WCHA (AM)
Radio station in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
title: "WCHA (AM)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1946-establishments-in-pennsylvania", "chambersburg,-pennsylvania", "connoisseur-media-radio-stations", "oldies-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "radio-stations-established-in-1946", "radio-stations-in-pennsylvania"] description: "Radio station in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCHA_(AM)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Radio station in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | WCHA |
| city | Chambersburg, Pennsylvania |
| country | US |
| logo | HAGERSTOWNCHAMBERSBURG-WCHAAMFM-300X87.png |
| logo_upright | .9 |
| area | South Central Pennsylvania |
| frequency | |
| branding | Oldies 96-3 |
| languages | English |
| format | Oldies |
| network | The True Oldies Channel |
| affiliations | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| owner | Connoisseur Media |
| licensee | Alpha Media Licensee LLC |
| sister_stations | |
| airdate | |
| callsign_meaning | Chambersburg |
| licensing_authority | FCC |
| facility_id | 10110 |
| class | D (AM & FM) |
| power | |
| coordinates | |
| translator | |
| repeater | |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = WCHA | city = Chambersburg, Pennsylvania | country = US | logo = HAGERSTOWNCHAMBERSBURG-WCHAAMFM-300X87.png | logo_upright = .9 | area = South Central Pennsylvania | frequency = | branding = Oldies 96-3 | languages = English | format = Oldies | network = The True Oldies Channel | affiliations = Pittsburgh Steelers | owner = Connoisseur Media | licensee = Alpha Media Licensee LLC | sister_stations = | airdate = | callsign_meaning = Chambersburg | licensing_authority = FCC | facility_id = 10110 | class = D (AM & FM) | power = | coordinates = | translator = | repeater = | website = WCHA (800 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and serving Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It simulcasts an oldies format with WHAG in Hagerstown, Maryland. WCHA and WHAG are owned and operated by Connoisseur Media. Most programming comes from The True Oldies Channel, programmed and hosted by New York City DJ Scott Shannon. WCHA also carries Pittsburgh Steelers football.
By day, WCHA is powered at 1,000 watts non-directional. Because 800 AM is a Mexican clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station XEROK in Ciudad Juarez, WCHA reduces power to 196 watts at night to avoid interference. WCHA is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W242BY at 96.3 MHz.
History
The station signed on the air on August 9, 1946 at 6 a.m.
On September 1, 1989, WCHA began broadcasting in C-QUAM AM stereo.
Translator
| call1 = W242BY | freq1 = 96.3 | watts1 = 250 | class1 = D | city1 = Chambersburg, Pennsylvania | fid1 = 145587
References
References
- "WCHA Facility Record". [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
- (August 15, 1946). "Article clipped from Echo Pilot". Echo Pilot.
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