WLMI
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WVTT is an FM radio station licensed to Portville, New York
. The station, broadcasting at 96.7 MHz, is owned by Colonial Radio Group
and broadcasts a talk radio
format.
Prior to October 2011, WVTT was licensed to Kane, Pennsylvania
at 103.9 MHz. WVTT swapped with WBYB
, which was previously located at 96.7 in Portville, in October 2011.
, that had been on the air since 1954, and had been controlled for many years by a New York-based company (the Bilbat Broadcast Bunch dba locally as Raise Kane Radio, Inc.) that had other stations in its portfolio in addition to its own.
The call letters were changed to WIFI about six months after going on the air, and it didn't take long for WIFI to make an impact on its competitor, though not enough to effectively put it out of business until years later. WIFI was the very first FM station to come on the air in McKean County, with WBRR
in Bradford coming on the air three years later. WHKS
in Port Allegany and WQRM
in Smethport would not come on the air until 6 and 7 years later, respectively. Though only 3,000 watts at the time of its debut, Kane was located at the top of a mountain, which allowed WIFI a huge coverage area from a relatively short antenna, thus enabling it to serve all of McKean County and parts of New York's Twin Tiers area, as well as a portion of Elk and Warren Counties.
then, now known today as WDSN
), to William Hearst, president of Clarion County Broadcasting. As WLMI began to entrench itself as a formidable competitor in town, many of WKZA's staff defected to WLMI, leaving Raise Kane Radio to put WKZA up for sale, finding that its profits were rapidly shrinking. Though a competitor buyout was speculated, WLMI did not show an interest in acquiring an AM station, and WKZA was sold for $75,000 to Bill Shannon Broadcasting in 1990.
The following year meant transactions for both WKZA and WLMI. Bill Shannon Broadcasting sold WKZA to Walter R. Pierre for $63,500 in December 1991, with the FCC approving the transaction a month later. On December 3, 1992, Hearst sold WLMI for $245,000 to Beech Tree Broadcasting Co, whose president was veteran news broadcaster Chuck Crouse, who had anchored news reports for many years on WEEI in Boston. (Clarion County Broadcasting today owns WWCH
-AM and WCCR
-FM in Clarion, and acquired WKQW AM
-FM
in Oil City in 2005).
With Crouse's background in news, it wasn't uncommon to hear a local newscast each hour of every day on WLMI during this time, following an hourly report from ABC News. Crouse anchored news reports from 6 am until 2 pm with Scott McGuire handling reports from 3 pm until the following morning, Monday through Friday. High school students from Kane were hired to provide information to listeners on weekends, helping to keep WLMI's doors open seven days a week. Weather was also a staple on the station with around fifty reports a day each hour and half-hour. Crouse hosted a daily two hour morning show each weekday called "The Chuckwagon" which featured music, commentary, interviews and occasional announcements about lost dogs. Sports Director and Sales Manager at the time, Barry Morgan, hosted a sports commentary at 9:10 am each weekday that ran for about 10 minutes. On Saturdays, local programming included a three-hour extended edition of Crouse's show known as "Saturday Morning Open-House" from 9 am until noon. Around 1999, WLMI developed a website http://www.wlmifm.com that still provides news and information today while under new ownership. This very successful attempt at localism (while using a satellite-delivered programming service for music and DJ's) would eventually seal WKZA's fate.
WKZA became WQLE in an effort by Pierre to reverse its sagging fortunes. The station, which by this time was reduced to an all-barter affiliate of Chuck Harder
's "For the People" populist
national talk network (which shared its revenues with affiliate stations), finally failed for good, going dark
on December 21, 1992. Its departure left WLMI as the only local radio station offering service to Kane. No FCC paperwork was filed to legally silence the station, and was given up as simply abandoned.
Today, the WKZA calls belong to a CHR
station at 106.9 mHz, serving Warren and Jamestown, NY
.
In July 2006, Crouse sold WLMI to Colonial Radio Group and CEO Jeff Andrulonis, its current owner for $366,000.
