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WKKX
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Broadcast areaWheeling, West Virginia
St. Clairsville, Ohio
Frequency1600 kHz
BrandingAM 1600 WKKX
Programming
FormatNews/Talk/Sports
AffiliationsCleveland Browns Radio Network
Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
OwnerRCK 1 Group, LLC
History
First air date
1963
Former call signs
WOHZ
Technical information
Facility ID72172
ClassD
Power5,000 Watts daytime
33 Watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates
40°5′26.0″N 80°42′11.0″W / 40.090556°N 80.703056°W / 40.090556; -80.703056
Links
WebcastWKKX Webstream
WebsiteWKKX 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]

Daily programming is simulcast on both AM 1600 WKKX and AM 1370 WVLY between 6am-10am and 2pm-6pm.

WKKX is an affiliate of Yahoo Sports Radio, carrying its programming overnight.

References