WAOB-FM

WAOB-FM, formerly WAMO-FM, is a radio station serving the Pittsburgh area. It is owned by St. Joseph Missions, a Catholic-based organization based in Pittsburgh. WAOB-FM is licensed to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, broadcasts at 106.7 MHz. Its transmitter is located in Wexford, Pennsylvania.

When WAOB was WAMO-FM, its owner was Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation, which had owned the station from 1973 to 2009. During its tenure under Sheridan, WAMO's format was Urban Contemporary up until September 8, 2009, when it signed off for the last time. The station was relaunched as a non-commercial outlet in February 2010.

History

106.7 FM signed on in 1960 as WWKS, and was a long-time beautiful music/easy listening station known as "Kiss FM." By 1994, 106.7 FM was known as "The Force" with an album rock format. The Force touted itself with the motto "The Best of Rock". The station flipped to modern rock in 1995 as "106-7 The X", WXDX. The station became the Pittsburgh affiliate for Howard Stern, beginning that November.