WCHB

WCHB
Royal Oak, Michigan;
Broadcast area	Detroit metropolitan area
Frequency	1340 kHz (HD Radio)
Branding	AM 1340
Programming
Format	Urban gospel
Ownership
Owner	Crawford Broadcasting; (WMUZ Radio, Inc.);
Sister stations	WMUZ, WMUZ-FM, WRDT
History
First air date	October 1923; 101 years ago (as WAGM)
Former call signs	WAGM (1924–1931); WEXL (1931–2017)
Call sign meaning	Wendell Cox & Haley Bell
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	61679
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	42°28′10″N 83°6′54″W / 42.46944°N 83.11500°W
Translator(s)	96.7 W244DL (Detroit)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wchb1340.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]