WKBN (AM)
WKBN (570 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Youngstown, Ohio. It has a news/talk format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on South Avenue in Youngstown.
| Broadcast area | Youngstown metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 570 kHz |
| Branding | Newsradio 570 WKBN |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
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| Ownership | |
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| WAKZ, WBBG, WMXY, WNCD, WNIO | |
| History | |
First air date | September 26, 1926 |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70519 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 570wkbn.iheart.com |
WKBN is powered at 5,000 watts from a six-tower array on East Western Reserve and Beard roads in Poland, Ohio. By day, it operates a non-directional signal from a single tower. Due to its location near the bottom of the AM dial, as well as its transmitter power, its daytime signal can be heard at city-grade strength from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, and provides at least secondary coverage to Erie, Pennsylvania, most of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, portions of southern Ontario, and much of north-central Ohio. At night, power is fed to all six towers in a directional pattern to protect other stations on 570 AM, concentrating the signal in Youngstown and Pittsburgh.