WAEB (AM)
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FCC | |
| Facility ID | 14371 |
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| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′37″N 75°30′50″W / 40.66028°N 75.51389°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | 790waeb |
WAEB (790
.The station is owned by
History
WAEB began operations in 1949. The station was sold to Rust Broadcasting in 1957, adopting a Top 40 format and the slogan Music Radio 79 WAEB.
In 1983, the station began to evolve into more of a
WAEB and WAEB-FM were sold to CRB Broadcasting in the late 1980s. In 1992, WAEB dropped its music formats and the station evolved into a News/Talk format. In 1995, WAEB and WAEB-FM were sold to Capstar along with WZZO and WKAP. The stations all went to AMFM Broadcasting as a result of the Chancellor/Capstar merger in 1999.
When AMFM merged with
. As a result, WAEB, WAEB-FM, WZZO and WKAP became Clear Channel stations.In January 2007, after WKAP dropped the oldies format in favor of religious programming (also changing its call letters to WYHM), WAEB launched an Internet radio station playing Oldies music on its Web site. Strong demand still exists for an AM or FM station dedicated to the oldies format lost when WKAP changed its format.
On September 4, 2009, the northernmost tower mast of the station's five-tower antenna array located in Whitehall Township was toppled when a vandal or vandals cut the tower's guy wires.[2]
Programming
WAEB currently runs a standard slate of news talkers typical of
See also
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAEB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Warner, Frank (September 5, 2009). "WAEB radio tower toppled in Whitehall, FBI investigates". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on September 7, 2009.
External links
- Official website
- WAEB in the FCC AM station database
- WAEB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- 790 WAEB at Twitter