WKKX
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| Broadcast area | Wheeling, West Virginia St. Clairsville, Ohio |
|---|---|
| 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″N 80°42′11″W / 40.09056°N 80.70306°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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