WAEB (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Lehigh Valley |
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| Frequency | 790kHz |
| Branding | NewsRadio 790 WAEB |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Talk radio |
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| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1949 |
Call signmeaning | Allentown–Easton–Bethlehem |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 14371 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′37″N75°30′50″W/ 40.66028°N 75.51389°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live(viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | 790waeb |
WAEB(790kHz) is anews,talk,andsportsAMradio station inAllentown, Pennsylvania,in theLehigh Valleyregion of easternPennsylvania.
The station is owned byiHeartMedia.
History
[edit]20th century
[edit]WAEB began operations in 1949. The station was sold to Rust Broadcasting in 1957, adopting aTop 40format and the sloganMusic Radio 79 WAEB.
In 1983, the station began to evolve into more of ahot adult contemporaryformat, and by 1985, more of a straightadult contemporaryformat emphasizingoldies.In 1986, WAEB added evening syndicated talk shows, and overnight talk shows were added by 1989; but continued to air a mix of adult contemporary and oldies music during the day.
WAEB andWAEB-FMwere 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 withWZZOand WKAP. The stations all went to AMFM Broadcasting as a result of the Chancellor/Capstar merger in 1999.
When AMFM merged withClear Channel Communications,which ownedWODE-FMandWEEX,the company would be forced to sell an AM and FM station to be under legal ownership limits. Clear Channel would giveNassau Broadcastingcash plus WODE-FM and WEEX in exchange forNew JerseystationsWSUS,WNNJ,WNNJ-FM,WHCY,andlocal marketing agreementswithWDLC,andWTSX.As a result, WAEB, WAEB-FM, WZZO and WKAP became Clear Channel stations.
21st century
[edit]In January 2007, after WKAP dropped the oldies format in favor of religious programming and changed its call letters toWYHM,WAEB launched anInternet radiostation playingOldiesmusic 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 inWhitehall Townshipwas toppled when a vandal or vandals cut the tower'sguy-wires.[2]
Programming
[edit]WAEB currently runs a standard slate of news talkers typical ofClear Channel Communicationsowned stations, including theGlenn Beck Program,The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,The Sean Hannity Show,andCoast to Coast AM.The station also airs a local morning show hosted by Bobby Gunther Walsh.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"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 fromthe originalon September 7, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 14371 (WAEB)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WAEBinNielsen Audio's AM station database
- 790 WAEBat Twitter