Since its formative years as WIFI, WLMI had maintained its longtime call letters and a format that combines full-service news & information with country music. Under Colonial Radio Group's ownership, the station switched from ABC Satellite Music service (Today's Best Country
) to a mostly locally programmed Contemporary Country music format. The station also offers ABC News & local news, Paul Harvey
, The Lia Show
, sports play-by-play, and a locally-produced polka show on Sundays.
In July 2007, the station received approval from the FCC for a move of its tower for an increase of coverage area in McKean & Elk Counties. The tower move was completed on October 29, 2007.
Beginning November 2007, WLMI operated KaneRadio.net, an Internet-only all-news radio
station. The station ran an assortment of national news from ABC News Radio
, Fox News Radio
, local news, business reports, and sports on a tape loop. On nights and weekends, KaneRadio.net ran a relay of ESPN Radio
. A full launch is expected in December 2007, with programming from BBC World Service
and late-night and entertainment features from Westwood One
later added to the schedule.http://www.kanerepublican.com/content/view/16187/27/. As of November 2008, kaneradio.net is no longer in operation and the domain expired.
WLMI began broadcasting in HD Radio
in 2008. At launch, WLMI's HD channels were broadcasting WLMI's main feed and two ABC Radio 24-hour networks, The Christmas Channel
and Timeless
. It later broadcast WLMI's main feed and an alternate feed of WXMT, WLMI's sister station in Smethport.
WLMI's ownership bought WQRM (106.3/99.3, now WXMT) in Smethport/Bradford from the Allegheny Mountain Radio Network and a 94.3 translator from the Family Life Network
in 2008. WLMI is using these acquisitions to build a network covering much of McKean County. A separate 95.3 transmitter in Smethport is currently relaying WLMI but, according to the company, is expected to change to a satellite talk radio
format, affiliated with Talk Radio Network
. The launch date for the new "FM Talk Radio 95.3
" has not been announced. WLMI also owns the former WFRM-FM (96.7, now WBYB
), currently licensed to Portville, New York
with a separately programmed country format. For a time in 2009, WLMI simulcasted WBYB, with the morning show coming from WLMI and the midday and afternoon shows programmed from WBYB.
Ironically, one of WLMI's biggest competitors was St. Marys
-based WDDH
, which is owned by WLMI's former owner, Laurel Media. WDDH also runs a country format. Other competitors include Olean-based WPIG
and Warren-based WKNB
.
/adult album alternative
hybrid format, branded as "The Summit," formatted similarly to sister station WXMT ("The Mountain"). The move marked the end of country music on the station for the first time in nearly thirty years.
. Colonial had previously announced plans to launch a talk radio station on W237CS but never followed through with the permit. Local morning and evening shows are planned, with the Glenn Beck Program
and Dennis Miller
carried during the midday and Fox Sports Radio
on overnights.
The station also announced plans to be carried on an FM translator on 99.1 MHz. Currently this translator is licensed to Rock City with very low power on 99.3 MHz. An application was filed in late 2010 move the signal to Olean and move to 99.1fm with 99 watts to blanket the Olean market. They eventually abandoned those plans.
so that WVTT would be carried on 96.7 from Portville and WBYB would broadcast from 103.9 in Kane.
Portville, New York
Portville, New York is a village and a town in Cattaraugus County, New York.*Portville , New York*Portville , New York...
. The station, broadcasting at 96.7 MHz, is owned by Colonial Radio Group
Colonial Radio Group
Colonial Radio Group, Inc. is the owner of several radio stations in the United States. It is controlled by the Androlunis family and currently is based in Olean, New York, with all of its current stations based in the western Twin Tiers region of New York and Pennsylvania.-New York:* Portville -...
and broadcasts a talk radio
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
format.
