on a station that he had acquired four years earlier, AM 1380 WTYM in Kittanning. Both WNCC and WRDD were joined four years later by a co-owned FM sister station. Vernal Enterprises was able to secure another construction permit after the window to put WRHB-FM had already come and long gone. Taking call letters from a former oldies station licensed to suburban Altoona, the station signed on as WHPA-FM, billing themselves as broadcasting from the "Heart of PennsylvaniA". WHPA did not simulcast its two AM stations, but rather focused on a music-intensive Classic Hits blend of both oldies and classic rock. In 2004 WRDD split from its simulcast with WNCC and changed their format to business news/talk. On September 1, 2010, WRDD went silent. WRDD today WRDD was listed with the FCC as being silent on Friday, September 3, 2010, with reasons being technical in nature. The tower of WRDD was found in need of repair and was slated to be dismantled due to safety issues. The tower was slated to be demolished around Thanksgiving, with a replacement tower to be purchased with a return to the air in the Summer of 2011. However, the FCC notified Vernal Enterprises in January 2012 that its license was being canceled after the station failed to return to the air by its ordered deadline of October 16, 2011, and no subsequent paperwork was filed by Vernal seeking an extension to its Special Temporary Authority application to remain silent. The tower along Tanner Road in Cambria Township was later demolished. References 1961-62 Broadcasting Yearbook 1967 Broadcasting Yearbook 1975 Broadcasting Yearbook 1981 Broadcasting Yearbook 1983 Broadcasting Yearbook 1985 Broadcasting Yearbook External links RDD Radio stations established in 1961 Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations disestablished in 2012 1961 establishments in Pennsylvania 2012 disestablishments in Pennsylvania RDD