WKOK

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WKOK
WKOK Newsradio1070 logo.png
Broadcast area Central Pennsylvania
Frequency 1070 kHz
BrandingNewsradio 1070 WKOK
Programming
Format News/Talk/Sports
Network CBS News Radio
Affiliations Accuweather
Fox Sports Radio
NBC News Radio
Penn State Nittany Lions
Ownership
OwnerSunbury Broadcasting Corporation
WEGH, WQKX, WVLY-FM
History
First air date
1927 (as WJBU at 1420)
Former call signs
WJBU (1927–1933)
Former frequencies
1420 kHz (1927)
1400 kHz (1927–1928)
1210 kHz (1928–1941)
1240 kHz (1941–1961)
Technical information
Facility ID 63889
Class B
Power 10,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 40°52′54.31″N76°49′0″W / 40.8817528°N 76.81667°W / 40.8817528; -76.81667 (WKOK)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website wkok.com

WKOK (1070 AM) is a commercial radio station in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. It is owned by Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation and it broadcasts a combination News, Talk and Sports radio format. The radio studios and transmitter are on County Line Road in Selinsgrove. [1]

Contents

By day, WKOK transmits 10,000 watts non-directional. As 1070 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A KNX Los Angeles, to avoid interference with KNX and other stations on 1070, WKOK must reduce power at night to 1,000 watts and use a directional antenna with a five-tower array. [2]

Programming

On weekdays, WKOK has news blocks and local talk in morning and afternoon drive time, including forecasts from Accuweather and updates from CBS Radio News. Middays feature two nationally syndicated programs, The Dan Patrick Show and The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey . Before sunrise on weekday mornings, This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal is heard. Two local talk shows on the station are On The Mark, discussing local news, and The Steve Jones Show, discussing Penn State University sports. In evenings and overnights, WKOK airs Fox Sports Radio. [3]

On weekend mornings, WKOK has a three-hour news block. A nationally syndicated technology show, hosted by Kim Komando, is heard middays on Saturdays. Middays on Sundays feature the CBS Weekend News Roundup and Meet The Press . During weekend afternoons, evenings and overnights, the station joins Fox Sports Radio.

The station broadcasts Penn State Nittany Lions football and basketball games, as well as Shikellamy High School football, wrestling and basketball games. [3]

History

Bucknell University

The Federal Radio Commission granted Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, a license for a radio station on November 6, 1925 (per FCC History Cards). The original call sign was WJBU. It was originally broadcast on 1420 kHz with 100 watts.

The station was reassigned to 1400 kHz on September 3, 1927. It moved again, this time to 1210 kHz on December 28, 1928. [4] By the 1930s, the university decided to divest of the station and offer it to a commercial broadcaster.

WKOX

On May 12, 1933, the station's license was voluntarily reassigned to Charles S. Blue. The station was moved to Sunbury, Pennsylvania, with studios at 1150 West Front Street. [5] Following the move, the station's call sign was changed to WKOK on July 27, 1933. The station's license was then voluntarily reassigned to Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation on April 13, 1934. WKOK occasionally shared its frequency with WBAX in Wilkes-Barre. When one was on the air, the other had to be silent. This shared time arrangement lasted from October 27, 1936, until June 7, 1939. [4]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Sunbury Broadcasting a new license for the station on October 1, 1940, with a power increase to 250 watts. WKOK was reassigned from 1210 kHz to 1240 kHz on March 29, 1941. [4] On that day, 795 US radio stations changed frequency as the result of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), signed in Havana with representatives from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

In 1948, WKOK added an FM sister station, WKOK-FM, originally at 100.3 MHz. [6] WKOK-AM-FM mostly simulcast their programming until the late 1960s. Today, that station is WQKX at 94.1 MHz.

Move to 1070

On October 25, 1961, the FCC granted Sunbury Broadcasting a construction permit for the station to change the station's frequency to 1070 kHz. Along with the new dial position, the power would increase to 10,000 watts daytime, 1,000 watts nighttime using directional antennas with different patterns for both day and night ("DA-2"). The FCC granted a new license with these changes effective October 1, 1963.

The FCC subsequently granted permission on June 10, 1970, for the station to switch to a non-directional antenna during daytime hours while continuing to use a directional antenna at night ("DA-N"). The station's day and night powers were not changed. The FCC granted a new license with these facilities on November 10, 1970. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "AM Query Results for WKOK". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WKOK
  3. 1 2 "Program Schedule". Newsradio 1070 WKOK. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "History Cards for WKOK". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 54
  6. ↑ "History Cards for WQKX". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved 2020-01-11.
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