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((Infobox radio station
| name             = WAOB-FM
| logo             = File:WAOB.webp
| logo_alt         = A Communion wafer being held with the text "We Are One Body / WAOB"
| city             = [[Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania]]
| area             = [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area]]
| affiliations     = [[EWTN]] Radio Network
| branding         = ''106.7 WAOB''
| frequency        = 106.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| airdate          = ((Start date and age|1960|5)) (as WWKS)
| format           = [[Religious broadcasting|Religious]] ([[Catholic Church|Catholic]])
| erp              = 37,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = 169 [[meter]]s (554 ft)
| sister_stations  = [[WAOB (AM)|WAOB]], [[WPGR (AM)|WPGR]]
| class            = B
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id      = 52747
| callsign_meaning = '''W'''e '''A'''re '''O'''ne '''B'''ody
| former_callsigns = WWKS (1960-1995)<br />WXDX (1995-1996)<br />WAMO-FM (1996-2009)
| owner            = St. Joseph Missions
| webcast          = [http://player.liquidcompass.net/WAOBEASTERNFM Streaming AAC]
| website          = [http://www.waob.org/ waob.org]
))

'''WAOB-FM''' (106.7 [[Hertz|MHz]]) is a [[Non-commercial activity|non-commercial]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania]]. Serving the [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area]], as well as parts of Eastern [[Ohio]] and the [[West Virginia]] panhandle, it is owned by St. Joseph Missions and it [[simulcast]]s a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[radio format]] with [[sister station]]s [[WAOB (AM)|WAOB]] [[860 AM]] and [[WPGR (AM)|WPGR]] [[1510 AM]]. The stations carry programs from the [[EWTN]] Radio Network.

WAOB-FM has an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 37,000 [[watt]]s. Its [[transmitter]] is on VIP Drive near [[Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 79]] in [[Wexford, Pennsylvania]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/WAOB-FM Radio-Locator.com/WAOB-FM]</ref> The [[radio studio]]s and offices are located on Ligonier Street in [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania]].

Previously, 1996 to 2009, 106.7 FM was legendary [[Urban Contemporary]] - [[R&B]] station WAMO-FM.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/22/archives/3-radio-stations-sold.html|title=3 Radio Stations Sold|date=August 22, 1972|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331))</ref>

==History==
===Easy Listening and Rock===
[[Image:WAOB RDS.png|thumb|right|WAOB-FM on a SPARC [[HD Radio]] with [[Radio Data System|RDS]].]]

106.7 FM signed on in ((start date and age|1960|5)). Its original [[call sign]] was '''WWKS'''. For much of the 1960s and 1970s, it was an [[broadcast automation|automated]] [[beautiful music]] and [[easy listening]] station known as "Kiss FM."

During the 1980s, as easy listening music saw its audience aging, management decided to go in another direction. The station flipped to [[classic rock]]. By November 1993, 106.7 FM was known as "The Force" with an [[album rock]] format.<ref>((Cite web |title=RR-1993-11-26 |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1993/RR-1993-11-26.pdf |website=americanradiohistory.com))</ref>

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.

===WAMO-FM Urban Contemporary===
On April 10, 1996, at 3 p.m., WXDX swapped frequencies with [[WXDX|WAMO-FM]], an [[urban contemporary]] radio station. That resulted in WAMO-FM moving to the 105.9 frequency. This came after [[Clear Channel Communications]], the owner of WXDX, paid Sheridan Broadcasting (WAMO's owners), to swap frequencies, wanting better full-market coverage. Sheridan was also running into financial difficulties during this time, agreeing to the frequency swap to keep the station in the black.

The swap resulted in WAMO-FM moving to the 106.7 frequency, with limited coverage in Pittsburgh's southern suburbs. To make up for the loss of coverage, WAMO-FM was also simulcast with WSSZ to cover part of the metropolitan area, beginning that same year. In 2004, WAMO-FM relocated its transmitter, resulting in better coverage. At the same time, WSSZ broke from the simulcast and shifted to [[Urban Adult Contemporary]] and became [[WJJJ-FM]], "Majic 107.1." In 2004, the station changed its longtime on-air brand from ''Hot 106, WAMO'' to ''106.7 WAMO, Pittsburgh's #1 for Hip Hop & R&B''.

