WCHA
Encyclopedia
WCHA is an AM
radio station
broadcasting at 800kHz. Owned by Main Line Broadcasting
, it is licensed to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
, serving the Hagerstown
-Chambersburg area. WCHA is an Oldies
and Classic Hits
formatted broadcast
radio station
. WCHA simulcasts on sister AM station WHAG
and on low-power 96.3 FM.
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting at 800kHz. Owned by Main Line Broadcasting
Main Line Broadcasting
Main Line Broadcasting is an American media company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Main Line Broadcasting owns 19 radio stations in four markets in the United States. The company is run by CEO Dan Savadove, a veteran Philadelphia broadcaster...
, it is licensed to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Chambersburg is a borough in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is miles north of Maryland and the Mason-Dixon line and southwest of Harrisburg in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley. Chambersburg is the county seat of Franklin County...
, serving the Hagerstown
Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in northwestern Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Washington County, and, by many definitions, the largest city in a region known as Western Maryland. The population of Hagerstown city proper at the 2010 census was 39,662, and the population of the...
-Chambersburg area. WCHA is an Oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
and Classic Hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
formatted broadcast
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
. WCHA simulcasts on sister AM station WHAG
WHAG (AM)
WHAG is an Oldies and Classic Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Halfway, Maryland, serving Hagerstown, Maryland and Washington County, Maryland. WHAG is owned and operated by Main Line Broadcasting. WHAG simulcasts sister AM station WCHA, which also simulcasts on low-power 96.3...
and on low-power 96.3 FM.