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Overview
WRTA (1240 AM) is a news/talk radio station licensed to Altoona, Pennsylvania. It brands itself as “Talk Radio 98.5 & 1240 WRTA.” The station has been on the air since 1946.
License and signal
- Call sign
- WRTA
- Frequency
- 1240 AM
- Format
- News/talk
- On-air name
- Talk Radio 98.5 & 1240 WRTA
- City of license
- Altoona, PA
- Market
- Johnstown-Altoona-State College, PA
- Licensee
- Lightner Communications LLC
- Power
- 1,000 watts unlimited
- Station class
- C
- First on air
- 1946
- FCC facility ID
- 67505
- Website
- lightnercommunications.com
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Network programming comes from Fox News Radio, Compass Media Networks, Premiere Networks and Westwood One. The FCC license is held by Lightner Communications LLC.
Online, it is at lightnercommunications.com. Altoona is in the Johnstown-Altoona-State College, PA market, where local newspapers include Altoona Mirror. Its sister stations are WBRX, WBXQ, WKMC, WTRN and WYUP.
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WRTA at a glance
- Frequency
- 1240 AM
- On air as
- Talk Radio 98.5 & 1240 WRTA
- Format
- News/talk
- Licensed to
- Altoona, PA
- Market
- Johnstown-Altoona-State College, PA
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