WPFB
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| Simulcast of WNOP, Newport, Kentucky | |
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Broadcast area | Dayton metro area |
| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 910 kHz |
| Branding | Sacred Heart Radio |
| Programming | |
| LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from text | English |
| Format | Catholic talk/services |
| Network | EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network |
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| History | |
First air date | 1947 |
Call sign meaning | former owner Paul F. Braden |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 54836 | |
| Class | D |
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Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | sacredheartradio |
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WPFB (910 AM) is a radio station broadcasting Catholic programming after a switch from an adult album alternative format as a simulcast of WNKU. It is licensed to Middletown, Ohio, United States, and serves the Dayton area. The station is owned by Sacred Heart Radio, Inc. and is now simulcasting WNOP 740 AM licensed in Newport, Kentucky.[2][3] In April 2016, WPFB was sold to Sacred Heart Radio, a religious talk radio station based in Norwood, Ohio. On June 3, 2016 WPFB began simulcasting WNOP (AM) alongside WHSS.[4]
History
Paul F. Braden first signed on WPFB in 1947 as a daytime-only station but a few months later received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to also broadcast in the evening. Throughout much of its history, WPFB had several format switches from middle of the road, country music, adult standards to talk radio, classic country and southern gospel. It established itself as a "Real Country" format which included Bluegrass and comfortably managed to include the current top hits on the charts. This format ran from the late 1970s to the early 1990s and was nominated for several Country and Bluegrass awards nationally. Several of the DJ's were also popular recording artists.
WPFB was also a pioneer of stereo broadcasting, an experimental broadcast occurred with one stereo channel transmitted on WPFB and the other on co-owned WPFB-FM.
The station, along with WPFB-FM and WPAY-FM in Portsmouth, Ohio, was purchased in January 2011 by Northern Kentucky University (NKU), the owners of WNKU. WPFB temporarily served as a repeater station of WNKU while NKU searched for a buyer for the AM frequency to help fund the purchase of the two FM stations.[5] In April 2016, Sacred Heart Radio, a religious talk radio station with studios located in Norwood, OH that is affiliated with EWTN Global Catholic Radio, announced that they had acquired WPFB from NKU. The purchase was consummated on May 5, 2016, at a price of $450,000. WPFB began simulcasting WNOP (AM) and WHSS on June 3, 2016.[4] WHSS was sold by Sacred Heart Radio in 2023,[6] making WPFB the only simulcast of WNOP.
Previous logos
WPFB 1947 Stationary letterhead including station logo File:WNOP 740-89.5-910 logo.png
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WPFB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WPFB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WPFB Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FCC Approves Sacred Heart Radio Expansion". The Catholic Beat.
- ^ WNKU Buys Two Stations to Broaden its Reach
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pitman, Michael. "Longtime Big Blue radio station WHSS 89.5 FM purchased, is now ClassX". Journal News. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
External links
- Official WPFB-AM site
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- WPFB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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