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| slogan = ''The Valley's Watchdog'' |
| slogan = ''The Valley's Watchdog'' |
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| frequency = 1600 [[kilohertz|kHz]] |
| frequency = 1600 [[kilohertz|kHz]] |
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| translator = W251Cy (98.1 [[MHz]], Wheeling) |
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| airdate = [[1963 in radio|1963]] |
| airdate = [[1963 in radio|1963]] |
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| format = [[All-news radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|Talk]]/[[Sports radio|Sports]] |
| format = [[All-news radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|Talk]]/[[Sports radio|Sports]] |
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| website = [http://www.watchdognetwork.com/ WKKX Online] |
| website = [http://www.watchdognetwork.com/ WKKX Online] |
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'''WKKX''' is a [[All-news radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|Talk]]/[[Sports radio|Sports]] formatted [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] [[radio station]] licensed to [[Wheeling, West Virginia]], United States, serving Wheeling in [[West Virginia]] and [[St. Clairsville, Ohio|St. Clairsville]] in [[Ohio]]. WKKX is owned and operated by RCK 1 Group, LLC. |
'''WKKX''' is a [[All-news radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|Talk]]/[[Sports radio|Sports]] formatted [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] [[radio station]] licensed to [[Wheeling, West Virginia]], United States, serving Wheeling in [[West Virginia]] and [[St. Clairsville, Ohio|St. Clairsville]] in [[Ohio]]. WKKX is owned and operated by RCK 1 Group, LLC. |
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| Broadcast area | Wheeling, West Virginia St. Clairsville, Ohio |
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| Frequency | 1600 kHz |
| Branding | AM 1600 WKKX |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk/Sports |
| Affiliations | Cleveland Browns Radio Network Fox Sports Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | RCK 1 Group, LLC |
| WVLY | |
| History | |
First air date | 1963 |
Former call signs | WOHZ |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 72172 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 5,000 Watts daytime 33 Watts nighttime |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°5′26.0″N 80°42′11.0″W / 40.090556°N 80.703056°W |
| Translator(s) | W251Cy (98.1 MHz, Wheeling) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | WKKX Webstream |
| Website | WKKX Online |
WKKX is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Wheeling, West Virginia, United States, serving Wheeling in West Virginia and St. Clairsville in Ohio. WKKX is owned and operated by RCK 1 Group, LLC.
Programming
WKKX is a locally-owned station that features local news talk. Notable hosts are Howard Monroe, Steve Novotney, and Bill DiFabio.
In 2009, the long-running Jamboree radio program moved from its longtime home of WWVA, where it had aired from 1933 until its cancellation in the mid-2000s, to WKKX. The Jamboree is the third longest running radio program in the US behind the Grand Ole Opry and Music and the Spoken Word.[1] The Jamboree moved to WWOV no later than 2016.
Daily programming is simulcast on both AM 1600 WKKX and AM 1370 WVLY between 6am-10am and 2pm-6pm.
WKKX is an affiliate of SB Nation, carrying its programming overnight.
References
External links
- AM 1600 WKKX
- Facility details for Facility ID WKKX ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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