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WAOB-FM
WAOB-FM (106.7 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States. Serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, as well as parts of Eastern Ohio and the northern panhandle of West Virginia, it is owned by St. Joseph Missions and it simulcasts a Catholic format with WAOB and WPGR. WAOB-FM's transmitter is sited on VIP Drive near Interstate 79 in Wexford, Pennsylvania. The radio studios and offices are located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Previously, 1996 to 2009, 106.7 FM was legendary Urban Contemporary/R&B station WAMO-FM.
106.7 FM signed on in May 1960 as WWKS. For much of the 1960s and 1970s, it was an automated beautiful music and easy listening station known as "Kiss FM."
During the 1980s, as easy listening music saw its audience aging, management decided to go in another direction. The station flipped to classic rock. By November 1993, 106.7 FM was known as "The Force" with an album rock format.
The Force touted itself with the motto "The Best of Rock." The station flipped to modern rock in 1995 as "106-7 The X", WXDX. The station became the Pittsburgh affiliate for Howard Stern, beginning that November.
On April 10, 1996, at 3 p.m., WXDX swapped frequencies with WAMO-FM, an urban contemporary radio station. That resulted in WAMO-FM moving from the 105.9 frequency. This came after Clear Channel Communications, the owner of WXDX, paid Sheridan Broadcasting (WAMO's owners), to swap frequencies, wanting better full-market coverage. Sheridan was also running into financial difficulties during this time, agreeing to the frequency swap to keep the station in the black.
The swap resulted in WAMO-FM moving to the 106.7 frequency, with limited coverage in Pittsburgh's southern suburbs. To make up for the loss of coverage, WAMO-FM was also simulcast with WSSZ to cover part of the metropolitan area, beginning that same year. In 2004, WAMO-FM relocated its transmitter, resulting in better coverage. At the same time, WSSZ broke from the simulcast and shifted to Urban Adult Contemporary and became WJJJ-FM, "Majic 107.1." In 2004, the station changed its longtime on-air brand from Hot 106, WAMO to 106.7 WAMO, Pittsburgh's #1 for Hip Hop & R&B.
On May 15, 2009, Sheridan announced that it had sold WAMO, WAMO-FM and WPGR AM to St. Joseph Missions for $8.9 million. The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission, and the stations were to change to a Catholic religious format by February 2010. All 35 WAMO employees were laid off or fired after the sale closed, leaving Pittsburgh without an Urban formatted outlet. The callsign was changed to WAOB upon the transfer of ownership.
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WAOB-FM
WAOB-FM (106.7 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States. Serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, as well as parts of Eastern Ohio and the northern panhandle of West Virginia, it is owned by St. Joseph Missions and it simulcasts a Catholic format with WAOB and WPGR. WAOB-FM's transmitter is sited on VIP Drive near Interstate 79 in Wexford, Pennsylvania. The radio studios and offices are located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Previously, 1996 to 2009, 106.7 FM was legendary Urban Contemporary/R&B station WAMO-FM.
106.7 FM signed on in May 1960 as WWKS. For much of the 1960s and 1970s, it was an automated beautiful music and easy listening station known as "Kiss FM."
During the 1980s, as easy listening music saw its audience aging, management decided to go in another direction. The station flipped to classic rock. By November 1993, 106.7 FM was known as "The Force" with an album rock format.
The Force touted itself with the motto "The Best of Rock." The station flipped to modern rock in 1995 as "106-7 The X", WXDX. The station became the Pittsburgh affiliate for Howard Stern, beginning that November.
On April 10, 1996, at 3 p.m., WXDX swapped frequencies with WAMO-FM, an urban contemporary radio station. That resulted in WAMO-FM moving from the 105.9 frequency. This came after Clear Channel Communications, the owner of WXDX, paid Sheridan Broadcasting (WAMO's owners), to swap frequencies, wanting better full-market coverage. Sheridan was also running into financial difficulties during this time, agreeing to the frequency swap to keep the station in the black.
The swap resulted in WAMO-FM moving to the 106.7 frequency, with limited coverage in Pittsburgh's southern suburbs. To make up for the loss of coverage, WAMO-FM was also simulcast with WSSZ to cover part of the metropolitan area, beginning that same year. In 2004, WAMO-FM relocated its transmitter, resulting in better coverage. At the same time, WSSZ broke from the simulcast and shifted to Urban Adult Contemporary and became WJJJ-FM, "Majic 107.1." In 2004, the station changed its longtime on-air brand from Hot 106, WAMO to 106.7 WAMO, Pittsburgh's #1 for Hip Hop & R&B.
On May 15, 2009, Sheridan announced that it had sold WAMO, WAMO-FM and WPGR AM to St. Joseph Missions for $8.9 million. The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission, and the stations were to change to a Catholic religious format by February 2010. All 35 WAMO employees were laid off or fired after the sale closed, leaving Pittsburgh without an Urban formatted outlet. The callsign was changed to WAOB upon the transfer of ownership.