Prior to October 2011, WVTT was licensed to Kane, Pennsylvania
Kane, Pennsylvania
Kane is a borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, east by south of Erie. It was founded in 1863 by Civil War general Thomas L. Kane at an elevated site 2210 feet above sea level. In the early part of the twentieth century, Kane had large glassworks, bottle works, lumber mills, and manufactures of...
at 103.9 MHz. WVTT swapped with WBYB
WBYB
WBYB is a talk radio formatted commercial radio station, licensed to Kane, Pennsylvania. WVTT operates at an effective radiated power of 840 watts...
, which was previously located at 96.7 in Portville, in October 2011.
McKean County's First FM
WUMT began at a time when Kane was experiencing a sharp decline in its local economy. Originally assigned the call letters WRXZ in December 1981, this station would not be built until more than two and a half years later. First coming on the air on September 17, 1984, WRXZ would be competing for advertising revenue with a well-established AM competitor, WKZAWQLE
WQLE was the last official call sign of a now defunct radio station in Kane, Pennsylvania.-McKean County's First Full-Time Radio Station:...
, that had been on the air since 1954, and had been controlled for many years by a New York-based company (the Bilbat Broadcast Bunch dba locally as Raise Kane Radio, Inc.) that had other stations in its portfolio in addition to its own.
The call letters were changed to WIFI about six months after going on the air, and it didn't take long for WIFI to make an impact on its competitor, though not enough to effectively put it out of business until years later. WIFI was the very first FM station to come on the air in McKean County, with WBRR
WBRR
WBRR is an FM radio station in Bradford, Pennsylvania. The station, operated by sister station WESB, is a classic hits format station branded as "HERO Radio" , and by "Cool 100" .Morning show jocks Scott Douglas and Frank Williams, whose morning show is...
in Bradford coming on the air three years later. WHKS
WHKS
WHKS is an FM radio station licensed to Port Allegany, Pennsylvania. The station, branded as K94, broadcasts on 94.9 MHz with a satellite soft adult contemporary format.-External links:*...
in Port Allegany and WQRM
WQRM
WXMT is a commercially licensed FM radio station licensed to Smethport, Pennsylvania, the seat of McKean County. The station broadcasts at 106.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 1,030 watts...
in Smethport would not come on the air until 6 and 7 years later, respectively. Though only 3,000 watts at the time of its debut, Kane was located at the top of a mountain, which allowed WIFI a huge coverage area from a relatively short antenna, thus enabling it to serve all of McKean County and parts of New York's Twin Tiers area, as well as a portion of Elk and Warren Counties.
The fall of WKZA and rise of WLMI
Despite the emergence of FM as the leading broadcast technology and the fact that WIFI offered listeners local radio service after WKZA's then-FCC-mandated shutdown at sunset, WKZA remained the dominant local radio service, and by 1987, WIFI's finances were depleted. Industrialist Dennis Heindl of Ridgway, PA, purchased the station, took it off the air for renovations, re-equipped it, and gave it the call WLMI, for Laurel Media, Inc. (His manufacturing company was Laurel Manufacturing Inc.) Heindl returned the station to the air in April 1988. In 1989, Heindl sold WLMI and a construction permit for an unbuilt station in Reynoldsville, PA (assigned the calls WDDHWDDH
WDDH is an American radio station, licensed to Saint Marys, Pennsylvania. The station operates at the assigned frequency of 97.5 MHz and an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts. Its studios and offices sit atop Bootjack Mountain, just on the outskirts of Ridgway, Pennsylvania in Kersey, about...
then, now known today as WDSN
WDSN
WDSN is a commercial FM radio station, licensed to the community of Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania. WDSN broadcasts at the assigned frequency of 106.5 MHz at an effective radiated power of 3,000 Watts...
), to William Hearst, president of Clarion County Broadcasting. As WLMI began to entrench itself as a formidable competitor in town, many of WKZA's staff defected to WLMI, leaving Raise Kane Radio to put WKZA up for sale, finding that its profits were rapidly shrinking. Though a competitor buyout was speculated, WLMI did not show an interest in acquiring an AM station, and WKZA was sold for $75,000 to Bill Shannon Broadcasting in 1990.
