WCTO

WCTO (96.1 FM, "Cat Country 96.1") is a radio station based in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. WCTO is owned by Cumulus Media and serves the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania.

The station offers a country music format, playing country music from the 1980s through to the present. Being part of the Eagles Radio Network, WCTO broadcasts all Philadelphia Eagles games.

History

96.1 FM began in 1947 as WEST-FM. For decades, the station simulcast WEST's middle of the road popular music format. In 1973, though, 96.1 became WLEV and began offering a soft rock/adult contemporary format that was very automated. It played the softer rock hits of the 1960s and 1970s, along with a lot of current music. It was known as "Hit Parade Music" at one point. The station was owned by Sound Media and then by Telemedia Group.

Through the 1970s and into the 1980s, WLEV 96.1 continued as an adult contemporary station with no dramatic changes. More personality was added in the late 1980s and, by the 1990s, the station bordered on being a hot adult contemporary station, but the texture of the station was consistent.