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Radio station in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States

WDAD Indiana, Pennsylvania United States Frequency 1450 kHz Branding WDAD AM1450 and 100.3FM Programming Language English Format classic hits sports radio (during school year only) Affiliations Premiere Networks Pittsburgh Steelers Audio Network Ownership Owner Renda Media (Renda Broadcasting Corporation) Sister stations WCCS WLCY WQMU History First air date November 4, 1945 (1945-11-04) Technical information[1] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 56645 Class C Power 1,000 watts unlimited Transmitter coordinates 40°38′17″N 79°08′47″W / 40.63806°N 79.14639°W / 40.63806; -79.14639 (WDAD) Translator 100.3 W262CU (Indiana) Links Public license information Public file LMS Website www.wdadradio.com

**WDAD** (1450 [AM](/source/AM_broadcasting)) is a radio station in [Indiana County, Pennsylvania](/source/Indiana_County%2C_Pennsylvania). It is owned and operated by [Renda Media](/source/Renda_Broadcasting).[2]

## History

WDAD was the first radio station in [Indiana County](/source/Indiana_County), and was one of the first radio stations in the nation granted licenses after [World War II](/source/World_War_II) had ended. The station has kept its original call letters throughout its history of more than half a century.

WDAD's ownership was relatively stable, having only had four owners in its long history. The station was signed on November 4, 1945, under the corporate name Indiana Broadcasters, Inc. Paul Short served as company president and general manager. The station's studios and offices were housed in the Indiana Theatre Building at 633 Philadelphia Street. The company also operated WARD-AM in nearby Johnstown under the name Central Broadcasting Company, Inc. The station operated at a full-time power of 250 watts from its transmitter site along Old Highway 422 and Twolick Road in neighboring [White Township, Pennsylvania](/source/White_Township%2C_Indiana_County%2C_Pennsylvania).

Progressive Publishing of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, purchased the station in August 1955 but continued to operate WDAD (and later its FM sister station [WQMU](/source/WQMU)) under the existing company name Indiana Broadcasters. Progressive also owned two other radio stations, [WCPA](/source/WCPA_(AM))/WQYX-FM in Clearfield, and [WMAJ](/source/WLEJ_(AM))/WXLR-FM in State College.

Under Progressive's ownership of more than three decades, WDAD prospered greatly, beginning with a facility upgrade in 1964, which allowed it to increase its daytime power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts. A co-located FM station, [WQMU](/source/WQMU), signed on the air in 1968.

WDAD enjoyed a long history of success in its hometown, despite two aggressive competitors, [WCCS](/source/WCCS) in Homer City, and [WLCY-FM](/source/WLCY-FM) in Blairsville, south of Indiana, both of which came on the air in the early 1980s. Coincidentally, WCCS co-founder Ray Goss had served as general manager for WDAD and WQMU for 15 years before leaving to start WCCS in 1981.

In 1984, WDAD and sister station WQMU moved from its studios and offices along Oakland Avenue near the campus of [Indiana University of Pennsylvania](/source/Indiana_University_of_Pennsylvania) to a spacious new facility at 21 North Fifth Street. That same year, WDAD was granted permission to increase its nighttime power to 1,000 watts, which happened the following year after its transmitter facility was moved from its original Old Route 422 location to 364 Elkin Avenue, in the Chevy Chase Heights section of White Township.

Progressive Publishing decided to sell WDAD in 1989 to RMS Media Management, Incorporated; a company headed by its then-general manager, Richard M. Sherry, who had been with the stations since 1967.

Both competitors WCCS and WLCY, which had been separately owned, began to pair up in June 2002 when Anthony F. Renda, by then the President of [Renda Broadcasting](/source/Renda_Broadcasting) Corporation, entered into a local marketing agreement with Longo Media Group that led to the eventual purchase of WLCY-FM. Renda purchased WCCS outright two months later.

Renda, who had begun his broadcasting career at WDAD as a teenager, also had plans to purchase WDAD and [WQMU](/source/WQMU) from RMS Media. RMS Media agreed in 2004 to sell WDAD and WQMU to Renda Broadcasting, doing business as *St. Pier Group*[3] for $3.25 million.

## WDAD today

In need of additional studio space to accommodate four radio stations (WDAD, [WCCS](/source/WCCS), [WLCY](/source/WLCY), [WQMU](/source/WQMU)), Renda Broadcasting acquired the former Gatti Pharmacy building at the corner of 9th and Philadelphia Streets in downtown Indiana, where the four stations and its business operations occupy the first and second floors.[4] Jack Benedict has been with the four Indiana stations under the different owners since 1969, Bill Otto since 1975 and Todd Marino since 1989.

