WAOB (AM)

WAOB
Broadcast areaPittsburgh metropolitan area
Frequency860 kHz
Programming
FormatCatholic talk and teaching
AffiliationsEWTN Radio
Ownership
OwnerSt. Joseph Ministries
History
First air date
1948 (as WHOD–Homestead, Pennsylvania)
Call sign meaning
We Are One Body
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID60155
ClassB
Power
  • 1,000 watts (Daytime)
  • 830 watts (Nighttime)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.waob.org

WAOB (860 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Millvale, Pennsylvania that broadcasts to the Greater Pittsburgh region. Operating for fifty years as WAMO (AM 660), it served Pittsburgh's African-American community until 2009. The station was sold to St. Joseph Ministries and carries a Catholic talk and teaching radio format.

Some shows are locally produced in cooperation with the Diocese of Pittsburgh and some are from EWTN Radio. The studios and offices are located on Ligonier Street in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

By day, WAOB transmits with 1,000 watts, but because 860 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A CJBC Toronto, WAOB must reduce power at night to 830 watts to avoid interference. It uses a directional antenna at all times.[2] Programming is simulcast on 106.7 WAOB-FM in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and WPGR 1510 AM in Monroeville, Pennsylvania.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAOB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WAOB