[[Image:WAMO.png|thumb|right|One of the station's former logos]]

===Frequency swap===
On May 15, 2009, Sheridan announced that it had sold WAMO, WAMO-FM and WPGR-AM to St. Joseph Missions for $8.9 million. The deal was approved by the [[Federal Communications Commission]], and the stations were to change to a Catholic religious format by February 2010. All thirty-five WAMO employees were laid off or fired after the sale closed, leaving Pittsburgh without an Urban formatted outlet. The call letters were changed to WAOB upon the transfer of ownership.<ref>((Cite web |date=May 15, 2009 |title=Reports: Sheridan Sells Pittsburgh Trio |url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebsite20/members/ShowHeadline.aspx?FormatId=0&ContentID=49514 |website=R&R))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=May 16, 2009 |title=WAMO's format to change with sale |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09136/970713-67.stm |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette))</ref>

The news of this sale attracted a lot of attention,<ref>((Cite web |date=May 18, 2009 |title=Sheridan/Pittsburgh Buyer Leap-Frogged Into Deal |url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebSite20/Members/ShowHeadLine.aspx?ContentID=49581&ContentTypeID=101&Archive=0&FormatId=0 |website=R&R))</ref> and the reaction from listeners.<ref>((Cite web |title=Radio-Info Pittsburg Message Board |url=http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=126621.0 |website=boards.radio-info.com))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=WAMO sold (Pittsburgh: move, bars, station) - Pennsylvania (PA) - City-Data Forum |url=http://www.city-data.com/forum/pittsburgh/649982-wamo-sold.html |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=www.city-data.com))</ref> African-American radio listeners were left with no options in the Pittsburgh [[media market|radio market]];<ref>((Cite web |date=May 18, 2009 |title=Questions remain about future of WAMO radio after its sale |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09139/971075-388.stm |access-date=January 30, 2024 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=May 9, 2009 |title=Ciao, WAMO -- we hardly knew you anymore |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09139/971108-153.stm |access-date=January 30, 2024 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette))</ref> however, due to the high ratings WAMO-FM had with its Urban format, it was assumed another station in Pittsburgh would switch to Urban Contemporary to take advantage of the newly available audience. Some had hoped that [[WOGI]] would pick up the Urban format. Instead, Keymarket sold the station to [[Educational Media Foundation]], which replaced WOGI's [[Country music]] format with its "[[K-LOVE]]" [[Christian contemporary]] network.

At 6:07&nbsp;p.m. on September 8, 2009, WAMO-FM discontinued broadcasting. Its last song was [[Boyz II Men]]'s ''[[It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday]]'', which was followed by [[dark (broadcasting)|silence]]. Since then, other outlets began adding some form of Urban or R&B programming, as AC outlet [[WLTJ]] launched a nighttime Adult R&B program called "Q after Dark" aimed at a 25-54 audience in the same month.

In addition, the [[Hip Hop music]] and R&B titles playlist was increased on [[Clear Channel Communications]]'s [[WKST-FM]] (96.1 Kiss FM), a [[Top 40]] station.

===Return of WAMO===
In October 2009, Eddie Edwards, the one-time owner of then independent television outlet [[WPNT|WPTT]], announced that he was acquiring AM outlet [[WAMO (AM)|WPYT]], a station with good daytime coverage but not so good coverage at night. Edwards hoped that he could fill the Urban void with this new outlet (in actuality the format would be Urban Talk, targeting African-Americans aged twenty-five to fifty-four in the Pittsburgh metro), which pending FCC approval, would have started in February 2010. On November 3, 2009, however, it was announced that those plans had fallen through after his son, Eddie Edwards Jr., confirmed that the senior Edwards withdrew the application due to health problems.

On May 22, 2011, Martz Communications debuted the new WAMO on [[WAMO (AM)|660 AM]] and 100.1 FM, which is a translator under the W261AX call letters. It is licensed to Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.<ref name="nerw-waobfmstart">((cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2010/100215/nerw.html|title=Fire on Penobscot Mountain|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=February 15, 2010|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|access-date=February 15, 2010))</ref>

===Catholic format===
106.7 FM returned to the air on February 15, 2010, with a live broadcast of a [[Catholic Mass]]. After its conclusion, the station announced that WAOB would begin regular programming on March 19, with only Mass broadcasts being carried in the interim.

In March 2010, under new ownership, WAOB radio became known as WAOB "We Are One Body" FM Radio. It now operates as an official Catholic media outlet from its headquarters in [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania]]. According to its website waob.org:<ref>((cite web|title=WAOB Radio|url=http://www.waob.org/|website=We are one Body))</ref>

<blockquote>"We Are One Body (WAOB) produces catechetical and contemplative programming. The programming is intended to present the life of the Church in a way that makes the Mystical Body of Christ more apparent: the Pope and bishops united with their priests, in their role as head, working together with the laity in their role as members. The catechetical programming consists of magisterial teaching from the Pope and bishops followed by conversations between priests who explain and elaborate on the magisterial teaching. The We Are One Body programming also contains broadcasts of lectio divina, led by priests, on Scripture, the writings of the saints, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church; leading listeners to interior silence and contemplation through meditation and prayer. The programming described above is supported by broadcasts of prayer from parishes, families and religious orders, including the Holy Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours, and devotions such as the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet."</blockquote>

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