WKHB (AM)
| City | Irwin, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Pittsburgh metropolitan area and southwestern PA-tri-state area |
| Branding | 620 KHB |
| Slogan | Pittsburgh's Favorites (during music hours) |
| Frequency | 620 (kHz) |
| Translator(s) | 92.3 W222CB (Irwin) 94.1 W231BM (Clairton) |
| First air date | October 28, 1934 (as WHJB, Greensburg) |
| Format | Oldies, Talk |
| Power | 5,500 watts (day) 50 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 72297 |
| Owner | Broadcast Communications, Inc. |
| Website | khbradio.com |
WKHB is an AM radio station licensed to Irwin, Pennsylvania, United States, which serves the greater Pittsburgh area. Known as 620 KHB, the station operates with 5,500 watts daytime (reduced power at night) and airs a mix of health talk and paid programming with oldies music in the morning, evening and overnight hours. It is also known for its weekend polka shows and ministries that broadcast on KHB.
WKHB's studios are located in Greensburg, while its transmitter is located near Wendel, just south of Irwin.
WKHB's high power on a low frequency yields what is generally considered to be the second-best daytime AM signal in the Pittsburgh area (behind KDKA), covering nearly two and a half million people (2.0mV/m) in various portions of five states. WKHB also simulcasts on FM translators 94.1 W231BM and 92.3 W222CB.
WKHB and its sister stations 770 WKFB and 103.1 WKVE are owned by Broadcast Communications Inc., which also owns and operates WANB, Waynesburg, PA, which simulcast 1210 AM and 105.1 FM.
620 began as WHJB, formerly licensed Greensburg. The station began as a daytime-only operation, operating at a power of 250 watts, non-directional.
The station was founded by H.J. Brennen, whose initials the station call letters stood for. WHJB, doing business as Pittsburgh Radio Supply House, first operated beginning October 28, 1934 from a studio at 128 North Penn Avenue in Greensburg.
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 patterns for night and day operation. By 1960, the name of the licensee had changed its name to WHJB, Inc., though the station still was owned by the Brennen family. That changed in 1962 when control was transferred to others after the Brennen family's interests were sold to Robert Burstein, and then to general manager Melvin Goldberg by 1967.
On November 1, 1964, WHJB welcomed WHJB-FM, its like-named FM sister station to the air. Though the stations shared identical call letters, they were initially programmed separately, until 1967, when several changes took place.
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