ower ▁direction al ▁anten na ▁system . ▁ ▁W C ED ▁and ▁its ▁FM ▁sister ▁station ▁W DS N ▁are ▁owned ▁and ▁operated ▁by ▁Prior ity ▁Communic ations ▁of ▁Pitts burgh , ▁Pennsylvania . ▁ ▁History ▁For ▁much ▁of ▁its ▁existence , ▁W C ED ▁was ▁the ▁sister ▁station ▁of ▁FM ▁station ▁W OW Q , ▁also ▁lic ensed ▁to ▁Du Bo is , ▁which ▁had ▁a ▁country ▁music ▁format ▁and ▁was ▁known ▁by ▁the ▁mon iker ▁Q 1 0 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁stations ▁were ▁owned ▁by ▁Der rick ▁Publishing , ▁of ▁O il ▁City , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁which ▁did ▁business ▁as ▁Tri - Count y ▁Broadcast ing ▁and ▁also ▁published ▁the ▁O il ▁City ▁Der rick ▁newspaper . ▁ ▁W C ED ▁became ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁full - service ▁approach ▁to ▁local ▁programming ▁for ▁both ▁Du Bo is ▁and ▁the ▁tri - count y ▁area , ▁which ▁includes ▁Clear field , ▁Jefferson , ▁and ▁El k ▁count ies . ▁ ▁It ▁also ▁became ▁the ▁local ▁radio ▁out let ▁for ▁ABC ▁News , ▁air ing ▁Paul ▁Har vey ▁and ▁other ▁full - service ▁network ▁program ▁offer ings . ▁ ▁The ▁station ▁also ▁offered ▁music ▁formats ▁such ▁as ▁CH R , ▁old ies , ▁nost alg ia , ▁and ▁some ▁talk , ▁but ▁the ▁station ▁would ▁go ▁to ▁a ▁news ▁and ▁talk ▁format ▁after ▁its ▁sale ▁to ▁Prior ity ▁Communic ations . ▁ ▁W C ED ▁and ▁W OW Q ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁stations ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁to ▁use ▁computer - based