| WAVT-FM | |
| City: | Pottsville, Pennsylvania |
| Area: | Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
| Branding: | T-102 |
| Frequency: | 101.9 MHz |
| Format: | Hot Adult Contemporary |
| Language: | English |
| Erp: | 29,000 watts |
| Haat: | 171m (561feet) |
| Class: | B |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
| Facility Id: | 53133 |
| Coordinates: | 40.8306°N -76.2085°W |
| Former Callsigns: | WPPA-FM (1946–1969) |
| Owner: | Pottsville Broadcasting Co. |
| Sister Stations: | WPPA |
| Webcast: | Listen Live |
| Website: | T102Radio.com |
WAVT-FM (101.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and calling itself "T-102." It is owned by Pottsville Broadcasting Company and broadcasts a Hot Adult Contemporary radio format.[1] [2] The station also broadcasts local high school sports and Penn State Nittany Lions football. Each weekend it carries "Rick Dees Weekly Top 40," the "Remix Top30 with Hollywood Hamilton" and the "Carson Daly Download."
WAVT-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 29,000 watts. The transmitter is on Swatara Road in Shenandoah Heights.[3]
The Federal Communications Commission granted Pottsville Broadcasting Company a construction permit for a new FM station on December 26, 1946. The company already owned WPPA 1360 AM, so the new station was given the WPPA-FM call sign.[4] The station signed on the air on .
At first it simulcast WPPA, but by the 1970s, it was broadcasting its own automated easy listening format. With the change, it switched its call letters to WAVT-FM.
WAVT-FM is short-spaced to three other Class B stations:
WFAN-FM "101.9 The Fan" licensed to serve New York City, New York) operates on 101.9 MHz and the distance between the stations' transmitters is 135miles as determined by FCC rules. In addition, WLIF Today's 101.9 (licensed to serve Baltimore, Maryland) also operates on 101.9 MHz and the distance between the stations' transmitters is 99miles as determined by FCC rules.[5] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on the same channel according to current FCC rules is 150miles.[6]
WIOQ Q102 (licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) operates on a first adjacent channel (102.1 MHz) to WAVT-FM and the distance between the stations' transmitters is 74miles as determined by FCC rules. The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on first adjacent channels according to current FCC rules is 105miles.