WKBN (AM)

WKBN

Youngstown, Ohio United States
Broadcast area	Youngstown metropolitan area
Frequency	570 kHz
Branding	Newsradio 570 WKBN
Programming
Format	News/talk
Network	ABC News Radio
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Cleveland Guardians Radio Network Mahoning Valley Scrappers WKBN-TV (news and weather updates)
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WAKZ, WBBG, WMXY, WNCD, WNIO
History
First air date	September 26, 1926; 98 years ago (1926-09-26)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70519
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	570wkbn.iheart.com

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]

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]