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WKBI (AM)

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WKBI's original studio location was in the Mullendean Hotel, next to the G.C. Murphy Co. The hotel was torn down in the mid '60s to expand Murphy's, and the studio was moved to a location above the Firestone store. In the early 1970s, WKBI-AM-FM moved to a new building constructed at the station's
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at the time, which is why its parent company is known as Elk-Cameron Broadcasting. Neighboring Forest County also did not have (and still doesn't have) a local radio station of its own. Cameron County did not receive its own radio station until
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In the 1990s and 2000s, WKBI was an owned-and-operated affiliate of the Allegheny Mountain Radio Network. That network was dismantled over the course of the late 2000s; WKBI was sold to Laurel Media (owners of
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transmitter site on Melody Lane, located just outside the St. Mary's city limits, where it remained until its sale to its present owners.
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On June 4, 2019, WKBI changed their format from adult standards to news/talk, branded as "News Talk 1400 & 94.5".
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WKBI was the very first radio station in Elk County, and there was no radio station on the air in neighboring
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WKBI gained an FM sister station in 1966, which became known as WKBI-FM. That station is known today as
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first signed on the air on March 2, 1958 followed by its same-named FM sister station 27 years later.
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WKBI operates a translator on 94.5 with the call sign W233BS-FM 250 watts output.
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in Tyrone. Operations for the AMN were then moved to Tyrone.
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Saint Marys, Pennsylvania
Frequency
kHz
Format
News/Talk
Sister stations
WKBI-FM
WDDH
FCC
Facility ID
Class
Power
watts
Translator(s)
Public file
LMS
wkbiradio.com
news/talk
radio station
Saint Marys, Pennsylvania
WDDH
Cameron County
WLEM
Elk County
WTRN
B94
WDDH
WKBI-FM

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