WAEB-FM
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2009) |
 |
|
| City of license | Allentown, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Lehigh Valley |
| Slogan | "Live Pop Culture!" |
| Frequency |
104.1 (MHz) (also on HD Radio) 104.1-2 for "Just Picked Hits" New Top 40 music (HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1961 |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Language | English |
| ERP | 19,500 watts[1] |
| HAAT | 50 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 14372 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°43′13″N 75°35′44″W / 40.72028°N 75.59556°W |
| Callsign meaning | W Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem |
| Former callsigns | WXKW |
| Owner | Clear Channel (Capstar TX Limited Partnership) |
| Sister stations | WAEB (AM), WSAN, WZZO |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.b104.com |
WAEB-FM, commonly known as "B104", is a CHR/Pop radio station located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States and owned by Clear Channel Communications. WAEB-FM broadcasts at 104.1 MHz FM.
Contents |
[edit] History
WAEB-FM signed on in 1961, initially simulcasting the Top 40 format airing on 790 WAEB. In the late 60s, WAEB FM separated from WAEB and went through several formats before eventually becoming a country music station known as WXKW.
In April 1985, the station reverted to the WAEB call letters and switched to a Soft Adult Contemporary format, playing a small amount of adult standards artists initially as well as a few new songs. The station was known as "Light FM 104 WAEB-FM" and it was a "niche" format meant to compete with 100.7 WFMZ (which was easy listening at the time) and 96.1 WLEV (which was an automated/live assist "Hot AC.")
By the early part of 1986, WAEB FM had evolved to more of a mainstream adult contemporary format. By the late part of 1986, the station was phasing out the "Light" name and became "104 AEB-FM", and the music mix changed to a "heavily dayparted" AC/CHR mix without the hype.
On January 26, 1987, the day known as when "the records went away", the station switched to a Contemporary Hit Radio format and became "The World's First Laser Hit Station"-"Laser 104.1 FM", aptly named because 90% percent of the music (when available) was played on CD. One remnant of the station's "Laser Days" is at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, where back in 1987, their "Colossus" steel roller coaster was renamed "The Laser." B104 can also be heard as far east as Clinton, NJ and as far west as Wyomissing, PA.
In 1991, 104.1 gradually downplayed the "Laser" moniker and identified themselves as "104.1 WAEB-FM." In September of that year, after "Hot 99.9 WHXT" in Easton switched to "Oldies 99.9 WODE", WAEB-FM's transition to "B" day was complete as the station became known as "B-104." The station's transmitter is located in Whitehall, Pennsylvania.
[edit] On Air
[edit] Weekdays
- Mike & Steph in the Morning [Mike Kelly and Stephanie Wells] (5am - 9am)
- Bob Hauer - News Anchor
- Steve Mittman - Traffic
- Stephanie Wells (9am - 11am)
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest (11am - 3pm)
- Eric Chase (3pm - 7pm)
- The Party at 5 with Eric Chase (5pm - 6pm)
- Cap Cee (7pm - 12am)
- B104's Most Liked (8pm - 9pm)
[edit] Saturday
- B104 Overnights (12am-6am)
- Best of Mike & Steph in the Morning (6am - 9am)
- Steve Mittman (9am - 11am)
- Josh Guers (11am - 3pm)
- Sue Rauch (3pm - 7pm)
- Open House Party (7pm - Midnight)
[edit] Sunday
- Lars Holland (12am - 6am)
- FOX All Access (6am - 8am)
- Outlook with Dan Holzman (8:30am - 9am)
- Steve Mittman(9am - Noon)
- Sue Rauch (12pm - 6pm)
- American Top 40 (6pm - 10pm)
- Dawson McAllister Live (10pm - 1am)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- B104 Official Website.
- B104 Live Stream.
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WAEB
- Radio-Locator information on WAEB
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WAEB
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
