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WBAX (1240 AM and simulcast on WEJL 630 AM) are two sports radio station broadcasting in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is currently branded under the ESPN Radio.
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WBAX is the oldest station broadcasting in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area, originally starting on April 29, 1922[1] by John H. Stenger Jr. It is one of the 100 oldest radio stations in the U.S.[2] It originally broadcast on a frequency of 833 kHz, the common local broadcast frequency used in 1922[3]. By 1925, the station changed frequency to 1170 kHz. In 1928, WBAX changed frequencies to 1200 kHz which it time shared with the other AM broadcasting station located in Wilkes-Barre at the time WBRE[4]. The time sharing arrangement between WBAX and WBRE ceased by 1930 when WBAX moved to 1210 kHz and WBRE moved to 1310 kHz. WBAX stayed at 1210 kHz until the great nationwide frequency reassignment mandated by the Federal government took place in 1941 moving the station to its current dial position of 1240 kHz[5]. WBAX was an affiliate of the Mutual radio network during its early history[6].
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