The newspaper was looking to expand its advertising reach by building or buying radio stations in nearby markets, and would do so with further acquisitions in Indiana and Centre counties.
[1] In 1957, Clearfield Broadcasting decided to sell WAKU, as they were preparing to acquire Indiana County-based WDAD and WQMU, a transaction that would be completed in 1958.
In the mid '60s, WQTW featured popular radio personalities such as Tom Sidwell, John Vincze, Jim Albright and Joe Gearing and played a Top 40 and Rock & Roll format.
A double-wide mobile home was purchased and parked at WQTW's transmitter site at 287 George Street in Derry Township, just on the outskirts of Latrobe.
For a brief period in the mid-'90s, the station affiliated with the Prime Sports Satellite Network, in an attempt to support the growing audience for all-sports radio.
Effective July 25, 2017, the estate of Stanley Wall sold WQTW and WLSW to Robert and Ashley Stevens' Broadcast Communications, Inc. for $605,000.