AN ACR LTT CREW LANDED AT YNG WHILE TALKING TO PIT TWR.

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ACR FLT X WAS ON A FERRY FLT FROM PITTSBURGH; PA; TO YOUNGSTOWN; OH. AT APPROX XA55 PM; ZOB CLRED US FOR THE ILS APCH TO YNG RWY 32; AT XB10 AM. ONCE ON THE APCH; CLEVELAND ADVISED US TO CALL THE ARPT IN SIGHT OR CALL THEM ON THE GND; THIS FREQ. YNG HAS AN OPERATING CTL TWR 24 HRS A DAY; SO THIS REQUEST SEEMED STRANGE. I GAVE YNG TWR A CALL ON FREQ 119.1. I CALLED TWICE BEFORE RECEIVING A RESPONSE. WHEN THE CTLR RESPONDED; HE REQUESTED THAT MY LNDG LIGHTS BE TURNED ON SO HE COULD SEE ME. I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS IMC AND HE WOULDN'T SEE ME. HE THEN SAID I WAS CLRED TO LAND RWY 32. WE TRIED 2 MORE TIMES ON THE APCH TO GET UPDATED WX FROM THE TWR; BUT RECEIVED NO ANSWER. AFTER LNDG IN YNG WITHOUT INCIDENT; WE CONTACTED GND CTL ON 121.9. I SAID 'YOUNGSTOWN; HOW DO YOU READ THIS RADIO?' HE SAID 'LOUD AND CLR; GOOD MORNING ACR.' I SAID 'DID YOU RECEIVE ANY TRANSMISSIONS ON TWR.' HE THEN TOLD ME THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE HE RECEIVED. I ASKED WHAT HAPPENED. HE TOLD ME THAT I HAD BEEN TALKING TO PITTSBURGH TWR AND THAT PIT TWR CLRED ME TO LAND ON RWY 32 IN PITTSBURGH. I WAS NEVER TOLD THAT I WAS TALKING TO PIT TWR; I THOUGHT WE WERE WITH YNG TWR ON 119.5. THE REASON HE WASN'T TALKING TO ME ON SHORT FINAL WAS BECAUSE I WAS TOO LOW. YNG TWR TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. CLEVELAND HAD CALLED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT I WAS COMING. I FEEL THAT IF PITTSBURGH WOULD HAVE IDENTED THEMSELVES; THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.