WLTJ History:

"W75P" 47.5 Megacycles "on the air" 1941

"KDKA-FM" 94.1 on September 12th 1945

KDKA-FM 1st to Broadcast in Stereo: In the late 1950s, several systems to add stereo to FM radio were considered by the FCC. Included were systems from 14 proponents including Crosley, Halstead, Electrical and Musical Industries, Ltd (EMI), Zenith Electronics Corporation and General Electric. The individual systems were evaluated for their strengths and weaknesses during field tests in Uniontown, Pennsylvania using KDKA-FM in Pittsburgh as the originating station.

Even though credit is given for WEFM Chicago and WGFM Schenectady on June 1st 1961 as the first stereo FM broadcaster I have to give credit to KDKA-FM for being the station of choice by the FCC to test all types of Stereo Generators so WEFM & WGFM can both claim to be the ones to be the first to broadcast in stereo.

WLTJ  was originally known as KDKA-FM, and at times was simulcast with its then AM sister station. During the 1970s, KDKA-FM was an automated station that played beautiful music during the day, and classical music at night. In October 1979, the station changed its call letters from KDKA-FM to WPNT (The Point). They also dropped the classical music for an all-beautiful music format with live announcers. It had a good debut, taking ratings away from the beautiful music station next to it on the dial, WJOI (93.7 FM, which would later take the KDKA-FM callsign). In 1984, the switch was made from beautiful music to adult contemporary, although the call letters remained the same.

WPNT was purchased by Saul Frischling in April 1984 Though Mr. Frischling himself is listed as the licensee, the station did business at that time as Legend Communications and then changed its name to Steel City Media in the late 1990s.

Almost immediately after Mr. Frischling purchased WPNT, it switched its format from easy listening to a totally live format of light adult contemporary, yet the station continued to bill itself as "The Point". The station then moved its studios from the KDKA home at One Gateway Center to 1051 Brinton Road, in suburban Pittsburgh's Forest Hills.

WPNT's original lineup of on-air personalities at the time of start-up under the new format was Program Director George Hart hosting mornings, John Gallagher for middays, Bob Nelson for afternoons, Peter Morley for evenings, Jean Lam hosting overnights, and news anchors Jeff Long and Rick Charles. After the station switched its calls, a new program known as "Heartlite" was created as a three-hour request and dedication show from 9 to midnight, hosted by Morley. The show was one of the first of its kind in the nation at the time.

Weekend and fill-in announcer Gary Love would later assume responsibilities for the morning show from Hart, and Beth Bershok would assume Jean Lam's overnight shift by the end of the 1980s, in addition to doing traffic reports with Love on the morning show. The chemistry between Gary and Beth worked so well that the decision was made in the early 90's to pair them together and bill them as equals. "Gary and Beth in the Morning" aired from 1991 until the station's format change in 2008.

Music was a mixture of current and recurrent adult contemporary hits with a mix of standard hits from artists such as Sergio Mendes, Dionne Warwick, Barbra Streisand, and Andy Williams. Songs by those artists became a featured part of WLTJ's playlist and later became known as "Lite FM Encores".

Two years later (1986), in an effort to better reflect its image as that of a light adult contemporary station, the station took on the call letters WLTJ and the moniker "Lite FM 92.9". Not long after the change, the station moved to a new, state of the art broadcast facility at Seven Parkway Center in Green Tree borough.

In 1999 Steel City Media moved their offices and radio stations studios to 650 Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh and created another State of the Art broadcast facility.

In 2005 WLTJ moved their transmitter/antenna location from KDKA-TV's tower to WPGH-TV Tower to accommodate  the growth of their radio station. WLTJ was the first station licensed in Pittsburgh to broadcast in HD and other pages on this website are dedicated to their formats

In June of 2005 WLTJ went on the air broadcasting in HD

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