WALY

WALY

City	Bellwood, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Altoona, Pennsylvania
Branding	WALY 103.9
Slogan	"WALY 103.9 ...Music That Makes You Feel Good!"
Frequency	103.9 MHz
First air date	March 28, 1970 (as WHGM)
Format	Hot Adult Contemporary
Language(s)	English
ERP	380 watts
HAAT	280 meters (920 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	58312
Transmitter coordinates	40°33′57″N 78°26′36″W / 40.56583°N 78.44333°W / 40.56583; -78.44333Coordinates: 40°33′57″N 78°26′36″W / 40.56583°N 78.44333°W / 40.56583; -78.44333
Callsign meaning	"Wally"
Former callsigns	WHGM (1966-1987)
Owner	Forever Broadcasting, LLC
Website	www.waly1039.com

WALY (103.9 FM, "WALY 103.9") is an American radio station serving the Altoona, Pennsylvania, area. The station is owned by Forever Media, Inc. with K.C. O'Day and Jay Parks in the Morning, Bill Kurtis on Middays, Rob Z. in the Afternoon and The John Tesh Radio Show Weeknights.

History

The station began playing a format of Top 40 and middle of the road music in its early days, first signing on as WHGM on March 28, 1970, more than three and a half years after the construction permit had been issued in the spring of 1966.

WHGM was originally owned by John Powley, whose interests were primarily in television. Powley owned a financial stake in KHFI AM-FM-TV in Austin, Texas and would sign on an ABC-TV affiliate in Altoona six years later, known as WOPC-TV.

On New Year's Eve of 1986, the station was sold to Mid-Atlantic Radio, Inc., a company headed by Gregory Guise. The sale happened about ten months after Powley had sold the license of his television station, which had been silenced due to financial problems. The format was then changed to adult contemporary and the station moved from its transmitter location atop Wopsononock Mountain in Dysart to downtown Altoona. The following March 9, 1987, the call letters were changed to WALY, which are still used today.

The station was sold again to S&P Broadcasting in February 1989 for $1 million, and then to its current owner, then known as Forever Broadcasting, Inc. in 1997.

Founder John Powley died in 2008.

Sister stations

The sister stations of WALY in the Altoona market are 98.1 WFGY, 100.1 WWOT, 104.9 WRKY, 1290 WFBG, and 1430 WVAM.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WALY

Radio-Locator information on WALY

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WALY

Radio stations in the Altoona, Pennsylvania market

By AM frequency	1110 1150 1240 1290 1370 1430

By FM frequency	88.1 89.1 91.9 93.5 94.3 94.7 97.1 98.1 100.1 102.7 103.5 103.9 104.9 105.9 106.3 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425

By callsign	W274BE WALY WBRX WBXQ WDBF-FM WFBG WFGY WHHN WHUN WJSM WKMC WLAK WQCK WLKE WMES-LP WMMH WNG589 WRKY-FM WRTA WRXV WVAM WWOT

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