WKKX
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| City | Wheeling, West Virginia |
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| Broadcast area |
Wheeling, West Virginia St. Clairsville, Ohio |
| Branding | AM 1600 WKKX |
| Slogan | The Valley's WatchDAWG |
| Frequency | 1600 kHz |
| First air date | 1963 |
| Format | News/Talk/Sports |
| Power |
5,000 Watts daytime 33 Watts nighttime |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 72172 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°5′26.0″N 80°42′11.0″W / 40.090556°N 80.703056°W |
| Former callsigns | WOHZ |
| Affiliations |
Cleveland Browns Radio Network Fox Sports Radio |
| Owner | RCK 1 Group, LLC |
| 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]
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
External links
- AM 1600 WKKX
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WKKX
- Radio-Locator Information on WKKX
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WKKX