WKBN (AM)
Radio station in Youngstown, Ohio / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WKBN (570 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Youngstown, Ohio. It has a news/talk format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on South Avenue in Youngstown.[2]
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Broadcast area | Youngstown metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 570 kHz |
Branding | Newsradio 570 WKBN |
Programming | |
Format | News/talk |
Network | ABC News Radio |
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WAKZ, WBBG, WMXY, WNCD, WNIO | |
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First air date | September 26, 1926; 97 years ago (1926-09-26) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 70519 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts |
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Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 570wkbn.iheart.com |
WKBN is powered at 5,000 watts from a six-tower array on East Western Reserve and Beard roads in Poland, Ohio. By day, it operates a non-directional signal from a single tower. Due to its location near the bottom of the AM dial, as well as its transmitter power, its daytime signal can be heard at city-grade strength from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, and provides at least secondary coverage to Erie, Pennsylvania, most of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, much of north-central Ohio and even a section of Southern Ontario. At night, power is fed to all six towers in a directional pattern to protect other stations on 570 AM, concentrating the signal in Youngstown and Pittsburgh.[3]