WCHB

WCHB
Broadcast areaDetroit metropolitan area
Frequency1340 kHz (HD Radio)
BrandingAM 1340
Programming
FormatUrban gospel
Ownership
Owner
WMUZ, WMUZ-FM, WRDT
History
First air date
October 1923; 101 years ago (1923-10) (as WAGM)
Former call signs
WAGM (1924–1931)
WEXL (1931–2017)
Call sign meaning
Wendell Cox & Haley Bell
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID61679
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
42°28′10″N 83°6′54″W / 42.46944°N 83.11500°W / 42.46944; -83.11500
Translator(s)96.7 W244DL (Detroit)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewchb1340.com

WCHB (1340 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Royal Oak, Michigan, and serving the Detroit metropolitan area. It broadcasts an urban gospel radio format and is owned by Crawford Broadcasting. The station is a reporter to Billboard's Nielsen/BDS Gospel airplay panel. The radio studios and offices are shared with co-owned WMUZ, WMUZ-FM (which simulcasts WCHB on its second digital subchannel) and WRDT, on Radio Plaza in Ferndale, Michigan.

WCHB broadcasts in the HD format.[2] It is powered at 1,000 watts, using a directional antenna in the daytime. The transmitter is on West Woodward Heights Boulevard in Ferndale, near Interstate 75.[3] Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translator W244DL at 96.7 MHz in Detroit.[4]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCHB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "HD Radio Guide for Detroit". hdradio.com.[unreliable source?]
  3. ^ "WCHB-AM 1340 kHz - Royal Oak, MI". radio-locator.com. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  4. ^ "W244DL-FM 96.7 MHz - Detroit, MI". radio-locator.com. Retrieved 2024-02-01.