WNBF

But at night, to protect other stations on AM 1290, it reduces power to 5,000 watts and switches to a three-tower array directional antenna.

Although the station has traditionally traced its founding to 1928,[7] the year it moved to Binghamton, it was first licensed on February 7, 1927, to the Howitt-Wood Radio Company (Lyle E. Howitt and H. L. Wood) at 117 West Main Street in Endicott, New York, with 50 watts on 1460 kHz,[8] operating from the Elvin Theater.

[10] On November 11, 1928, it was reassigned to 1500 kHz as a low-powered "local" station,[11] as part of a major reallocation implemented by the Federal Radio Commission's General Order 40.

[12][13] In 1940, the Federal Communications Commission awarded the Howitt-Wood Radio Company one of first construction permits for a commercial FM station.

[20] In 1955, Triangle Publications purchased WNBF-AM-TV and the construction permit for a new WNBF-FM (now WHWK) on 98.1 MHz, which began broadcasting in 1956.

[21] Over its long history, WNBF has been home to some of the biggest names in area broadcasting, such as Bill Parker, John Leslie, Roger Neel and Bernard Fionte.

In 1942 WNBF moved to 1290 kHz with 5,000 watts. [ 14 ]
Former logo before 92.1 translator sign on