WCHO (AM)

For the FM radio station in Washington Court House, Ohio, United States, see WCHO-FM.

WCHO
City of license	Washington Court House, Ohio
Broadcast area	Chillicothe Washington Court House Wilmington Hillsboro
Branding	Oldies 1250
Slogan	Fayette County's Oldies Station
Frequency	1250 (kHz)
First air date	February 1952
Format	Oldies
Power	500 watts day 42 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	57355
Transmitter coordinates	39°32′59.00″N 83°27′10.00″W / 39.5497222°N 83.4527778°W / 39.5497222; -83.4527778
Callsign meaning	Washington Court HOuse
Former callsigns	WCHO (1952-1983) WOFR (1983-1998) WBUB (1998-1999) WCHO (1/1999-11/1999) WMXV (1999-2000) WCHO (2000-2002) WKSI (2002-2003)
Affiliations	ABC Radio Premium Choice iHeartRadio Ohio State IMG Sports Network
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	WBEX, WCHI, WCHO-FM, WKKJ, WQLX, WSRW
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	oldies1250.com

WCHO (1250 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies format. Licensed to Washington Court House, Ohio, USA, the station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed as Citicasters Licenses, L.P. and features programming from iHeartMedia, Inc.'s Premium Choice "Cool Oldies" format. Likewise, the station's branding varies between "Cool Oldies" and "Classic Hits."^[1]

History

former logo

The station went on the air as WCHO in February 1952. It became WOFR on 1983-06-27, then changed its call sign to WBUB on 1998-04-17, then back to WCHO on 1999-01-18, then to WMXV on 1999-11-05, then back to WCHO on 2000-10-23, then to WKSI on 2002-03-26, and back to the current WCHO on 2003-12-24.^[2]

WCHO located at 1535 N. North St. in Washington Court House, Ohio.

References

↑ "WCHO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WCHo Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WCHO

Radio-Locator Information on WCHO

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WCHO

Radio stations in the Chillicothe, Washington Court House, Wilmington and Hillsboro region

By FM frequency	89.3 90.1 91.9 92.7 94.3 96.7 97.5 98.7 100.1 100.9 104.1 105.5 106.5 106.9

By AM frequency	660 1090 1250 1350 1490 1590

By callsign	W224BR WBEX WCHI WCHO WCHO-FM WKFI WKKJ WKOV-FM WLRU-LP WNKE WOHC WOUH WQLX WSRW WVNU WXIC WXIZ WXZQ WYRO WZCP

Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville See also List of radio stations in Ohio

Oldies radio stations in the state of Ohio

By frequency	960 1250 1270 1300 1360 1380 1480 1510 1520 1570 1590 1600 93.5 97.3 102.5

By callsign	WAKR WCHO WDJO WDLW WKVX WLGN WMVO WPTW WQCT WQTT WRPO-LP WSWO-LP WTTF WWOW WZOO

By city	Akron Ashtabula Bryan Cincinnati Conneaut Logan Lorain Marysville Piqua/Troy Russells Point Huber Heights Mount Vernon Tiffin Washington Court House Wooster

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio See also Oldies Classic Hits

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

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