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First air date
  
May 1933

Facility ID
  
63889

Frequency
  
1070 kHz

Branding
  
News Radio 1070 WKOK

Class
  
B

Former frequencies
  
1210 kHz 1240 kHz

City of license
  
Sunbury

Power
  
1,000 watts

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Broadcast area
  
Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Slogan
  
News all day. Sports all night.

Format
  
Talk radio, All-news radio

Area
  
Sunbury, Selinsgrove, Lewisburg

Transmitter coordinates
  
40°52′54″N 76°49′11″W / 40.88167°N 76.81972°W (NAD27)

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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).

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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. 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.

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

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. 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.

References

WKOK Wikipedia