please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message wcoj city coatesville pennsylvania broadcast area chester county pennsylvania frequency 1420 khz format catholic radio power 5 000 watts class b facility id 63593 owner holy spirit radio foundation website holyspiritradio.org wcoj is a 5 000 watt am radio station licensed to coatesville pennsylvania consisting of a four tower array broadcasting on 1420 khz . wcoj airs religious radio programming under the control of philadelphia based holy spirit radio foundation . the holy spirit radio foundation also owns wisp in doylestown pennsylvania . 1 contents 1 coverage area 2 programming 3 history 4 references 5 external links coverage area edit wcoj s transmitter is located just north of coatesville in west brandywine township pennsylvania . the coverage area includes almost all of chester county pennsylvania excluding only the extreme northeast portion of the county known as the main line and the extreme southeast part of the county along the pennsylvania maryland border . the station also reaches parts of eastern lancaster county pennsylvania . in addition to coatesville and west chester communities served include phoenixville and kennett square . programming edit wcoj airs programming provided by the holy spirit radio foundation and mirrors the programming it provides on wisp including satellite fed audio programming from the catholic themed eternal word television network s radio feed locally produced programs and specials and local announcements on the hour . holy spirit radio began simulcasting on wisp and wcoj on october 7 2008 with a live mass broadcast from the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul marking the 5th anniversary of cardinal justin rigali s installation as archbishop of philadelphia . history edit founded by bill halpern and lou seltzer wcoj began operating on november 29 1949 . it originally broadcast as a daytime only station at 1 000 watts . the radio station was a day time only facility transmitting with 1 000 watts . the station increased its power to the 5 000 watts and began full time operation in 1952 . originally wcoj s studios were located at the palace theater in downtown coatesville and later in the early 50s opened an auxiliary studio business office above woody pontiac cadillac inc at 809 e. lincoln highway . over the years the station has also had studios at the transmitter site in west brandywine township at 3721 east lincoln highway thorndale and at 17 west gay street west chester . the seltzer and halpern partnership which founded wcoj also branched into cable television in late 1967 forming cable tv of chester county . over the next five years catv of chester county engineered and installed community catv systems in coatesville downingtown and west chester and expanded into nearby municipalities as funds allowed . wcoj was perhaps best known for much of the time it has been in operation for the morning program hosted for over 40 years by station personality art douglas . by his retirement in 1995 douglas had become a widely recognized figure in chester county . in 1955 he came to chester county and worked for wcoj radio in coatesville . he was the voice of chester county for over 40 years . he became general manager but continued to do the morning show along with his sidekick jolly joe piscoglio and clifford e. debaptiste . he also held the phone forum show in the afternoon . he retired in 1996 due to failing health . when the first flake of snow hit the ground chester county s children listened for art s trip to the famed switchover room the squeaking chair rolling along the floor art s humming singing and finally after coming up to full power the much anticipated all schools in the county are closed announcement ... art was also known on wcoj for the birthday announcements high school sports and little league baseball . he was dedicated to the west chester university football program where he enjoyed doing the play by play on the radio . during his time with west chester university football he had missed fewer than 5 games also covering chester county s high school football and basketball games with the same consistency . he was also known for broadcasting and announcing the immaculata girls basketball team the mighty mac s where they went to the championship game twice under the coaching of cathy rush . he was a member of the golden rams booster club and received an honorary award from the golden rams and he also was a member of many other organizations throughout chester county . he was formerly on the board of directors of brian house . art douglas marple died july 31 2005 . while never being replaced art s morning show was taken over by longtime wcoj announcer bill gillan in 1995 . gillan started at the station in 1980 doing the 7 pm to midnight show . later he move to mid days and into the morning shift after douglas retired . gillan remained at wcoj until 2000 . after departing wcoj gillan joined the qvc shopping network in the studio tour group . he died after a short illiness on june 6 2002 . in 1984 wcoj which had been co owned with coatesville s local cable television system became part of lensfest communications which operated cable systems throughout the region before itself becoming acquired by comcast in 1997 . at that time wcoj was spun off and sold to former wphl station manager lloyd b. roach . in 2003 roach and venture capital firm acquired a group of radio stations in central and northeast pennsylvania and southern new york state to form route 81 radio . wcoj was absorbed into the route 81 station group . bought by philadelphia based holy spirit radio foundation october 2 2008 they began broadcasting on october 7 2008 with a live mass broadcast from the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul marking the 5th anniversary of cardinal justin rigali s installation as archbishop of philadelphia . wcoj also was the philadelphia phillies radio network affiliate for chester county until 2008 . the last broadcast was september 28 2008 . references edit http www.allaroundphilly.com site news.cfm newsid 20144941 & brd 1671 & pag 461 & dept id 635398 & rfi 6 external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wcoj radio locator information on wcoj query nielsen audio s am station database for wcoj v t e radio stations in the philadelphia market by am frequency 560 610 640 690 740 800 860 900 950 990 1060 1110 1180 1210 1310 1340 1360 1370 1420 1440 1460 1480 1490 1520 1540 1590 1640 1680 clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage broadcast in spanish by fm frequency 88.1 88.1 88.5 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.1 89.1 89.3 warminster 89.3 coatesville 89.5 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.5 91.5 91.7 91.7 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.3 97.5 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.1 102.1 102.9 103.9 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.425 162.475 digital broadcast radio stations 610 950 1060 1210 1480 88.5 1 88.5 2 90.9 1 90.9 2 92.5 1 92.5 2 92.5 3 93.3 1 93.3 2 94.1 1 94.1 2 94.1 3 94.1 4 95.7 1 95.7 2 96.5 1 96.5 2 97.5 1 97.5 2 97.5 3 98.1 1 98.1 2 98.1 3 98.1 4 98.9 1 98.9 2 100.3 1 101.1 1 101.1 2 102.1 1 102.1 2 102.9 1 102.9 2 104.5 1 104.5 2 105.3 1 105.3 2 106.1 1 106.1 2 107.9 1 by callsign kih28 kyw wbcb wbbo wbeb wben fm wbmr wbyo wche wchr wcoj wcur wdas wdas fm wdnr wemg wexp wfil wfyl what whhs whyy wifi wioq wip fm wisx wjbr wkdn wkdu wkvp wmgk wmmr wnap wng704 wnjc wnjs fm wnpv wntp wnwr wogl wpaz wpeb wpen wphe wphi fm wpht wpnx700 wppz fm wpst wpwa wqhs wrdv wrff wrnb wrsd wrti wrtj wsrn fm wstw wtel wthj wtmr wttm wurd wusl wvch wwdb wwjz wwlu wwtx wxpn wxtu wxvu wybf wypa wzmp wzze defunct stations wcau am wcau fm wdre wdvr wegk wlce wqhs wsni wthk wyxr pennsylvania radio markets allentown 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