WJHT

Infobox Radio station
name = WJHT


city = Johnstown, Pennsylvania
area =
branding = "Hot 92 & Hot 100"
slogan = "Today's Hit Music"
airdate =
frequency = 92.1 MHz
format = CHR (Top 40)
erp = 3,500 watts
haat = 318 meters
class = A
facility_id = 64848
coordinates = coord|40|22|15|N|78|59|02|W
callsign_meaning = Johnstown HoT
former_callsigns = WFMM-FM, WFMM, WGLU, WQKK, WRKW, WYOT
owner = Forever Broadcasting, LLC
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = http://www.hot92and100.com
affiliations =

WJHT (92.1 FM, "Hot 92 & Hot 100") is a radio station licensed to serve Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Forever Broadcasting, LLC. It airs a Contemporary Hit Radio (Top 40) music format. [ cite web |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |work=Arbitron |title=Station Information Profile] This station was assigned the WJHT call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 13, 2006.cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=64848&Callsign=WJHT |accessdate-2008-08-08]

There is no relation with WWKL ("Hot 92") in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. However, the station is related to WWOT ("Hot 100") in Altoona, Pennsylvania, as they are also owned by Forever Broadcasting and the stations simulcast from 5 a.m. to midnight.

tation history

In the early 1980s 92.1 was a rock format station WGLU, Johnstown "GLU 92". In September of 1987, the rock format was canned for a Johnstown, PA first. Targeting younger listeners WGLU became "Power 92" keeping the same call letters for the newly created Top 40 format.

On July 31, 2000, WGLU and sister station WQWK licensed out of Ebensburg, PA swapped frequencies. WQWK prior to this flip was an active rock station programmed out of State College, PA known as "QWK Rock". WQWK became "92.1 The Rock" and WGLU adjusted its name to include the entire frequency "Power 99.1" however still kept the heritage calls.

In November 2000, Dame Broadcasting of Mechanicsburg, PA acquired WSRA Central City, PA and WYSN Somerset, PA. WSRA soon stunted a format change with all-Christmas music through the new year. In January 2001 the call letters were traded for WCCL and the AC to Christmas format was switched for Oldies. WYSN continued with News/Talk as their format through the transition.

In March 2005, Dame Broadcasting sold all four properties to 2510 Associates out of Pittsburgh, PA.cite news |work=Centre Daily Times |title=Radio stations face major changes in State College, Pa., area |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8454857_ITM |date=2005-03-04 |first=Lara |last=Brenckle] Changes quickly occurred for "Power 99.1" the following Monday morning (three business days after the sale closed) they went on the air as "Hot 99" with the same air staff and format. WPRR in Altoona, PA "Hot 100" at the time began a simulcast of the "Hot Morning Show" with Jonathan Reed & Amy Wright from "Hot 92" each morning from 5:30am to 9am. Both stations shortly after the sale gave up their calls for new call letters to fit the HOT moniker, WYOT, Johnstown & WWOT, Altoona. The WPRR call letters were salvaged for a sister 2510 Associate station and WYOT were given up.

Within a few months WYOT "Hot 92" & WQWK "The Rock" were sold from 2510 Associates to Forever Broadcasting, Inc. WQWK forfeited its call letters and moniker "92.1 The Rock" to become WRWK "Rocky 92". After being under the rein of Forever Broadcasting for a few months WYOT and WRWK flipped frequencies yet again to become "Rocky 99" and "Hot 92" respectively. Within a few more months of that change WYOT "Hot 92" would go through another call letter switch, acquiring new calls from former Top 40 sister station in State College, PA (that was taken off the air "Hot 103"). WJHT became the new call sign for "Hot 92". In the coming months WWOT lost a few employees and decided to extend the simulcast from just morning drive to cover most of the day, 5am to 6pm and most weekend shifts. This prompted the station to re-image itself as "Hot 92 & Hot 100". Nights remained separate shows hosted by Chad Bennett on WJHT and Rob Z on WWOT.

In March 2008, Mitch Edwards, program director of WJHT for eight years and a staple to the station for more than a decade, left for sister station WFGI "Froggy 95" as co-host of the "Morning Splash with Niki Wild". This move also encouraged Forever Broadcasting to make WJTH and WWOT a complete simulcast. Eliminating the dual night show split to being broadcast from the WJHT studio with Bennett as the host and replacing Edwards vacant position with Forever Broadcasting Altoona employee Paige Foxx.

In April 2008, Rob Z returned to nights temporarily filling in when Bennett resigned to move for a new opportunity with Jones Radio Networks in Seattle, Washington. In June 2008, Amy Wright was promoted to program director of "Hot 92 & Hot 100". Jordan Banks was then hired to host nights and Rob Z was moved to afternoons.

Programming

Notable weekday programming, as of July 2008, includes "The Hot Morning Show" with Jonathan Reed and Amy Wright, Paige Foxx on mid-days, Rob Z on afternoons, and Jordan Banks on nights.

The WJHT Callsign

At one time, the WJHT callsign was used in Bayonne, New Jersey, and in State College, Pennsylvania, under two radio frequencies, the first under 107.9 under the moniker Hot 107.9 and the second under 103.1 under the moniker Hot 103.1. [cite web |work=FCC Old Callsign Search |title=WJHT |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/oldcall?oldcall=WJHT]

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