- Station name Station name
- WBAL News Radio 1090
- Description Description
- The station shares its studios and offices with sister stations WBAL-TV (channel 11) and WIYY (97.9 FM) on Television Hill in Baltimore's Woodberry neighborhood. WBAL and WIYY are the only two radio stations owned by Hearst, which is primarily a publishing and television company.
- Launch date Launch date
- 2 November 1925
- Owner Owner
- Hearst Communications
- Contact Contact
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WBAL News Radio 1090
United States
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24kbps • AAC
WBAL (1090 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by the broadcasting division of Hearst Communications and broadcasts a news/talk radio format.
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United States
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| Language Language | Unknown |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | wbal.com |
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Broadcast band
AM
Primary frequency
1090.0 kHz
Service type
AM
Transmitter coordinates
39.3759389, -76.7721972
Coverage area
Baltimore metropolitan area
Owner / network
Hearst Communications
First air date
2 November 1925
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| Station ID | 991252 |
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| Region | United States, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.3758, -76.7725 |
| Map | OpenStreetMap |
| Branding | WBAL Newsradio 1090 and FM 101.5 |
| Owner | Hearst Communications |
| Broadcast area | Baltimore metropolitan area |
| Launched | 2 November 1925 |
| Website | wbal.com |
| Primary frequency | 1.09 MHz |
| Broadcast band | AM |
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| Last check | 11 hours ago |
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| Stream host | playerservices.streamtheworld.com |
| Final host | 26103.live.streamtheworld.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aacp |
| Server software | MediaGateway 6.16.1-500.el9 |
| Latency | 943 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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About station About WBAL News Radio 1090
WBAL (1090 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by the broadcasting division of Hearst Communications and broadcasts a news/talk radio format.
The station shares its studios and offices with sister stations WBAL-TV (channel 11) and WIYY (97.9 FM) on Television Hill in Baltimore's Woodberry neighborhood. WBAL and WIYY are the only two radio stations owned by Hearst, which is primarily a publishing and television company. WBAL is a 50,000-watt, Class A, clear-channel station. Its transmitter is on Winands Road in Randallstown, Maryland. Listeners in and around Baltimore can also hear the station on 136-watt FM translator station W268BA on 101.5 MHz. WBAL is non-directional by day but uses a directional antenna at night to protect the other Class A station on 1090 AM, XEPRS in Rosarito, Mexico. With a good radio, WBAL's nighttime signal can be heard in much of Eastern North America, reaching as far as Nova Scotia and Bermuda. Its daytime signal easily covers most of Maryland as well as the Washington metropolitan area, and parts of Delaware, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. WBAL is Maryland's designated primary entry point for the Emergency Alert System.
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