The following year meant transactions for both WKZA and WLMI. Bill Shannon Broadcasting sold WKZA to Walter R. Pierre for $63,500 in December 1991, with the FCC approving the transaction a month later. On December 3, 1992, Hearst sold WLMI for $245,000 to Beech Tree Broadcasting Co, whose president was veteran news broadcaster Chuck Crouse, who had anchored news reports for many years on WEEI in Boston. (Clarion County Broadcasting today owns WWCH
WWCH
WWCH is an American radio station, licensed to Clarion, Pennsylvania, the seat of government for Clarion County. WWCH is licensed to operate at the federally-assigned frequency of 1300 kHz at a maximum power output of 850 watts...
-AM and WCCR
WCCR (FM)
WCCR is an American radio station licensed to the borough of Clarion, Pennsylvania. WCCR operates at the federally-assigned frequency of 92.7 MHz , with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts...
-FM in Clarion, and acquired WKQW AM
WKQW (AM)
WKQW is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies format. It previously had a Classic Country format until August 15th of 2008. Licensed to Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA, the station is currently owned by Clarion County Broadcasting Corporation...
-FM
WKQW-FM
WKQW-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA, the station is currently owned by Clarion County Broadcasting Corporation.-History:...
in Oil City in 2005).
With Crouse's background in news, it wasn't uncommon to hear a local newscast each hour of every day on WLMI during this time, following an hourly report from ABC News. Crouse anchored news reports from 6 am until 2 pm with Scott McGuire handling reports from 3 pm until the following morning, Monday through Friday. High school students from Kane were hired to provide information to listeners on weekends, helping to keep WLMI's doors open seven days a week. Weather was also a staple on the station with around fifty reports a day each hour and half-hour. Crouse hosted a daily two hour morning show each weekday called "The Chuckwagon" which featured music, commentary, interviews and occasional announcements about lost dogs. Sports Director and Sales Manager at the time, Barry Morgan, hosted a sports commentary at 9:10 am each weekday that ran for about 10 minutes. On Saturdays, local programming included a three-hour extended edition of Crouse's show known as "Saturday Morning Open-House" from 9 am until noon. Around 1999, WLMI developed a website http://www.wlmifm.com that still provides news and information today while under new ownership. This very successful attempt at localism (while using a satellite-delivered programming service for music and DJ's) would eventually seal WKZA's fate.
WKZA became WQLE in an effort by Pierre to reverse its sagging fortunes. The station, which by this time was reduced to an all-barter affiliate of Chuck Harder
Chuck Harder
Chuck Harder was a former radio disk jockey turned talk show host in White Springs, Florida, USA. He is originally from Elgin, Illinois. He is no longer on the air.-Early radio career:...
's "For the People" populist
Populism
Populism can be defined as an ideology, political philosophy, or type of discourse. Generally, a common theme compares "the people" against "the elite", and urges social and political system changes. It can also be defined as a rhetorical style employed by members of various political or social...
national talk network (which shared its revenues with affiliate stations), finally failed for good, going dark
Dark (broadcasting)
In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , a "silent" station...
on December 21, 1992. Its departure left WLMI as the only local radio station offering service to Kane. No FCC paperwork was filed to legally silence the station, and was given up as simply abandoned.
Today, the WKZA calls belong to a CHR
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
station at 106.9 mHz, serving Warren and Jamestown, NY
Jamestown, New York
Jamestown is a city in Chautauqua County, New York in the United States. The population was 31,146 at the 2010 census.The City of Jamestown is adjacent to Town of Ellicott and is at the southern tip of Chautauqua Lake...
.
In July 2006, Crouse sold WLMI to Colonial Radio Group and CEO Jeff Andrulonis, its current owner for $366,000.
Since its formative years as WIFI, WLMI had maintained its longtime call letters and a format that combines full-service news & information with country music. Under Colonial Radio Group's ownership, the station switched from ABC Satellite Music service (Today's Best Country
Today's Best Country
Best Country Today is one of the 24 hour live formats produced by Cumulus Media Networks. It is designed to appeal to a wide range of listeners, concentrating on a younger audience than would generally listen to traditional Country stations...
