro,but for northern Cambria County,parts of Indiana and Clearfield Counties, as well. He had an award -winning news department under news director Patrick Cloonan and his format allowed true "personality radio",something that is sadly missing in music-based radio formats today. Local businesses who were reluctant to buy airtime on WNCC under the former owner,started to advertise on a regular basis because Bill proved the station to be a valuable asset to Barnesboro and surrounding communities with programming like Dial & Deal, Open Mike,The Sunday Polka Party and several radio-thons that successfully raised money for area causes. It was a time like no other in local radio,and, we ,most likely,will never experience it again.

 

[fryman]

The late Mr. Bland also had the foresight to hire Barney Hoople!