Friday, November 7, 2008

590 MIGHTY MEMORY #576


PHOTO INDEX: WARM PENN STATE SCHEDULE.

A BEAUTIFUL PARING

WARM Radio and Penn State Football was a natural pairing of sports and radio. Northeastern Pa. has thousands of Penn State fans today but even back in the seventies and eighties, WARM had the lock on Penn State fans. The Ron Allen Sportsline regularly broadcast features on the players and the coaches. (This was long before Penn State established their own 4 hour pregame programs). In terms of sales, Penn State was a bonanza for the radio station constantly selling out. However like all good things, the marriage of the Nittany Lions and the Mighty 590 came to an end when the new management at the station let Penn State go to WILK where it's been there ever since. Even as Penn Staters tune in to WILK, there are many fans in the area who remember tuning in to WARM Radio and eagerly waiting for those pocket size Lions schedules at the end of summer to see when their beloved team would play on their favorite radio station.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dave,
WARM in the early 80s had a contest for PSU and the Eagles. When either team scored, the first caller into WARM won $ related to the number of points they had scored. When they played Temple, you can bet I had every number dialed but the last one, and when some third string tailback scored the 50th point in the 4th quarter..I had a months spending money!!