WAMO-FM
| City | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and Northern West Virginia |
| Branding | 106.7 WAOB |
| Slogan | We Are One Body |
| Frequency | 106.7 MHz |
| First air date | 1960 (as WWKS) |
| Format | Religious (Catholic) |
| ERP | 37,000 watts |
| HAAT | 169 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 52747 |
| Callsign meaning | We Are One Body |
| Former callsigns | WWKS (1960-1995) WXDX (1995-1996) WAMO-FM (1996-2009) |
| Owner | St. Joseph Missions |
| Webcast | Streaming AAC |
| Website | waob.org |
WAOB-FM, formerly WAMO-FM, is a radio station serving the Pittsburgh area. It is owned by St. Joseph Missions, a Catholic-based organization based in Pittsburgh. WAOB-FM is licensed to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, broadcasts at 106.7 MHz. Its transmitter is located in Wexford, Pennsylvania.
When WAOB was WAMO-FM, its owner was Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation, which had owned the station from 1973 to 2009. During its tenure under Sheridan, WAMO's format was Urban Contemporary until September 8, 2009, when it signed off for the last time. The station was relaunched as a non-commercial outlet in February 2010.
106.7 FM signed on in 1960 as WWKS, and was a long-time beautiful music/easy listening station known as "Kiss FM", which would later flip 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 PM, WXDX swapped frequencies with WAMO-FM, and moved to the 105.9 frequency. This was due to Clear Channel, the owner of WXDX, paying Sheridan Broadcasting (WAMO's owners) to swap frequencies and wanting better full-market coverage (Sheridan was also running into financial difficulties during this time). The swap resulted in WAMO moving to the weaker 106.7 frequency. To make up for the loss of coverage, WAMO also simulcasted its format with WSSZ to cover the eastern part of the metropolitan area beginning that same year. In 2004, WAMO relocated its transmitter, resulting in full-market 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".
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