WTIV

WTIV is an American radio station, licensed to the community of Titusville, Pennsylvania. WTIV operates at the federally assigned frequency of 1230 (kHz) at a full-time power of 1,000 Watts. Though licensed to Titusville, programming, sales and administrative functions originate out of Meadville, Pennsylvania.

History

WTIV was the first of three radio stations originally put on the air by Robert H. Sauber. Making its debut on November 27, 1955, WTIV offered a full-service format composed mainly of news, adult contemporary music and national and world news from the Mutual Broadcasting System, with little changes in program offerings over the years under his ownership.

Though Sauber would later put two other stations in Franklin on the air, he continued to manage WTIV as an entirely separate entity, serving as the station's general manager and sales manager. WTIV operated under the corporate name WTIV, Inc. (though Sauber himself was listed as licensee) while the Franklin stations did business as Northwestern Pennsylvania Broadcasting Company, Inc. Sauber also performed engineering duties for WTIV and the two Franklin stations.