WKRC (AM)

WKRC

City	Cincinnati metropolitan area
Broadcast area	Cincinnati, Ohio
Branding	55KRC
Slogan	"THE Talk Station"
Frequency	550 kHz
First air date	1922
Format	Talk radio
Power	5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Callsign meaning	W Kodel Radio Company"
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Premiere Radio Networks Talk Radio Network Westwood One Network TheBlaze Network WXIX-TV
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Website	55KRC

WKRC (550 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. It is licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio. Broadcasting under the branding of 55KRC, the station airs a talk radio format. The studios are on Montgomery Road in Cincinnati, and the transmitter is in Cold Spring, Kentucky. WKRC operates at 5,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night.

WKRC is co-owned with another Cincinnati iHeartMedia talk station, 700 WLW. While WLW airs mostly local talk and sports programming, WKRC largely carries nationally syndicated talk shows. WKRC is the former sister station to Channel 12 WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, both having been owned by Taft Broadcasting and later Clear Channel (now known as iHeartMedia), until the television station was sold to Newport Television, LLC.

Despite the similarities in their call letters, WKRC was not the inspiration behind the television show WKRP in Cincinnati. The show was inspired by show creator Hugh Wilson's experiences at WQXI in Atlanta. The similarity of the two sets of call letters was used as a joke on the program.

Programming

Weekdays feature a local talk show hosted by Brian Thomas. Nationally syndicated shows include Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Dave Ramsey, Mark Levin, Clyde Lewis, & Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.

Weekends include shows on gardening, cooking, cars, computers, money and real estate. A syndicated home improvement show, At Home with Gary Sullivan is based at WKRC and airs Saturdays and Sundays. Most hours begin with national news from Fox News Radio. Some local news and weather is provided by Channel 19 WXIX-TV, the Cincinnati Fox Network affiliate.

History

WKRC is one of the oldest radio stations in Ohio, going on the air in 1922.^[1] The call letters represent the Kodel Radio Company, the original owner. The station was a charter member of the CBS Radio Network, and was one of the 16 stations that aired the first CBS network program on September 18, 1927.

In the 1990s, Jacor attempted to create a second WLW in the Cincinnati market, renaming WKRC to WLWA. In 1994, the failed attempt became 550 WCKY. The station's call letters have since returned to WKRC.

Before becoming a primarily talk station, WKRC featured a full-service adult contemporary music format for many years and was an affiliate of the ABC Entertainment Radio Network.

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977

External links

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Query the FCC's AM station database for WKRC

Radio-Locator Information on WKRC

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WKRC

Radio stations in the Cincinnati, Ohio market

By AM frequency	550 700¹ 740 910 1050 1160 1230 1320 1360 1450 1480 1530¹ 1560

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 95.9 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.9 103.9 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5

By NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.55

By callsign	KIH42 W233BG WAIF WAKW WAOL WCKY¹ WCNW WCVG WCVX WDBZ WDJO WEBN WFCJ WFTK WGRI WGRR WGUC WHKO WHSS WIOK WIZF WJVS WKFS WKID WKRC WKRQ WLHS WLW¹ WMKV WMOH WMUB WMWX WNKN WNKR WNKU WNNF WNOP WOBO WOFX-FM WOSL WOXY WPFB WRBI WREW WRRM WSAI WSCH WUBE-FM WVQC-LP WVXU WYGY WZDA

Defunct	WJVS (88.3 FM) WLMH (89.1 FM) WAQZ (97.3 FM)

Nearby radio markets Bloomington-Columbus, IN Columbus, OH Dayton Huntington-Ashland-Ironton Indianapolis Lexington Louisville Southern Ohio See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in Kentucky List of radio stations in Indiana ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

News/talk radio stations in the state of Ohio

Stations	WABQ – Painesville WAKR – Akron WASN – Youngstown WBEX – Chillicothe WBTC – Uhrichsville WCLT – Newark WCVX – Cincinnati WEOL – Elyria/Lorain WERE – Cleveland Heights/Cleveland WHBC – Canton WHIO – Dayton WHIO-FM – Piqua WHK – Cleveland WHLO – Akron WINT – Willoughby WJMP – Kent/Akron WKBN – Youngstown WKRC – Cincinnati WLW – Cincinnati WMAN – Mansfield WMAN-FM – Fredericktown WMOH – Hamilton/Cincinnati WMRN – Marion WNIR – Kent/Akron WONW – Defiance WSPD – Toledo WTAM – Cleveland WTOD – Toledo WTVN – Columbus

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

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

Coordinates: 39°00′29″N 84°26′39″W / 39.00806°N 84.44417°W / 39.00806; -84.44417

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