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History of Philadelphia radio station 1110 WNAP (WNAP, Inc.)

  • As WNAR

    WNAR was on the air from at least 1947 serving Norristown and Montgomery County as a 500 watt daytimer on 1110 AM. Until the late 1960s, much of the service area was rural and undeveloped, with the signal barely reaching Philadelphia. In the 1960s and 1970s, the station was owned by Victor Mauck.

    In 1965, the station began programming a middle of the road format, and by the late 1960s, the station was selling time-brokered slots. Between paid programs, a top 40 format was heard with hosts Johnny Deveraux and others. Some of the WNAR staff included KYW's Al Novak, Dan Baker, Cousin Larry with the morning show, Ron Joseph, and "Super Lou."

    WNAR 1110 1970s logo

    In the 1970s, a syndicated beautiful music format debuted with the voice of John Doremus.

    The station was sold in 1984 and the call letters became WGHW, switching to the current calls of WNAP in 1987. The station now programs a gospel music format under the name "Gospel Highway Eleven" with 4,800 watts, covering much of the Philadelphia area.

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    1. Posted at 11:23 AM on 7/13/2011 by Carmen Malizia:
    I was in High School in 1967 Johnny Deveraux would pick me up early Sunday morning, first we would work at WIFI on Potshop Road, then we would go down Germantown pike to WNAR playing church tapes and time-brokered Super Lou and RJ. I still remember "Super Lou woul insist on a eccho which was created using a tape loop on the old ampex tape recorder that was located next to the RCA 500 Watt Transmitter.

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