WSAN

WSAN is an AM radio station located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. The station broadcasts on 1470 AM. The station is best known as the Lehigh Valley affiliate for Philadelphia Phillies radio broadcasts, and also features Lafayette College and Moravian College college football. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..

The station offers mostly satellite programming, including sports talk programming from Fox Sports Radio, but features two local shows, both during drive time slots. Nick Kayal and Joe Ameruoso host "The Leadoff Spot" weekdays from 6-8 AM, and Bob Holder and Eric Chase host "After Further Review" during the afternoon drive, weekdays from 5-7 PM. AM 1470 was previously known as WKAP since 1996, and played oldies. On September 11, 2006, the station turned to mostly paid Christian programming as WYHM; they switched to a sports format on March 5, 2007.

History

AM 1470 history

AM 1470 began operation in 1923 with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned call letters WCBA. Assabe and Sabina, a popular Pennsylvania German dialect radio program, was broadcast on WSAN from 1944 to 1955. They employed a popular music format. In the 1970s, they switched from progressive rock to pop and disco, and toward the end of the decade to a country music format, until about 1980. At that time, they switched to a big band music/adult standards format called "Unforgettable". At that point, the station played the hits of the 1940s, early 1950s, and non-rock songs of the 1950s and 1960s, with a small amount of soft rock cuts from the 1960s and 1970s.