) to a mostly locally programmed Contemporary Country music format. The station also offers ABC News & local news, Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey Aurandt , better known as Paul Harvey, was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcast News and Comment on weekday mornings and mid-days, and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous The Rest of the Story segments. His listening audience was estimated, at...
, The Lia Show
The Lia Show
The Lia Show, formerly known as Neon Nights, is a nationally syndicated country music and entertainment radio program hosted by Lia Knight . The program airs nightly from 7 pm to midnight locally across the United States...
, sports play-by-play, and a locally-produced polka show on Sundays.
In July 2007, the station received approval from the FCC for a move of its tower for an increase of coverage area in McKean & Elk Counties. The tower move was completed on October 29, 2007.
Beginning November 2007, WLMI operated KaneRadio.net, an Internet-only all-news radio
All-news radio
All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news.All-news radio is available in both local and syndicated forms, and is carried in some form on both major US satellite radio networks...
station. The station ran an assortment of national news from ABC News Radio
ABC News Radio
ABC News Radio is the radio service of ABC News, a division of the ABC Television Network. Formerly known as ABC Radio News, ABC News Radio feeds, through Cumulus Media Networks, newscasts on the hour to its more than 2,000 affiliates...
, Fox News Radio
Fox News Radio
Fox News Radio is an American radio network programmed by Fox News Channel.- History :In 2003, Fox News began syndicating one minute radio updates to radio stations via syndication service Westwood One. On June 1, 2005, Fox News Radio employed 60 people and provided five minute newscasts at the top...
, local news, business reports, and sports on a tape loop. On nights and weekends, KaneRadio.net ran a relay of ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
. A full launch is expected in December 2007, with programming from BBC World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
and late-night and entertainment features from Westwood One
Westwood One
Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...
later added to the schedule.http://www.kanerepublican.com/content/view/16187/27/. As of November 2008, kaneradio.net is no longer in operation and the domain expired.
WLMI began broadcasting in HD Radio
HD Radio
HD Radio, which originally stood for "Hybrid Digital", is the trademark for iBiquity's in-band on-channel digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data via a digital signal in conjunction with their analog signals...
in 2008. At launch, WLMI's HD channels were broadcasting WLMI's main feed and two ABC Radio 24-hour networks, The Christmas Channel
The Christmas Channel
The Christmas Channel is an American radio network that primarily airs traditional and popular Christmas music to 35 affiliate radio stations across the United States...
and Timeless
Timeless (radio network)
Timeless was a 24-hour satellite music service of Citadel Media . It has distributed a mix of soft oldies and adult standards to radio stations around the USA...
. It later broadcast WLMI's main feed and an alternate feed of WXMT, WLMI's sister station in Smethport.
WLMI's ownership bought WQRM (106.3/99.3, now WXMT) in Smethport/Bradford from the Allegheny Mountain Radio Network and a 94.3 translator from the Family Life Network
Family Life Network
*WCIG - Dallas - 107.7 FM*WCIH - Elmira - 90.3 FM*WCII - Spencer - 88.5 FM*WCIK - Bath - 103.1 FM*WCIM - Shenandoah - 91.5 FM*WCIN - Tunkhannock - 91.3 FM*WCIT - Trout Run - 90.1 FM*WCIY - Canandaigua - 88.9 FM*WCOF - Arcade - 89.5 FM...
in 2008. WLMI is using these acquisitions to build a network covering much of McKean County. A separate 95.3 transmitter in Smethport is currently relaying WLMI but, according to the company, is expected to change to a satellite talk radio
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
format, affiliated with Talk Radio Network
Talk Radio Network
Talk Radio Network is an American radio network providing talk radio programming, with an emphasis on conservative talk on weekdays and variety/general interest talk radio on weekends. Some of the most recognizable personalities in American radio, such as Laura Ingraham and Michael Savage, are...
