WPKB

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WPKB
Broadcast areaParkersburg-Marietta
Frequency 1230 kHz
BrandingPop Radio 103.5
Programming
Format Top 40/CHR
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Seven Mountains Media
  • (Seven Mountains of DE, LLC)
History
First air date
September 1947 (1947-09) (as WCOM)
Former call signs
  • WCOM (1947–1959)
  • WTAP (1959–1972)
  • WKYG (1972–2004)
  • WVNT (2004–2024)
Call sign meaning
"Parkersburg"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 22678
Class C
Power 880 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 39°15′29.3″N81°33′48.4″W / 39.258139°N 81.563444°W / 39.258139; -81.563444
Translator 103.5 W278CQ (Parkersburg)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website popradio1035.com

WPKB (1230 AM) is a radio station licensed to Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. It serves the Parkersburg-Marietta area with a Top 40/contemporary hit radio format. The station is owned by Seven Mountains Media.

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History

Logo under conservative talk format, used until 2024. WVNT logo.png
Logo under conservative talk format, used until 2024.

From April 13, 1998, until March 2004, WKYG aired Radio Disney, a format targeted towards tweens and young teens.

On June 25, 2024, WVNT dropped its previous conservative talk radio format and began stunting with a loop of "Pop" by NSYNC; this led into a flip back to contemporary hit radio as "Pop! Radio" on June 28 at 10 am. This was predicated by Seven Mountains Media applying for new callsign WPKB for the station, as well as the company using the same stunt for "Pop! Radio" launches in other markets. [2] The station brands as "Pop! Radio 103.5" in reference to its translator at 103.5 FM.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WPKB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WVNT About to Pop". Radio insight. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.


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