WTIV

Infobox Radio station
name = WTIV


city = Titusville, Pennsylvania
area =
branding = "The Allegheny News-Talk Sports Network"
slogan =
airdate = 1955
frequency = 1230 kHz (AM)
format = News, talk, sports
power = 1000 Watts (unlimited)
class = C
callsign_meaning = TItusVille
former_callsigns =
owner = Forever Broadcasting, LLC
webcast =
website = http://myantsnetwork.com/

WTIV is an American radio station, licensed to the community of Titusville, Pennsylvania. WTIV operates at the federally-assigned frequency of 1230 (kHz) at a fulltime power of 1,000 Watts. Though licensed to Titusville, programming, sales and administrative functions originate out of Meadville, Pennsylvania.

History

WTIV was the first of three radio stations originally put on the air by Robert H. Sauber. Making its debut on November 27, 1955, WTIV offered a full-service format composed mainly of news, adult contemporary music and national and world news from the Mutual Broadcasting System, with little changes in program offerings over the years under his ownership.

Though Sauber would later put two other stations in Franklin on the air, he continued to manage WTIV as an entirely separate entity, serving as the station's general manager and sales manager. WTIV operated under the corporate name WTIV, Inc. (though Sauber himself was listed as licensee) while the Franklin stations did business as Northwestern Pennsylvania Broadcasting Company, Inc. Sauber also performed engineering duties for WTIV and the two Franklin stations.

In July 2000, Sauber wanted to retire and put his stations up for sale. All three were purchased by Altoona-based Forever Broadcasting, LLC for an undisclosed sum. Sauber died in October 2004 at the age of 72.

WTIV Today

Following the sale of WTIV to Forever Broadcasting, operations were moved from the station's historic WTIV Building at 150 West Central Avenue in downtown Titusville, to the Downtown Mall in Meadville, Pennsylvania. WTIV is today one of four radio stations operating as The Allegheny News Talk Sports Network, also owned by Forever Broadcasting.

WTIV and the three other stations operate most of the time as a "quadcast", or programming simultaneously rebroadcast over four radio stations. However, WTIV and its Meadville AM affiliate, WMGW, break away from its two other stations, WFRA and WOYL, for a live local morning show containing program matter exclusive to Crawford County. After the morning show ends, the quadcast resumes.

The morning show, along with all programming, administration, and sales functions, originate out of the Meadville office. The morning show is hosted by Keith Allen Austin, program director for the network.

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