WAEB is a news, talk and sports

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, in the

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region of eastern

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. WAEB broadcasts at 790

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AM. The station is owned by

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History

WAEB began operations in 1949. The station was sold to Rust Broadcasting in 1957, adopting a

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format and the slogan ''Music Radio 79 WAEB''. In 1983, the station began to evolve into more of a

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format, and by 1985, more of a straight

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format emphasizing

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. In 1986, WAEB added evening syndicated talk shows, and overnight talk shows were added by 1989; but continued to air a mix of adult contemporary and oldies music during the day. WAEB and

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were sold to CRB Broadcasting in the late 1980s. In 1992, WAEB dropped its music formats and the station evolved into a News/Talk format. In 1995, WAEB and WAEB-FM were sold to Capstar along with

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and WKAP. The stations all went to AMFM Broadcasting as a result of the Chancellor/Capstar merger in 1999. When AMFM merged with

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, which owned

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and

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, the company would be forced to sell an AM and FM station to be under legal ownership limits. Clear Channel would give

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cash plus WODE-FM and WEEX in exchange for

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stations WSUS,

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, WNNJ-FM,

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, and

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s with

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, and WTSX. As a result, WAEB, WAEB-FM, WZZO and WKAP became Clear Channel stations. In January 2007, after WKAP dropped the oldies format in favor of religious programming (also changing its call letters to WYHM), WAEB launched an

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station playing Oldies music on its Web site. Strong demand still exists for an AM or FM station dedicated to the oldies format lost when WKAP changed its format. On September 4, 2009, the northernmost tower mast of the station's five-tower antenna array located in Whitehall Township was toppled when a vandal or vandals cut the tower's guy wires.WAEB radio tower toppled in Whitehall, FBI investigates http://www.mcall.com/news/all-a8_5tower.7011612sep05,0,7619214.story

Programming

WAEB currently runs a standard slate of news talkers typical of

owned stations. This includes ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

The Sean Hannity Show ''The Sean Hannity Show'' is a conservative talk radio show hosted by Sean Hannity. The program is broadcast live every weekday, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET. The show is produced in the New York City studios of radio station WOR and is sometimes ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In addition, the station also airs a local morning show hosted by Bobby Gunther Walsh.

References

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