. The launch date for the new "FM Talk Radio 95.3
W237CS
The HD Radio digital subchannel of radio station WXMT is currently used as an experimental station airing spoken-word programming. The station, based in Smethport, Pennsylvania, is owned by Jeff Androlunis's Colonial Radio Group, making it a sister station to WXMT, WBYB and WVTT...
" has not been announced. WLMI also owns the former WFRM-FM (96.7, now WBYB
WBYB
WBYB is a talk radio formatted commercial radio station, licensed to Kane, Pennsylvania. WVTT operates at an effective radiated power of 840 watts...
), currently licensed to Portville, New York
Portville, New York
Portville, New York is a village and a town in Cattaraugus County, New York.*Portville , New York*Portville , New York...
with a separately programmed country format. For a time in 2009, WLMI simulcasted WBYB, with the morning show coming from WLMI and the midday and afternoon shows programmed from WBYB.
Ironically, one of WLMI's biggest competitors was St. Marys
St. Marys, Pennsylvania
St. Marys is a city in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,502 at the 2000 census. Originally a small, Bavarian Catholic town, St. Marys was founded December 8, 1842. It is home to Straub Brewery and the first Benedictine convent in the United States. In 1992, the...
-based WDDH
WDDH
WDDH is an American radio station, licensed to Saint Marys, Pennsylvania. The station operates at the assigned frequency of 97.5 MHz and an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts. Its studios and offices sit atop Bootjack Mountain, just on the outskirts of Ridgway, Pennsylvania in Kersey, about...
, which is owned by WLMI's former owner, Laurel Media. WDDH also runs a country format. Other competitors include Olean-based WPIG
WPIG
WPIG is an FM radio station located in Olean, New York. Branded as the "Big Pig," "The Pig" or simply by its frequency and callsigns at times, the station operates at 95.7 MHz on the FM dial and operates a broad-based country music format...
and Warren-based WKNB
WKNB
WKNB is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Clarendon, Pennsylvania, USA. The station is currently owned by Radio Partners, LLC and features programing from AP Radio and Jones Radio Network....
.
The end of country, the debut of "The Summit"
In 2010, WLMI separated from WBYB (with whom it had been sharing programming), returned to its satellite country format from Citadel (though the morning show remained) and changed its call sign to the current WUMT. On June 14, 2010 WUMT changed their format to a classic rock/classic hitsClassic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
/adult album alternative
Adult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
hybrid format, branded as "The Summit," formatted similarly to sister station WXMT ("The Mountain"). The move marked the end of country music on the station for the first time in nearly thirty years.
Talk radio era
On February 15, 2011 WUMT changed their call letters to WVTT in preparation for a change to talk radioTalk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
. Colonial had previously announced plans to launch a talk radio station on W237CS but never followed through with the permit. Local morning and evening shows are planned, with the Glenn Beck Program
Glenn Beck Program
The Glenn Beck Program is an American talk radio show hosted by commentator Glenn Beck on Premiere Radio Networks. Since its inception as a nationally syndicated show in 2002, the program has become one of the highest rated radio programs...
and Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, political commentator, actor, sports commentator, and television and radio personality. He is known for his critical assessments laced with pop culture references...
carried during the midday and Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming. The network is a service of Premiere Networks...
on overnights.
The station also announced plans to be carried on an FM translator on 99.1 MHz. Currently this translator is licensed to Rock City with very low power on 99.3 MHz. An application was filed in late 2010 move the signal to Olean and move to 99.1fm with 99 watts to blanket the Olean market. They eventually abandoned those plans.
Frequency swap, move to Portville and change to talk radio
On October 19, 2011, WVTT swapped frequencies with WBYB in Portville, New YorkPortville, New York
Portville, New York is a village and a town in Cattaraugus County, New York.*Portville , New York*Portville , New York...
so that WVTT would be carried on 96.7 from Portville and WBYB would broadcast from 103.9 in Kane.