WNBH

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WNBH
City of license	New Bedford, Massachusetts
Frequency	1340 kHz
First air date	1921 (can be disputed but was on by November 1925)
Format	Adult Standards/Oldies
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class	C
Facility ID	25866
Transmitter Coordinates	41°37′21″N, 70°55′07″W
Callsign meaning	New Bedford Hotel (former studio location)
Former callsigns	WBBG (until November 1925)
Affiliations	Timeless (ABC Radio)
Owner	Hall Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WCTK, WLKW

WNBH is one of the oldest broadcast radio stations in America (claiming it's the 11th oldest although that can be disputed), dating back to 1921. At one time WNBH had its studios at the New Bedford Hotel where it derived its callsign. In 1948 WNBH added FM service with WNBH-FM on 98.1 megacycles (as the term megahertz was known then)/Channel 251 (now WCTK). The two stations are still co-owned to the present. WNBH is under ownership of Hall Communications and features programming from ABC Radio Network's Timeless satellite feed.

[edit] References

• [1] WNBH's switch in format from classic R&B to Middle of the Road
• [2] Information on Irving Vermilya, founder of WBBG/WNBH.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WNBH
• Radio Locator Information on WNBH
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for WNBH

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