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{{Short description|Radio station in Irwin, Pennsylvania, United States}} |
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name = WKHB| |
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| name = WKHB |
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| logo = WKHB 620-102.1-94.1-92.3 logo.jpg |
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| city = [[Irwin, Pennsylvania]] |
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slogan = Pittsburgh's Favorites (during music hours)| |
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frequency = 620 ([[kilohertz|kHz]])| |
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| frequency = 620 [[kilohertz|kHz]] |
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| format = [[Brokered programming]] (days)<BR>[[Oldies]] (nights) |
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affiliations = 103.9 WKHB-FM, 103.1 WKVE, 97.5 770 WKFB, 93.3 810 WEDO, 97.9 1570 WKHJ, 105.1 1210 WANB |
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| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] |
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| sister_stations = [[WANB]], [[WEDO]], [[WKFB]], [[WKHB-FM]], [[WKVE]], [[WXVE]] |
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'''WKHB''' (620 [[Hertz|kHz]] "KHB Radio") is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[AM radio|AM]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Irwin, Pennsylvania]], and serving [[Greater Pittsburgh]]. It is owned by Broadcast Communications, Inc., and it carries a [[brokered programming]] [[radio format]]. During the day, hosts pay the station for time on the air and may advertise their products or services during their shows. At night, WKHB plays [[oldies]] music. |
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'''WKHB''' is an [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[radio station]] licensed to [[Irwin, Pennsylvania|Irwin]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]], which serves the greater [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] area. Known as '''620 KHB''', the station operates with 5,500 watts daytime (reduced power at night) and airs a mix of health talk and paid programming with classic hits music in the morning, evening and overnight hours. It is also known for its weekend [[polka]] shows and ministries that broadcast on KHB. |
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By day, WKHB transmits with 5,500 [[watt]]s, but at night, to prevent interference to other stations on [[620 AM]], WKHB reduces power to only 50 watts. The [[transmitter]] is off Turkey Farm Road in [[Wendel, Pennsylvania|Wendel]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/WKHB-AM?loc=40.44142%2C-79.97729&locn=Pittsburgh%2C%20Pennsylvania Radio-Locator.com/WKHB]</ref> Programming is [[simulcast]] on three [[FM translator]]s: 102.1 in Central [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]], 94.1 in [[Pittsburgh]] and 92.3 in [[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Westmoreland County]]. |
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WKHB's studios are located in [[Greensburg, Pennsylvania|Greensburg]], while its transmitter is located near Wendel, just south of Irwin. |
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WKHB's high power on a low frequency yields what is generally considered to be the second-best daytime AM signal in the Pittsburgh area (behind [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA]]), covering nearly two and a half million people (2.0mV/m) in various portions of five states. WKHB also simulcasts on FM translators 94.1 W231BM, 92.3 W222CB, and 102.1 W271CW. |
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WKHB and its sister stations 770 WKFB and 103.1 WKVE are owned by Broadcast Communications Inc., which also owns and operates WANB-Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, which simulcast 1210 AM and 105.1 FM. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===Beginnings as WHJB=== |
===Beginnings as WHJB=== |
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620 began as WHJB, formerly licensed Greensburg. The station began as a |
620 began as WHJB, formerly licensed to [[Greensburg, Pennsylvania]]. It [[sign-on|signed on]] the air on October 28, 1934. The station began as a [[daytimer]], operating at a power of 250 watts, non-directional, and required to go off the air at night. The station's [[call sign|call letters]] stood for founder '''H.J. B'''rennen. doing business as Pittsburgh Radio Supply House, broadcasting from a studio at 128 North Penn Avenue in Greensburg. |
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The station was founded by H.J. Brennen, whose initials the station call letters stood for. WHJB, doing business as Pittsburgh Radio Supply House, first operated beginning October 28, 1934 from a studio at 128 North Penn Avenue in Greensburg. |
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WHJB, as the first radio station on the air in suburban Pittsburgh, experienced steady growth and prospered over its formative years, getting nighttime power authorization by 1955, as well as a daytime power increase, with power settings at 1,000 watts during the day, and 500 watts at night, adopting a directional antenna pattern with changing patterns for night and day operation. By 1960, the name of the licensee had changed its name to WHJB, Inc., though the station still was owned by the Brennen family. That changed in 1962 when control was transferred to others after the Brennen family's interests were sold to Robert Burstein, and then to general manager Melvin Goldberg by 1967. |
WHJB, as the first radio station on the air in suburban Pittsburgh, experienced steady growth and prospered over its formative years, getting nighttime power authorization by 1955, as well as a daytime power increase, with power settings at 1,000 watts during the day, and 500 watts at night, adopting a directional antenna pattern with changing patterns for night and day operation. By 1960, the name of the licensee had changed its name to WHJB, Inc., though the station still was owned by the Brennen family. That changed in 1962 when control was transferred to others after the Brennen family's interests were sold to Robert Burstein, and then to general manager Melvin Goldberg by 1967. |
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Broadcast Communications, Inc. moved WHJB's transmitter site closer to Pittsburgh, raised its daytime power twice, and changed its community of license to Irwin, Pennsylvania, a nearby suburb of Pittsburgh. WHJB had always been primarily a Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania radio station while WKHB with its higher power and closer tower, aspires to serve the tri-state greater Pittsburgh area. |
Broadcast Communications, Inc. moved WHJB's transmitter site closer to Pittsburgh, raised its daytime power twice, and changed its community of license to Irwin, Pennsylvania, a nearby suburb of Pittsburgh. WHJB had always been primarily a Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania radio station while WKHB with its higher power and closer tower, aspires to serve the tri-state greater Pittsburgh area. |
