WTLR
City | State College, Pennsylvania |
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Broadcast area | Central Pennsylvania |
Branding | Way Truth Life Radio |
Frequency | 89.9 MHz |
First air date | 1978 |
Format | Religious |
ERP | 25,000 watts |
HAAT | 178 meters |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 9944 |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°53′32.0″N 77°51′49.0″W / 40.892222°N 77.863611°W |
Callsign meaning | Way Truth Life Radio |
Owner | Central Pennsylvania Christian Institute |
Sister stations | WQJU |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | WTLR Online |
WTLR is a Christian formatted broadcast radio station licensed to State College, Pennsylvania, serving Central Pennsylvania.
WTLR simulcasts its programming on co-owned WQJU 107.1, which broadcasts to the Mifflintown area.
Both WTLR and WQJU are owned and operated by the Central Pennsylvania Christian Institute.
WTLR first signed on the air on January 1, 1978.
WTLR and WQJU are known on air as "Way Truth Life Radio". This is based on Jesus Christ's declaration in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Programming
Way Truth Life Radio is a full service Christian Inspirational radio ministry featuring quality Bible teaching, quality Christian music, helpful programs on family life, news and information.
Some of the programs heard on Way Truth Life Radio include:
"Grace to You" with John MacArthur
"Desiring God" with John Piper
"Focus on the Family"
"In the Market With Janet Parshall" featuring Janet Parshall
WTLR in the News
On Friday, July 25, 2008, Ferguson Township police were dispatched to the Cato Avenue studios of WTLR as a man with a gun was on the way to the station.[1]
When 50-year-old Brian Neiman of Pottersdale arrived at the radio station, police ordered him to stop. Neiman refused and reportedly became violent. Police say Neiman branished a gun and drove at them in his Ford Bronco. Witnesses say "dozens of shots" were fired as Neiman exchanged gunfire with police.
After Neiman hit a second police cruiser, his SUV struck the side of a neighboring building and stopped. Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers pronounced Neiman dead on the scene.
Police aren't sure why Neiman targeted the radio station.
Neiman's ex-wife told The Centre Daily Times[2] that "he struggled with bipolar disorder".
After the shooting, WTLR issued a statement and a recount of events on their website.[3]
References
- ↑ Capasso, Andrew. "One Dead in Police Shootout". WTAJ-TV. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ↑ Rosenblum, Chris. "Ex-wife: Suspect struggled with bipolar disorder". The Centre Daily. Archived from the original on 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ↑ VanOuse, Mark. "Shooting Incident at Way Truth Life Radio". Central Pennsylvania Christian Institute, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
External links
- Way Truth Life Radio Online
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WTLR
- Radio-Locator information on WTLR
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WTLR
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WQJU
- Radio-Locator information on WQJU
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WQJU