WAVR and WATS (960 AM

AM broadcasting

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) is a radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 simulcasting a Adult Contemporary format. The station serves Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Bradford County, Pennsylvania

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 62,761 people, 24,453 households, and 17,312 families residing in the county. The population density was 54 people per square mile . There were 28,664 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile...

 and Tioga County, New York

Tioga County, New York

As of the census of 2010, there were 51,125 people residing in the county, with 22,203 housing units, of these 20,350 occupied, 1,853 vacant. The population density was 98 people per square mile...

, located in the Twin Tiers

Twin Tiers

The Twin Tiers is a geographical term that refers to the collective counties that lie on the New York-Pennsylvania border adjacent to the 42nd parallel north....

 between Elmira

Elmira, New York

Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York. The population was 29,200 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Chemung County.The City of Elmira is located in...

 and Binghamton

Binghamton, New York

Binghamton is a city in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It is near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers...

. The station is currently owned by WATS Broadcasting, Inc., a corporation owned by local residents Chuck Carver, Larry Brown and Todd Bowers. The station features a local morning program hosted by Carver and Bowers called "Chuck and Todd Live" and programing from AP Radio and Jones Radio Network.

WATS is licensed to Sayre, Pennsylvania

Sayre, Pennsylvania

Sayre is the largest borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, northwest of Scranton. In the past, various iron products were made there. In 1900, 5,243 people lived there; in 1910, 6,426 people lived there, and in 1940, 7,569 persons made their homes in Sayre. The population was 5,813 at the 2000...

 and WAVR is licensed to Waverly, Tioga County, New York

Waverly, Tioga County, New York

----Waverly is the largest village in Tioga County, New York, United States. It is located southeast of Elmira in the Southern Tier region. This village was incorporated as the southwest part of the town of Barton in 1854...

; the two towns are adjacent to each other and are located on opposite sides of Interstate 86

Interstate 86 (east)

Interstate 86 is an Interstate Highway that extends for through northwestern Pennsylvania and southern New York in the United States...

 and New York-Pennsylvania border. The two stations are headquartered in Sayre.

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