WKOK (1070 AM) is a

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in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. It is owned by Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation and it broadcasts a combination News, Talk and

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format. The

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s and

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are on County Line Road in Selinsgrove. By day, WKOK transmits 10,000

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s non-directional. As 1070 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A KNX

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, to avoid interference with KNX and other stations on 1070, WKOK must reduce power at night to 1,000 watts and uses a

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with a five- tower array.

Programming

On weekdays, WKOK has news blocks and local talk in morning and afternoon drive time, including forecasts from Accuweather and updates from CBS News Radio. 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

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sports. In evenings and overnights, WKOK airs

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. 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 News Weekend Roundup'' and ''

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''. During weekend afternoons, evenings and overnights, the station joins Fox Sports Radio. The station broadcasts Penn State Nittany Lions football and

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games, as well as Shikellamy High School football, wrestling and basketball games.

History

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granted

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, a license for a radio station on November 6, 1925 (per FCC History Cards). The original

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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. 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. 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. The

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(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. On that day, 795 US radio stations changed frequency as the result of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), signed in

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, WKOK-FM, originally at 100.3

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. WKOK-AM-FM mostly simulcast their programming until the late 1960s. Today, that station is

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at 94.1 MHz.

Move to 1070

On October 25, 1961, the FCC granted Sunbury Broadcasting a

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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.

References

External links

Official website
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