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WPFB (AM) is a commmercial AM station in Middletown,Ohio at 910 kHz. It opeartes with a daytime power of 1,000 watts and a nighttime power of 100 watts. It's current format is classic country and is co-owned with WPFB-FM "The Rebel" by WPAY-WPFB Inc.

History

WPFB first signed on in 1947 as a daytime-only station but a few months later received a permission from the FCC to also broadcast in the evening. Throughout much of its history, WPFB had several format switches from middle of the road,country music,adult standards to talk radio and now Classic country. The station also owns WPAY AM & FM in Portsmouth,Ohio.

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AM Radio stations in the Dayton, Ohio market (Arbitron #59)

By frequency: 700 | 910 | 980 & 1340 | 1110 | 1130 | 1210 | 1290 | 1410 | 1500 | 1570 | 1600 By callsign: WBZI | WDAO | WEDI | WGNZ | WHIO | WING | WLW | WONE & WIZE | WPFB | WPTW | WULM See also: Dayton () ()

Classic Country is a radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.

This genre generally follows one of two formats:

Those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s

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Middle of the Road was a Scottish pop group who enjoyed great success across Europe in the early 1970s.

Career

They had three major hits in the UK Singles Chart, all of them bubblegum pop classics: "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" (Number 1), "Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum" (Number
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Country music, the first half of Billboard's country and western music category, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, hokum, and old-time music and
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Adult Standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.

Adult Standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those 50 and older, often considerably older.
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Talk Radio can refer to:

Talk Radio UK, a former national UK talk station which is to be relaunched the new digital radio licence by the 4 Digital Group.
Talk radio, a call-in discussion format for radio broadcasts.

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Classic Country is a radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.

This genre generally follows one of two formats:

Those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s

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Classic Country is a radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.

This genre generally follows one of two formats:

Those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s

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WPFB-FM "The Rebel" is a commercial FM station at 105.9 mHz in Middletown,Ohio with a country music format owned by WPAY-WPFB Inc. and is co-owned with WPFB (AM).

History

WPFB-FM first signed on in 1959. Like its AM sister,WPFB-FM had several format changes over the years.
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The following is a list of radio stations in Ohio.

FM Stations
Call Sign
Freq.
City of license
Format
Owner
Call Sign Meaning
Former Calls
RL

WZIP 88.
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City of Dayton
City |

Downtown Dayton

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FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. A sequel, titled Amplitude was released in 2003.
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WONE

Broadcast area Dayton, Ohio
Branding 980 Homer
Slogan The Sports Animal
First air date 1949
Frequency 980 (kHz)
Format Sports Talk
Power 5,000 watts
Class B
Callsign meaning previous owner Group ONE
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WIZE

Broadcast area Springfield, Ohio
Branding 980 Homer
Slogan The Sports Animal
First air date 1940
Frequency 1340 (kHz)
Format sports/talk
Power 1,000 watts
Class C
Owner Clear Channel Communications
Website www.wone.
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WGNZ "Good News 1110" is an AM broadcasting station operating at 1110 kHz with studios in Fairborn, Ohio and transmitter in Xenia (the original city of license.) It airs a southern gospel format.
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WEDI "Classic Country Radio" (for Eaton,Dayton and Indiana)is a daytime-only commercial AM radio broadcasting station at 1130kHz licensed to Eaton, Ohio.
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WDAO "The Real Rhythm Of The City" is a daytime-only commercial AM radio station in Dayton, Ohio opearting on the frequency of 1210 kHz with a power of 1,000 watts. Its studios are currently located on West Third Street with transmitter located near Oakwood.
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WHIO is Dayton, Ohio's only all news and talk radio station. WHIO was Cox Radio's first station started by company founder Ohio Governor James M. Cox in 1929 in the Dayton Daily News building downtown.
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WING

City of license Dayton, Ohio
Broadcast area Dayton
Branding "ESPN 1410"
Slogan Same as branding
First air date 1921
Frequency 1410 KHZ
Format Sports Talk
ERP 5,000 watts-D/N
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WBZI "Classic Country Radio" is a daytime-only AM broadcasting station in Xenia, Ohio at 1500 kHz operating with 500 watts. Its current owner Town and Country Broadcasting operates it with a country oldies format serving Greene,Clark,eastern Montgomery and surrounding counties.
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WPTW "The Voice of Miami County" (for Piqua, Troy and West Milton) is a commercial AM radio station in Piqua, Ohio USA operating 24/7 at 1570 kHz with a power output of 250 watts plus a live audiostream on the internet.
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In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitting station.
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WLW

City of license Cincinnati, Ohio
Broadcast area Cincinnati, Ohio (AM)
United States (SDARS)
Branding NewsRadio 700 WLW
Slogan "The Big One"
or: "The Nation's Station"
First air date March 2, 1922
Frequency 700 kHz
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