KDKA
Coordinates: 40 ° 33 ′ 33.1 ″ N , 79 ° 57 ′ 11 ″ W.
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| Program type | Talk radio |
| reception | analogue , terrestrial medium wave 1020 k Hz |
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Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States
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| Start of transmission | 1920 |
| Broadcaster | CBS Radio , currently part of Entercom |
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KDKA-AM is a private radio broadcaster based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . It is one of the oldest stations in the USA and is a so-called clear channel station. Today he broadcasts the news and talk format of CBS Radio News .
The station was founded on November 2, 1920 by Westinghouse Electric and her colleague Frank Conrad and is often referred to as the first private radio in the United States because the station broadcast the first regular radio program worldwide. Previously, on August 28, WEAF , New York broadcast the world's first commercial .
KDKA is now part of CBS Radio , which also operates the ultra-short wave transmitter KDKA-FM. KDKA-AM emits k 1020 Hz as Clear Channel station 50 k W from. The transmitter uses HD radio technology and transmits as HD2 KDKA-FM .
The studios are located in the CBS Radio Pittsburgh Facility on Foster Plaza in Green Tree. The transmitter is in Allison Park.
Channel
During the day, the station is heard in central and western Pennsylvania, as well as in parts of Ohio , West Virginia and New York , as well as the Canadian province of Ontario . At night, KDKA can be heard all over the east coast of the United States .
Web links
- Sender's website
- Radio advertisement at www.midcoast.com ( Memento from June 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )