WKKX
Appearance
File:WKKX-AM 2009.PNG | |
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 | Fox Sports Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | RCK 1 Group, LLC |
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 |
Links | |
Webcast | WKKX Webstream |
Website | WKKX Online |
WKKX is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Wheeling, West Virginia, USA, 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 John Blackmore, Howard Monroe, Steve Novotney, Sherrie McCutcheon and Bill DiFabio.
In 2009, WKKX began broadcasting the Wheeling Jamboree, a country music program that has been on the air since 1933, making it the third longest running radio program in the US behind the Grand Ole Opry and Music and the Spoken Word.[1]
WKKX is an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio, carrying its programming overnight.
References
External links
- AM 1600 WKKX Online
- Whispers Radio
- Facility details for Facility ID WKKX ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database