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Although the station continued to operate as a music-formatted, stand-alone AM outlet for several more years, the call letter change to WKHB in 1999 was more or less concurrent with a format switch to all paid programming. Music continues to air in the station's off-peak hours, 7:15 p.m. to |
Although the station continued to operate as a music-formatted, stand-alone AM outlet for several more years, the call letter change to WKHB in 1999 was more or less concurrent with a format switch to all paid programming. Music continues to air in the station's off-peak hours, 7:15 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., consisting of classic hits from the mid-1960s to the mid-’80s. |
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===Program Hosts=== |
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==On-air staff and programs== |
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Morning host and station manager Barry Banker celebrated 40 years with the station in 2006. Banker retired and was replaced in morning drive by Bill Korch from nearby WEDO. |
Morning host and station manager Barry Banker celebrated 40 years with the station in 2006. Banker retired and was replaced in morning drive by Bill Korch from nearby WEDO. |
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Veteran Pittsburgh on-air personality and programmer [[Clarke Ingram]] was associated with the station (and sister station |
Veteran Pittsburgh on-air personality and programmer [[Clarke Ingram]] was associated with the station (and sister station [[WKFB]]) as Program Director and Operations Manager for several years in the mid-2000s. |
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KHB also features a variety of talk programming including: health, ministry, and local issues. KHB has an extended lineup of weekend polka shows that air on Saturdays and Sundays. |
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Regular non-music programs include "Health Breakthroughs" with Dr. James Winer, "Alternatives to Medicine" with Dr. Martin Gallagher, and the daily Scriptural Rosary, which has now aired on Pittsburgh radio for over 45 years. There is an extended lineup of polka shows on Saturday and Sunday and a variety of local ministry programs broadcast on WKHB. |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==Sources== |
==Sources== |
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* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1945/1945%20YB%20Radio%20by%20State.pdf 1945 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1945/1945%20YB%20Radio%20by%20State.pdf 1945 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
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* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1956/201-300%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201956.pdf 1956 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1956/201-300%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201956.pdf 1956 Broadcasting Yearbook]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
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* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Broadcasting%201960%20Yearbook%20Page%20Range%20Guide.htm 1960 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Broadcasting%201960%20Yearbook%20Page%20Range%20Guide.htm 1960 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
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* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1963/B%20N-Z%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201963.pdf 1963 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1963/B%20N-Z%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201963.pdf 1963 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
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* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1967/B%202%20Radio%201967%20YB.pdf 1967 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1967/B%202%20Radio%201967%20YB.pdf 1967 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
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* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1971/B%202%20Radio%20YB%201971.pdf 1971 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1971/B%202%20Radio%20YB%201971.pdf 1971 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
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* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1975/C%202%201975%20Radio.pdf 1975 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1975/C%202%201975%20Radio.pdf 1975 Broadcasting Yearbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008161835/http://davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1975/C%202%201975%20Radio.pdf |date=2010-10-08 }} |
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* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1981/Cb%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20N-Z.pdf 1981 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
* [http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1981/Cb%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20N-Z.pdf 1981 Broadcasting Yearbook] |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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{{AM station data|WKHB}} |
{{AM station data|72297|WKHB}} |
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*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|156023|W222CB}} |
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*{{FMQ|W231BM}} |
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*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|148552|W231BM}} |
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*{{FMQ|W271CW}} |
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*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|158245|W271CW}} |
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*[http://www.primetimepolkas.com/khbmap.htm KHB Coverage Map] |
*[http://www.primetimepolkas.com/khbmap.htm KHB Coverage Map] |
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Broadcast area | Pittsburgh metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 620 kHz |
Branding | 620 KHB |
Programming | |
Format | Brokered programming (days) Oldies (nights) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Broadcast Communications, Inc. |
WANB, WEDO, WKFB, WKHB-FM, WKVE, WXVE | |
History | |
First air date | October 28, 1934 (as WHJB, Greensburg) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 72297 |
Class | D |
Power | 5,500 watts day 50 watts night |
Translator(s) | 92.3 W222CB (Irwin) 94.1 W231BM (Pittsburgh) 102.1 W271CW (Pittsburgh) |
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Public license information | |
Website | khbradio.com |
WKHB (620 kHz "KHB Radio") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Irwin, Pennsylvania, and serving Greater Pittsburgh. It is owned by Broadcast Communications, Inc., and it carries a brokered programming radio format. During the day, hosts pay the station for time on the air and may advertise their products or services during their shows. At night, WKHB plays oldies music.
