KDKA (AM)
E92387
KDKA (AM) is a historic Pittsburgh radio station widely recognized as one of the first commercially licensed broadcast stations in the United States.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| KDKA (AM) canonical | 5 |
| KDKA | 2 |
| KDKA (Pittsburgh radio station) | 1 |
| KDKA-AM | 1 |
| NewsRadio KDKA | 1 |
| WJZ (AM) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T775834 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: KDKA (AM) Context triple: [Westinghouse Electric Corporation, owned, KDKA (AM)]
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A.
WEEI (AM)
WEEI (AM) is a Boston-based sports radio station known for its local and national sports talk programming and coverage of New England teams.
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B.
WEEI-FM
WEEI-FM is a Boston-based sports radio station best known as a flagship broadcaster for Boston Red Sox games and related sports talk programming.
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C.
WBZ-FM
WBZ-FM is a Boston-area sports radio station known for its all-sports format and coverage of local professional teams.
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D.
CBS Radio
CBS Radio was a major American radio network that became widely known for broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s influential Fireside Chats and other national news and entertainment programs during the 20th century.
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E.
WHDH radio
WHDH radio was a Boston-based radio station best known as the longtime home of legendary Boston Celtics broadcaster Johnny Most.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: KDKA (AM) Target entity description: KDKA (AM) is a historic Pittsburgh radio station widely recognized as one of the first commercially licensed broadcast stations in the United States.
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A.
WEEI (AM)
WEEI (AM) is a Boston-based sports radio station known for its local and national sports talk programming and coverage of New England teams.
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B.
WEEI-FM
WEEI-FM is a Boston-based sports radio station best known as a flagship broadcaster for Boston Red Sox games and related sports talk programming.
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C.
WBZ-FM
WBZ-FM is a Boston-area sports radio station known for its all-sports format and coverage of local professional teams.
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D.
CBS Radio
CBS Radio was a major American radio network that became widely known for broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s influential Fireside Chats and other national news and entertainment programs during the 20th century.
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E.
WHDH radio
WHDH radio was a Boston-based radio station best known as the longtime home of legendary Boston Celtics broadcaster Johnny Most.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
AM radio station
ⓘ
commercial radio station ⓘ news/talk radio station ⓘ radio station ⓘ |
| airdate | November 2, 1920 ⓘ |
| band | AM ⓘ |
| branding |
NewsRadio KDKA
ⓘ
linked to:
KDKA (AM)
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| broadcastArea |
Pittsburgh metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Pittsburgh region
Western Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| callsignMeaning | Department of Commerce sequential assignment ⓘ |
| city |
Pittsburgh
ⓘ
linked to:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
| class | Class A ⓘ |
| clearChannelClass | Class A clear-channel station ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| facilityId | 25438 ⓘ |
| format | news/talk ⓘ |
| formerOwner |
CBS Radio
ⓘ
Westinghouse Electric Corporation ⓘ |
| frequency | 1020 kHz ⓘ |
| historicDesignation | pioneer broadcasting station ⓘ |
| inauguralBroadcastEvent | 1920 United States presidential election returns ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| licensedToServe | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| licensee |
Audacy License, LLC
ⓘ
linked to:
Audacy, Inc.
|
| licensingAuthority |
FCC
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Communications Commission
|
| market | Pittsburgh radio market ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation |
CBS News Radio
ⓘ
linked to:
CBS Radio
|
| notableFor |
being one of the first commercially licensed broadcast stations in the United States
ⓘ
early regular broadcasting of election returns ⓘ |
| owner | Audacy, Inc. ⓘ |
| power | 50000 watts ⓘ |
| programmingIncludes |
local news
ⓘ
sports coverage ⓘ talk shows ⓘ traffic reports ⓘ weather reports ⓘ |
| regulatorIdentifier | FCC Facility ID 25438 ⓘ |
| service | AM broadcast ⓘ |
| signalType | clear-channel ⓘ |
| sisterStation |
KDKA-FM
ⓘ
WAMO ⓘ WBZZ ⓘ WDSY-FM ⓘ |
| state | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| studioLocation | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| transmitterLocation | Allison Park, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: KDKA (AM) Description of subject: KDKA (AM) is a historic Pittsburgh radio station widely recognized as one of the first commercially licensed broadcast stations in the United States.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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