WAOB (AM)

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WAOB

Millvale, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Pittsburgh metropolitan area
Frequency	860 kHz
Programming
Format	Catholic talk and teaching
Affiliations	EWTN Radio
Ownership
Owner	St. Joseph Ministries
History
First air date	1948 (as WHOD–Homestead, Pennsylvania)
Call sign meaning	We Are One Body
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	60155
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts (Daytime) 830 watts (Nighttime)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.waob.org

WAOB (860 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Millvale, Pennsylvania that broadcasts to the Greater Pittsburgh region. Operating for fifty years as WAMO (AM 660), it served Pittsburgh's African-American community until 2009. The station was sold to St. Joseph Ministries and carries a Catholic talk and teaching radio format.

Some shows are locally produced in cooperation with the Diocese of Pittsburgh and some are from EWTN Radio. The studios and offices are located on Ligonier Street in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

By day, WAOB transmits with 1,000 watts, but because 860 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A CJBC Toronto, WAOB must reduce power at night to 830 watts to avoid interference. It uses a directional antenna at all times.^[2] Programming is simulcast on 106.7 WAOB-FM in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and WPGR 1510 AM in Monroeville, Pennsylvania.