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| Broadcast area | Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area South Central Pennsylvania |
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| Frequency | 1460kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports 1460 Harrisburg |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio Hershey Bears |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | February 19, 1948; 77 years ago (1948-02-19) (as WCMB) |
Former call signs | WCMB (1948–1991) WIMX (1991–1993) WCMB (1993–1998) WWKL (1998–2001) |
Call sign meaning | Ticket (previous branding) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 23463 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 4,200 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°18′32.57″N76°56′11.4174″W / 40.3090472°N 76.936504833°W /40.3090472; -76.936504833 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | foxsports1460 |
WTKT (1460 AM, "Fox Sports 1460") is aradio station inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania. The station broadcasts with 5,000watts power daytime non-directional and 4,200 watts night time power from a three tower antenna array inSummerdale, Pennsylvania. WTKT is the AM flagship station forHershey Bears AHL hockey.
WTKT is licensed to broadcast in theHD Radio format.[2]
WTKT first signed on the air on February 19, 1948 as WCMB on 960 kHz with the city of license listed asLemoyne, Pennsylvania. (Harrisburg Evening News, February 19, 1948, page 21) The transmitter and antenna were located on Poplar Church Road(40°15′45.10″N76°54′37.155″W / 40.2625278°N 76.91032083°W /40.2625278; -76.91032083) across the river from Harrisburg, inWormleysburg, Pennsylvania. The studios were in Lemoyne on the second floor of the Lemoyne Theatre building in the 300 block of Market Street.
WCMB was founded by Edgar T. Shepard and Edgar K. "Ed" Smith under the Rossmoyne Corporation name. Smith served as the station manager for several decades. He was a lifelong resident of Harrisburg, beginning his career at WHP-AM in the early 1930s.
Rossmoyne added a television station, WCMB-TV, in 1954. It was the original channel 27 in Harrisburg. WTPA was on channel 71 at the time, starting in July 1953. WCMB-TV was an affiliate of the DuMont network. The station failed in April 1957 (per station records) after DuMont "went dark", leaving channel 27 open for WTPA to take over on June 1, 1957.
WCMB-FM (on 99.3 MHz) launched in 1965 (per station records). It is presently WHKF.
WCMB-AM moved to 1460 kHz in 1951 after WHP moved to 580 kHz. (WHP had been on 1460 kHz for ten years after the NARBA alignment.) WHP and WCMB had no formal association until the 1990s after Dame Media purchased both stations.
The station was purchased by Dame Media in 1997 and the land at the transmitter site was sold to its next door neighborHarsco. After a period of low power operation from 2001 to 2004, WTKT duplexed on theWKBO tower at the Harrisburg water plant, a new transmitter site was constructed in Summerdale. The station signed on from this site in July 2004.
For most of its early history, the station had aMOR format with local news, current events and public interest programming. When Barnstable Broadcasting owned it, the format was a hybrid news/sports talk.
After Dame Media acquired the station in 1997, more sports talk was added. Finally, Clear Channel changed the call letters to WTKT and made the format allSports talk in 2000.
Currently, the station's programming consists of theAmerican Hockey League'sHershey Bears, local high school football coverage, Saturday Sports Jam with Jed Donahue, and syndicatedFox Sports Radio.
In the 2005 high school football season, 1460 the Ticket announced they would be the home for Cumberland Valley Eagles High School Football. In 2006, the Ticket also began carrying Bishop McDevitt Crusaders Football, carrying their home and playoff games.