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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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| Frequency | 1460 kHz |
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| Branding | 1460 KHZ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Oldies |
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| History | |
First air date | 1960 |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 11667 | |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 38°46′13.42″N 76°4′53.79″W / 38.7703944°N 76.0816083°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | 1460KHZ on iHeart Radio |
WKHZ (1460 AM) is a radio station licensed to Easton, Maryland, United States. The station is owned by Bill Parris.
In October 2010, the station was transferred from its former owner, First Media Radio, LLC, to Radio Broadcast Communications, Inc.[2] The station's call letters were then changed from WEMD to WKHZ on December 30, 2010.[3]
The station became part of the KHZTV network with stations throughout Maryland including WAMD in Harford County and WYRE in Annapolis. Considered a multimedia platform with an internet TV channel playing videos and the audio on the networked radio stations, personalities such as Tracy Hart work as VJs.
After years of foreign language broadcasting, WKHZ is now owned and operated by Emmet Broadcasting and is programming 50's and 60's oldies music.
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WKHZ (1460 AM) is a radio station licensed to Easton, Maryland, United States. The station is owned by Bill Parris. In October 2010, the station was transferred from its former owner, First Media Radio, LLC, to Radio Broadcast Communications, Inc. The station's call letters were then changed from WEMD to WKHZ on December 30, 2010. The station became part of the KHZTV network with stations throughout Maryland including WAMD in Harford County and WYRE in Annapolis. Considered a multimedia platform with an internet TV channel playing videos and the audio on the networked radio stations, personalities such as Tracy Hart work as VJs. After years of foreign language broadcasting, WKHZ is now owned and operated by Emmet Broadcasting and is programming 50's and 60's oldies music.
WAMD (970 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station based in Aberdeen, Maryland. The station is owned by Andrulonis Media. Reception for WAMD is northern Harford County. The station airs an adult hits format. Sale of the station from Salem Broadcasting to Parris was announced on December 15, 2010. During its ownership of the station, Salem Broadcasting reduced WAMD's daytime power from 500 watts to 300 watts and reduced its broadcast coverage to enable then-co-owned WNYM in the New York City area to increase its daytime power from 5 kW to 50 kW. WNYM also broadcasts on 970 AM. WAMD's nighttime power remains at 500 watts. WAMD returned to the airways on April 23, 2011, under the management of Bill Parris. WAMD is broadcasting the KHZ network in simulcast with WYRE and WKHZ. Considered a multimedia platform with an internet TV channel playing videos and the audio on the networked radio stations, personalities such as Tracy Hart work as VJs.
WTRI (1520 kHz) was a commercial AM radio station licensed to Brunswick, Maryland, which served Frederick County, Maryland and Loudoun County, Virginia. WTRI was last owned by Hasmukh Shah and aired a South Asian format of Bollywood music and talk in Hindi and Punjabi. WTRI's tower and studio were formerly located off of 13th Avenue in Brunswick. It went silent on September 22, 2023, after that land was sold to the city government to expand a neighboring park. As it did not resume operations in one year, its license was forfeited pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The license was formally cancelled by the FCC on April 9, 2025. Programming was also heard on an FM translator station, 101.7 W269DH in Leesburg, Virginia.
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1460 kHz: 1460 AM is a Regional broadcast frequency.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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