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WKKX

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WKKX
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
WVLY
History
First air date
1963
Former call signs
WUNI
WZMM
WOHZ
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
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
Translator(s)W251CY (98.1 MHz, Wheeling)
Links
Public license information
WebcastWKKX Webstream
WebsiteWKKX 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

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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.[2] The Jamboree moved to WWOV-LP 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.

Translator

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Broadcast translator for WKKX
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W251CY 98.1 FM Wheeling, West Virginia 200384 43 114 m (374 ft) D 40°5′25.3″N 80°42′8″W / 40.090361°N 80.70222°W / 40.090361; -80.70222 LMS

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKKX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WKKX - The Valley's Official WatchDawg". www.wkkx.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-08.
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