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WJAS
WJAS (1320 AM) is a commercial radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a talk radio format. It is owned by St. Barnabas Broadcasting, a division of the Saint Barnabas Health System, with studios and offices on Fleet Street in Green Tree.
The station's transmitter site is off Highland Drive in the Lincoln–Lemington–Belmar neighborhood of Pittsburgh. WJAS broadcasts with 7,000 watts non-directional by day. At night, to avoid interfering with other stations on 1320 AM, it reduces power to 3,300 watts and uses a directional antenna. Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translator W236DE at 99.1 MHz.
Weekdays begin with The GD Morning Show, a Pittsburgh-based news and interview program hosted by Greg Maxwell (G) and Darryl Grandy (D). The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated shows: The Glenn Beck Radio Program, Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and America in the Morning.
Weekends feature specialty shows on money, health, cars and the law. Syndicated weekend programs include The Ben Ferguson Show, Bill Handel on the Law, Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham, The Vince Show with Vince Coglianese, The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
Effective December 1, 1921, the U.S. Department of Commerce, which regulated radio in its early days, adopted regulations formally defining "broadcasting stations". The wavelength of 360 meters (833 kHz) was designated for entertainment broadcasts, while 485 meters (619 kHz) was reserved for broadcasting official weather and other government reports. Because there was only one available "entertainment" wavelength, stations in a given region had to develop timesharing agreements, to assign exclusive timeslots for broadcasting on 360 meters.
WJAS was first licensed on August 4, 1922, to the Pittsburgh Radio Supply House, operating on 360 meters. It was Pittsburgh's sixth AM broadcasting station authorization. The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs.
WJAS was an NBC Red Network affiliate, carrying its dramas, comedies, news and sports during the last years of the Golden Age of Radio. During the 1930s and 1940s, WJAS was home to the Wilkens Amateur Hour. Sponsored by Wilkens Jewelry Company, a 1942 review in the trade publication Billboard said the show "remains Pittsburgh's most popular local program".
On November 1, 1957, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) gained control of WJAS and WJAS-FM, adding them to the network's roster of its owned-and-operated stations. Later that month, the call letters were changed to WAMP and WFMP, which was derived from "AM and FM Pittsburgh". Three years later, both stations changed back to their original call letters.
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WJAS
WJAS (1320 AM) is a commercial radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a talk radio format. It is owned by St. Barnabas Broadcasting, a division of the Saint Barnabas Health System, with studios and offices on Fleet Street in Green Tree.
The station's transmitter site is off Highland Drive in the Lincoln–Lemington–Belmar neighborhood of Pittsburgh. WJAS broadcasts with 7,000 watts non-directional by day. At night, to avoid interfering with other stations on 1320 AM, it reduces power to 3,300 watts and uses a directional antenna. Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translator W236DE at 99.1 MHz.
Weekdays begin with The GD Morning Show, a Pittsburgh-based news and interview program hosted by Greg Maxwell (G) and Darryl Grandy (D). The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated shows: The Glenn Beck Radio Program, Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and America in the Morning.
Weekends feature specialty shows on money, health, cars and the law. Syndicated weekend programs include The Ben Ferguson Show, Bill Handel on the Law, Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham, The Vince Show with Vince Coglianese, The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
Effective December 1, 1921, the U.S. Department of Commerce, which regulated radio in its early days, adopted regulations formally defining "broadcasting stations". The wavelength of 360 meters (833 kHz) was designated for entertainment broadcasts, while 485 meters (619 kHz) was reserved for broadcasting official weather and other government reports. Because there was only one available "entertainment" wavelength, stations in a given region had to develop timesharing agreements, to assign exclusive timeslots for broadcasting on 360 meters.
WJAS was first licensed on August 4, 1922, to the Pittsburgh Radio Supply House, operating on 360 meters. It was Pittsburgh's sixth AM broadcasting station authorization. The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs.
WJAS was an NBC Red Network affiliate, carrying its dramas, comedies, news and sports during the last years of the Golden Age of Radio. During the 1930s and 1940s, WJAS was home to the Wilkens Amateur Hour. Sponsored by Wilkens Jewelry Company, a 1942 review in the trade publication Billboard said the show "remains Pittsburgh's most popular local program".
On November 1, 1957, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) gained control of WJAS and WJAS-FM, adding them to the network's roster of its owned-and-operated stations. Later that month, the call letters were changed to WAMP and WFMP, which was derived from "AM and FM Pittsburgh". Three years later, both stations changed back to their original call letters.