WJUN (AM)

WJUN is a sports radio station in the Lewistown, Pennsylvania, market. The station is owned by Starview Media, Inc.

The station was started by Lewistown Broadcasting under the name Juniata-Perry Broadcasting Co. Lewistown Broadcasting owned WMRF (1490), WLTN-FM (97.9) and had majority ownership of WJSW-AM 1290 and WJSW-FM (100.1) Altoona, PA. WJUN-AM signed on with 250 Watts in September, 1955. Staff were DJs Don Lorenz, Tim Palm, Manager Ralph Parker and Engineer Ken Callahan. As a small market station (one of the smallest in PA at the time) the station had very little budget, so all equipment was used. The Studio equipment was from the former WLTN-FM, Lewistown, PA which the company had recently discontinued and returned the License. Tower and Transmitter were from WJSW, Altoona which had merged with WVAM after a fire destroyed the WVAM facility in 1951.

In 1957 the power was increased to 1000 Watts. In 1970 Presunrise operation at 500 Watts was authorized. After the FCC authorized nighttime operation for many daytime AM station WJUN began nighttime coverage of sports events in 1986.