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WPGH is the call sign of two broadcast stations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States: WPGH, the first student radio station at the University of Pittsburgh, which became WPTS-FM in 1986; WPGH AM, 1080 AM, a radio station which operated in Pittsburgh from 1947 to 1954. The 1080 frequency is currently used by WWNL.
WHJB, as the first radio station on the air in suburban Pittsburgh, experienced steady growth and prospered over its formative years, getting nighttime power authorization by 1955, as well as a daytime power increase, with power settings at 1,000 watts during the day, and 500 watts at night, adopting a directional antenna pattern with changing ...
Canadian National Railway Radio Department Canada 1923–1933 First national radio network in North America. [47] Developed by the Canadian National Railway to provide en route entertainment for train passengers but also available to anyone within signal range. Consisted of 27 stations (3 owned and operated and up to 24 "phantom stations ...
The station is one of the five original Pittsburgh stations, signing on May 4, 1922, as WCAE. [2] It was originally owned by the Pittsburgh department store Kaufmann & Baer's, and operated at 833 kHz (as all stations did at that time); [3] it moved to 750 kHz in December [4] and to 650 in May 1923. [5]
Frank Conrad (May 4, 1874 – December 10, 1941) was an American electrical engineer, best known for radio development, including his work as a pioneer broadcaster. He worked for the Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for half a century.
Pittsburgh is home to the first commercial radio station in the United States, KDKA 1020AM, the first community-sponsored television station in the United States, WQED 13, the first "networked" television station and the first station in the country to broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, KDKA 2, and the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
KQV (1410 AM) is a non-commercial radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and covering the Greater Pittsburgh Region. Owned by Broadcast Educational Communications, the station simulcasts WKGO (88.1 FM) in Murrysville and airs an easy listening radio format. KQV is one of the oldest radio stations in North America.
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations