WKOK

WKOK
City	Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Branding	Newsradio 1070 WKOK
Slogan	News all day. Sports all night.
Frequency	1070 kHz
First air date	May 1933
Format	News/Talk
Power	10,000 watts daytime 1,000 watts nighttime (DA)
Class	B
Facility ID	63889
Transmitter coordinates	40°52′54″N 76°49′11″W / 40.88167°N 76.81972°W / 40.88167; -76.81972 (WKOK) (NAD27)
Former frequencies	1210 kHz^[1] 1240 kHz^[2]
Affiliations	CBS, CBS Sports, Accuweather
Owner	Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WEGH, WVLY-FM, WQKX, WMLP
Website	wkok.com

WKOK (1070 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Sunbury, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation and broadcasts a combination news/talk and sports radio format. Its directional broadcast tower array is located near Shikellamy State Park at (40°52′54.0″N 76°49′10.0″W / 40.881667°N 76.819444°W / 40.881667; -76.819444).^[3]

The news/talk format is broadcast during the daytime, during which it is affiliated with the CBS Radio Network. The station switches to a sports radio format at night and for most of the weekend, carrying CBS Sports Radio network programming.^[4] Accuweather forecasts on WKOK are distributed by United Stations Radio Networks. Despite its "Newsradio" branding, the station airs several talk radio programs in the daytime including the locally produced On the Mark and WKOK Sunrise programs, as well as several syndicated programs including The Dan Patrick Show, The Dave Ramsey Show, The Steve Jones Show and The Kim Komando Show.^[4]

The station broadcasts Penn State football and basketball games, as well as Shikellamy High School wrestling and basketball games.^[4]

History

The station signed on for the first time in May 1933 after Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation purchased the license for WJBU from Bucknell University and transferred it to Sunbury.^[5] Originally a 100-watt station, power was later increased to 250 watts and finally to 10,000 watts in 1963, along with a change in frequency to 1070 kHz.^[5]

References

↑ "U. S. Radio Stations as of Jan. 1, 1934". History of American Broadcasting. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
↑ "U. S. AM Stations as of 1942". History of American Broadcasting. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
↑ "AM Query Results for WKOK". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
1 2 3 "Program Schedule". Newsradio 1070 WKOK. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
1 2 "History". Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2015-07-19.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WKOK

Radio-Locator Information on WKOK

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WKOK

Radio stations in the Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg, Pennsylvania market

By AM frequency	930 1070 1280 1380 1570

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 91.1 91.3 92.3 94.1 95.3 96.7 98.3 99.7 100.9 101.9 103.7 106.5 107.3

By callsign	WAVT-FM WBGM WBLJ-FM WBUQ WBWX WCFT-FM WCXR WEGH WGRC WHLM WHNA WKOK WMLP WPGM WPGM-FM WQKX WQSU WRBG WVLY-FM WVRZ

Defunct stations	1240 WVSL

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

All-News	KQV – Pittsburgh KYW – Philadelphia WLRI-LP – Gap

News & Talk	KDKA – Pittsburgh WAEB – Allentown WBFD - Bedford WBLF – Bellefonte WBZU – Scranton WCBG – Waynesboro WCED – Du Bois WECZ – Punxsutawney WEEO-FM – McConnellsburg WEEU – Reading WFBG – Altoona WFYL – King of Prussia WHP – Harrisburg WIEZ – Lewistown WILK – Wilkes-Barre WILK-FM – Avoca WJAS – Pittsburgh WJET – Erie WKOK – Sunbury WKST – New Castle WKZN – West Hazleton WLBR – Lebanon WLLI – Somerset WMLP – Milton WNTJ – Johnstown WNTP – Philadelphia WNWR – Philadelphia WPGP – Pittsburgh WPHT – Philadelphia WPIC – Sharon WPIT – Pittsburgh WRSC – State College WRTA – Altoona WSBA – York WWPA – Williamsport WZSK - Everett

Defunct	WOYL – Oil City WPLY – Mount Pocono

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

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