By day, WKHB transmits with 5,500 watts, but at night, to prevent interference to other stations on 620 AM, WKHB reduces power to only 50 watts. The transmitter is off Turkey Farm Road in Wendel.[2] Programming is simulcast on three FM translators: 102.1 in Central Allegheny County, 94.1 in Pittsburgh and 92.3 in Westmoreland County.
History
Beginnings as WHJB
620 began as WHJB, formerly licensed to Greensburg, Pennsylvania. It signed on the air on October 28, 1934. The station began as a daytimer, operating at a power of 250 watts, non-directional, and required to go off the air at night. The station's call letters stood for founder H.J. Brennen. doing business as Pittsburgh Radio Supply House, broadcasting from a studio at 128 North Penn Avenue in Greensburg.
WHJB, as the first radio station on the air in suburban Pittsburgh, experienced steady growth and prospered over its formative years, getting nighttime power authorization by 1955, as well as a daytime power increase, with power settings at 1,000 watts during the day, and 500 watts at night, adopting a directional antenna pattern with changing patterns for night and day operation. By 1960, the name of the licensee had changed its name to WHJB, Inc., though the station still was owned by the Brennen family. That changed in 1962 when control was transferred to others after the Brennen family's interests were sold to Robert Burstein, and then to general manager Melvin Goldberg by 1967.
WHJB-FM signs on
On November 1, 1964, WHJB welcomed WHJB-FM, its like-named FM sister station to the air. Though the stations shared identical call letters, they were initially programmed separately, until 1967, when several changes took place.
That year, WHJB and its FM sister, by this time named WOKU-FM, now simulcasting for half the broadcast day, moved to new studios and offices at 227 West Otterman Street in Greensburg. The stations moved to another location at 245 Brown Street near the Greensburg city limits in 1974, where they remained for the rest of the 20th century.
As "Disco 107" in 1979, WOKU won an award from Billboard magazine as "Large-Market Disco Station of the Year."
In 1980, WHJB upgraded its transmitting facilities again, increasing its power to 2,500 watts daytime and 500 watts at night, which it kept until shortly after its sale in 1996. WHJB's antenna array along U.S. Route 30 (four towers for the AM directional pattern, plus a fifth tower for the FM, later used as an auxiliary site) could be seen overlooking Greensburg for many years, but came down after the sale was completed.
1996 sale
The station was sold in 1996 to Broadcast Communications, Inc.
Broadcast Communications, Inc. moved WHJB's transmitter site closer to Pittsburgh, raised its daytime power twice, and changed its community of license to Irwin, Pennsylvania, a nearby suburb of Pittsburgh. WHJB had always been primarily a Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania radio station while WKHB with its higher power and closer tower, aspires to serve the tri-state greater Pittsburgh area.
Although the station continued to operate as a music-formatted, stand-alone AM outlet for several more years, the call letter change to WKHB in 1999 was more or less concurrent with a format switch to all paid programming. Music continues to air in the station's off-peak hours, 7:15 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., consisting of classic hits from the mid-1960s to the mid-’80s.
Program Hosts
Morning host and station manager Barry Banker celebrated 40 years with the station in 2006. Banker retired and was replaced in morning drive by Bill Korch from nearby WEDO.
Veteran Pittsburgh on-air personality and programmer Clarke Ingram was associated with the station (and sister station WKFB) as Program Director and Operations Manager for several years in the mid-2000s.
Caleb Michaels and Michael J. Daniels appear at various times, often at night, doing the classic hits format, which at times is simulcast with sister station 103.9 WKHB-FM.
KHB also features a variety of talk programming including: health, ministry, and local issues. KHB has an extended lineup of weekend polka shows that air on Saturdays and Sundays.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKHB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WKHB
Sources
- 1945 Broadcasting Yearbook
- 1956 Broadcasting Yearbook[permanent dead link]
- 1960 Broadcasting Yearbook
- 1963 Broadcasting Yearbook
- 1965 Broadcasting Yearbook
- 1967 Broadcasting Yearbook
- 1971 Broadcasting Yearbook
- 1975 Broadcasting Yearbook Archived 2010-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- 1981 Broadcasting Yearbook
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 72297 (WKHB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WKHB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 156023 (W222CB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- Facility details for Facility ID 148552 (W231BM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- Facility details for Facility ID 158245 (W271CW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KHB Coverage Map