## Translator

Broadcast translator for WDAD Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info W262CU 100.3 FM Indiana, Pennsylvania 139435 250 103 m (338 ft) D 40°38′16″N 79°08′49″W / 40.63778°N 79.14694°W / 40.63778; -79.14694 (W262CU) LMS

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FCC-LMS-56645_1-0)** ["Facility Technical Data for WDAD"](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=56645). *Licensing and Management System*. [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Renda Media"](https://rendabroadcasting.com/our-markets/indiana-pa). *rendabroadcasting.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241007091240/https://rendabroadcasting.com/our-markets/indiana-pa) from the original on October 7, 2024. Retrieved October 3, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Cloonan, Patrick (October 19, 2022). ["WDAD marks 75 years on air"](https://www.indianagazette.com/news/wdad-marks-75-years-on-air/article_5cd71544-210f-11eb-ac0c-67b69c1af5d6.html). *[Indiana Gazette](/source/Indiana_Gazette)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221112152359/https://www.indianagazette.com/news/wdad-marks-75-years-on-air/article_5cd71544-210f-11eb-ac0c-67b69c1af5d6.html) from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Shannon, Joyce (December 4, 2003). ["Owner of Homer City radio station buys two more stations in Indiana County"](https://archive.triblive.com/news/owner-of-homer-city-radio-station-buys-two-more-stations-in-indiana-county/). *Triblive.com*. [Trib Total Media](/source/Trib_Total_Media). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221112152359/https://archive.triblive.com/news/owner-of-homer-city-radio-station-buys-two-more-stations-in-indiana-county/) from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.

- [1945 Broadcasting Yearbook](http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1945/1945%20YB%20Radio%20by%20State.pdf)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

- [1956 Broadcasting Yearbook](http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1956/201-300%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201956.pdf)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

- [1960 Broadcasting Yearbook](http://www.davidgleason.com/Broadcasting%201960%20Yearbook%20Page%20Range%20Guide.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100927071209/http://davidgleason.com/Broadcasting%201960%20Yearbook%20Page%20Range%20Guide.htm) September 27, 2010, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [1963 Broadcasting Yearbook](http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1963/B%20N-Z%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201963.pdf)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

- [1965 Broadcasting Yearbook](http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1965/B2%201965%20YB%20All-11.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110313195335/http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1965/B2%201965%20YB%20All-11.pdf) March 13, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [1967 Broadcasting Yearbook](http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1967/B%202%20Radio%201967%20YB.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110322092200/http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1967/B%202%20Radio%201967%20YB.pdf) March 22, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [1971 Broadcasting Yearbook](http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1971/B%202%20Radio%20YB%201971.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20101008150638/http://davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1971/B%202%20Radio%20YB%201971.pdf) October 8, 2010, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [1975 Broadcasting Yearbook](http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1975/C%202%201975%20Radio.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20101008161835/http://davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1975/C%202%201975%20Radio.pdf) October 8, 2010, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [1981 Broadcasting Yearbook](http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1981/Cb%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20N-Z.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20101008193016/http://davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1981/Cb%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20N-Z.pdf) October 8, 2010, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.wdadradio.com/)

- [Facility details for Facility ID 56645 (WDAD)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=56645) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [WDAD](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP26&band=am&callLetter=WDAD) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s AM station database

- ["History Cards for WDAD"](https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=51357). [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission). ([Guide to reading History Cards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Radio_Stations/History_Cards))

**FM translator**

- [Facility details for Facility ID 139435 (W262CU)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=139435) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [W262CU](https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=W262CU&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=&lang=en) at FCCdata.org

v t e Radio stations in Indiana, Pennsylvania (Indiana County) By AM frequency 1160 1450 By FM frequency 90.1 92.5 94.9 95.5 99.1 100.3 101.1 103.7 105.1 106.3 By call sign INDY W262CU W266CZ WCCS WDAD WFGI-FM WFSJ-LP WIUP-FM WLCY WMUG-LP WRKW WQMU Nearby regions Johnstown Meadville-Franklin Northern Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Punxsutawney–DuBois See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

v t e Renda Media Radio Stations Pittsburgh / Greensburg, PA WSHH WHJB Jacksonville, FL WEJZ WGNE-FM Fort Myers / Naples, FL WWGR WJGO WGUF WSGL Indiana / Johnstown, PA WDAD WQMU WCCS WLCY Punxsutawney, PA WPXZ-FM WECZ WKQL

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