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The "Unlucky" Years

What is now WLCY-FM signed on as WCQO-FM ("CQO" being the initials of station founder Ada Ottie's daughter Constance Quinn) with a "Music of Your Life" format featuring music of the 1930's and 40's. It was an attempt to imitate the success of a similarly formatted FM in Pittsburgh at the time, known as WNUF (now WZPT). For these early years, this station broadcast in mono, as most records from that period were in mono anyway. However, monaural broadcasting for FM stations has one advantage: improved signal coverage. WZPT (Star 100. ...

Also during these early years, the station broadcast a locally-produced polka show, hosted by Mark Bertig, a Grammy-award winning polka musician who led the band "The Polish Friends" from the late 70's to early 80's. He would leave in 1985, only to return in 2002 to manage this station and three of its competitors under subsequent purchases by its present owner.

In 1985 the station was purchased by former WAMO-FM program director Ray Gusky (dba WNQQ, Inc.), who rebranded the station with the call sign WNQQ-FM and adopted an MOR format dropping the older songs in favor of more 50's, 60's, and 70's/80's contemporary music. Now billed as "Wink-FM," the station also added specialty programming, such as "Jukebox Saturday Night with D.P. McIntire" (later hosted by Dave Justin during the mid-1980's, and then by Tony Michaels in 1988, who hosts the program today (though no longer at night) on co-owned WGSM in Greensburg) on Saturdays and "C'eol N'harran," a Sunday program featuring Irish folk music. WAMO-FM is a Urban Contemporary outlet serving the Pittsburgh area. ... WGSM-FM is a Variety Hits radio station serving the Westmoreland County area, including eastern Allegheny County. ...

Transfer of the station's control went from Gusky to Jeff Dean (dba Pennsylvania Broadcast Associates) in 1987, but reverted back to Gusky by the time the station was sold to Longo Media Group in 1989.

The "Lucky-FM" Years

John Longo, an industry veteran who came up through the ranks over the years, starting as a disc jockey in 1959, purchased WNQQ for $485,000. Signing an agreement with the former Drake Chenault Radio Network (now Jones Radio Network), the station signed on as "Lucky 106.3", with the new WLCY call letters and a soft adult contemporary format. Longo had thought of "Lucky" as the brand for his station while in the shower shortly after reaching agreement to purchase the station. Longo had previously purchased an AM station, WCNS-AM in Latrobe, in January of that year, which is where he started his own broadcast career. Jones Radio Networks is a radio programming company. ... WCNS is a commercially-licensed AM radio station, licensed to Latrobe, Pennsylvania. ...

The "Lucky FM" moniker also had some tongue-in-cheek double-entendres that caused some grins among listeners. Liners between songs proudly proclaimed "the car, the office, and the home are all great places to get Lucky...106.3!" Those who disliked the name also made their displeasure known with phrases such as, "If you used to think that Wink stinks, now you know how much Lucky sucks!" It is under the "Lucky" moniker however that the station is probably best remembered in its history.

Through an aggressive print and signage promotional campaign, WLCY for the first time started to see real growth as the station gained momentum as an office music favorite in Indiana and Westmoreland Counties. Prior to the acquisition, few listeners knew the station even existed, though it had been on the air for close to a decade by this time. In part due to automating the station's format to a satellite service and abandoning full-time live programming, WLCY-FM became a very successful enterprise demonstrating long-term profitability for Longo's company, Longo Media Group. However, Longo decided to sell the station in 2002 to Pittsburgh-based Renda Broadcasting Corporation for $900,000, following an LMA of almost two years. LMA may refer to: laryngeal mask airway League Managers Association Local Association of Broadcasters in Television local marketing agreement (in U.S. radio stations) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Following the sale, WLCY moved from its previous location at 400 Unity Street in Latrobe to its new home at the corner of 9th and Philadelphia Streets in downtown Indiana, 13 miles north of Blairsville. It was the first of the four Renda-owned stations in Indiana County to occupy this space in October 2004. The three other Renda Stations, WCCS, WDAD, and WQMU would all move to this location by the end of the year. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... WQMU-FM (U-92), is a variety hits radio station in Indiana County. ...

As "Cat Country 106.3"

In January 2006, it was time to think what would be the future of "Lucky FM". Well, there was a Country Radio Station in Johnstown called "Froggy 95" owned by Renda's rivial Forever Broadcasting. WLCY-FM and WQMU-FM were variety stations. Renda was thinking Lucky FM may become a country radio station. One month later, WLCY became the country radio station "Cat Country 106.3 FM". This was to avoid confusion with WQMU-FM.

The Cat Country moniker and its logo color scheme are an homage to the Blairsville Bobcats, the football team of Blairsville High School, whose broadcasts have been carried by WLCY for many years.

Cat Country Sports

WLCY is the voice of the Blairsville High School sports. WLCY has been broadcasting every single Bobcat Football and Basketball game since 1980.

In 2007, Cat County 106.3 became the new and exclusive radio home for Penn State Football in the area.

On Air & Specialty Show Schedule

Monday-Friday

6am-10am: Chuck Clark

10am-3pm: Bill Cody (featuring The Cat Country Lunch Hour)

3pm-7pm: Jim DeCesare

Saturday

8am - 10am: Top 30 CMT Country Countdown with Lon Helton

Sunday

6am-11am: American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks

6pm - 8pm: America's Grand Ole Opry Weekend

8pm - 10am: Racing Country USA

Seasonal Programming

• A Cat Country Christmas, sponsored by S&T Bank

Radio Personalities

• Chuck Clark
• Jim DeCesare
• Bill Cody

Phone Lines

• Feedback: 724-471-1CAT
• Request/Contests: 724-471-1063
• News Hotline: 724-471-1025
• Renda Broadcasting Business Line: 724-465-4700