WZUM
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| WZUM-AM | |
 |
|
| City of license | Carnegie, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Branding | "Relevant Radio" |
| First air date | 1960 |
| Frequency | 1590 kHz |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Power | 1000 Watts daytime |
| Class | D |
| Former callsigns | WPLW, WZUM |
| Affiliations | Relevant Radio |
| Owner | Starboard Broadcasting |
| Website | wzum.relevantradio.com |
WZUM (1590 AM) is a radio station in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Relevant Radio Christian network.
[edit] History
The station, which was owned by Horvath Broadcasting until being sold in 2005 to Catholic group owner Starboard Broadcasting.
WZUM began in the 1960s as an R&B and top 40 station, owned by popular Pittsburgh polka bandleader Jimmy Pol. During the 1970s, WZUM was a freeform AOR outlet from noon until dusk, (broadcasting polkas in the morning), until it switched to religious programming under the WPLW callsign in 1975 after its purchase by Robert Hickling. In 1998, following Hickling's death, it was sold to Pittsburgh area broadcaster Mike Horvath and returned to WZUM, changing to smooth jazz, but went dark after just one year with the format. The station later returned after a major transmitter and studio overhaul with time-brokered programming, then oldies, with Catholic programming added in 2002. Upon purchase of the station, Starboard converted it to 100% Catholic programming.
Recently, WZUM applied for an upgrade to its signal, which will give the station minimal night power.
  |
This article about a radio station in Pennsylvania is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
[edit] External links
By Frequency: 540 | 590 | 620 | 660 | 680 | 730 | 770 | 810 | 860 | 910 | 940 | 950 | 970 | 1020 | 1050 | 1080 | 1110 | 1130 | 1150 | 1200 | 1230 | 1250 | 1280 | 1320 | 1340 | 1340 | 1360 | 1380 | 1410 | 1430 | 1450 | 1460 | 1480 | 1490 | 1510 | 1530 | 1550 | 1570 | 1580 | 1590
By Callsign: KDKA | KQV | WAMO | WANB | WASP | WAVL | WBCW | WBGG | WBUT | WBVP | WCNS | WCVI | WDIG | WEAE | WEDO | WEIR | WFGI | WGBN | WISR | WJAS | WJPA | WJST | WKHB | WKFB | WKST | WKZV | WMBA | WMBS | WWNL | WOHI | WPGR | WPIT | WPTT | WPYT | WQTW | WSTV | WTYM | WURP | WWCS | WZUM
Satellite Radio Local Traffic/Weather: XM Channel 215
See also: Pittsburgh (FM) (AM)
- See also: List of AM stations in Pittsburgh
Allentown (FM) (AM) | Altoona | Chambersburg | Erie (FM) (AM) | Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon (FM) (AM) | Johnstown | Lancaster (FM) (AM) | Meadville-Franklin | Philadelphia (FM) (AM) | Pittsburgh (FM) (AM) | Reading | State College | Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg | Wilkes Barre-Scranton (FM) (AM) | Waynesboro | Williamsport | York (FM) (AM)
Non-Arbitron-Ranked Pennsylvania Radio Markets:
Northern Pennsylvania (includes DuBois, Kane, Punxsutawney, and St. Marys)
Markets that transcend New York and Pennsylvania:
Olean NY/Bradford PA | Jamestown NY/Warren PA
