Altoona is a part of the Eau Claire media market; until early 2009, it was served by its own free weekly newspaper, the Altoona Star. Altoona is also home to the studios and offices of Maverick Media stations WAYY, WEAQ, WECL, WIAL, WAXX, and WDRK-FM.
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Fred "Fuzzy" Thurston, who played left guard for the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s, and for whom the Altoona High School football field is named
In 1973, US 220 became a freeway between Bedford and Altoona, Pennsylvania, and the old tract of the route near Bedford became a business loop.
On August 21, 1926, Curly Fredericks, on an Altoona, set the record for the fastest speed (120.3 miles per hour) that a motorcycle would attain on an oval board track.
Leap-The-Dips at Lakemont Park, Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States - the world's oldest operating roller coaster (opened 1902).
WPCB-TV programming is also seen on satellite station WKBS-TV (UHF digital channel 46) in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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Many were attracted to the Christian and Missionary Alliance, in its origin, because of the ministry of healing, and a striking parallel is noted in the founding of the Altoona Alliance Church in 1891, just four years after the founding of the national movement.
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Altoona Alliance Church is a mid-sized church associated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance located in Altoona, Pennsylvania Founded in 1891 by Rev. Frederick Senft, who would one day go on to become president of the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
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As a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance the Altoona Alliance Church offers a variety of ministries to those in the church and the community around them while also maintaining a heart for foreign missions.
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell sent two assistants to the Altoona shops in 1875 to study the feasibility of installing telephone lines.
Afterward, it becomes Plank Road between Hollidaysburg and Altoona, feature four-lanes, a center turning lane, and a copious commercial development.
Driver fatalities continued to mount on board tracks into the 1920s, and included four Indianapolis 500 winners, three of which occurred at the Altoona track (another Pillsbury design) in Tipton, Pennsylvania, and three in the same years in which the driver won at Indianapolis.
Only Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey and Altoona's Mansion Park have hosted more games (98 and 88, respectively).
James John Hogan (1911–2005), sixth Roman Catholic Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, 1966–1986
Jon Eardley (September 30, 1928, Altoona, Pennsylvania - April 1, 1991, Lambermont near Verviers in Belgium) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Lakemont Park, an amusement park in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
Bishop Domenec was transferred to the newly created Diocese of Allegheny, and Father Tuigg of Altoona was appointed the bishop of Pittsburgh.
Munster Township is located approximately at geocoordinates 40.45N by 78.7W, about 11 miles ESE of Ebensburg and 14 miles west of Altoona.
Other segments are hosted by Bishop Mark Bartchak of The Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, Adam Wood and Samantha Slezak.
It was to be restored through a partnership between Steamtown, the University of Scranton and the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona.
Bixler is perhaps most known for his foundational work with Cornerstone Television, which includes WPCB-TV, Channel 40 of Pittsburgh, and WKBS-TV, Channel 47 of Altoona, Pennsylvania, both of which broadcast twenty-four hours a day across North America by two satellites.
Sci-Fi Valley Con, part III was held on June 27-29, 2014 in Altoona, Pennsylvania at the Jaffa Shrine Center.
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The convention was such a success its first year that the promoter, Casey B. Bassett, decided to move the convention to Altoona's Jaffa Shrine Center.
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Sci-Fi Valley Con, part II was held on May 17-19, 2013 in Altoona, Pennsylvania at the Jaffa Shrine Center.
UPMC Altoona, located in Altoona, Pennsylvania, is a 380-bed, non-profit, private community hospital system that contains more than 20 affiliated health care companies and functions as the regional referral center and tertiary hub of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).
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In February, 2013, after over a year-long investigation of affiliation options, Altoona Regional Health System signed a non-binding letter of intent to negotiate an affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).
88.1 FM is also the frequency of Radio Maria-owned WHHN in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania serving the Altoona area.
In 2005, the station was purchased by Pathway Community Radio, which retransmitted Pittsburgh's WPCB-TV/Cornerstone Television (via Altoona satellite WKBS) temporarily in a transition period until the station began their own programming schedule.