WKKX

Radio station in Wheeling, West Virginia
40°5′26.0″N 80°42′11.0″W / 40.090556°N 80.703056°W / 40.090556; -80.703056Translator(s)W251CY (98.1 MHz, Wheeling)LinksWebcastWKKX WebstreamWebsiteWKKX 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-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

Broadcast translator for WKKX
Call sign Frequency City of license ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W251CY 98.1 FM Wheeling, West Virginia 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 ‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› FMQ

References

  1. ^ "WKKX - The Valley's Official WatchDawg". www.wkkx.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-08.

External links

  • FCC History Cards for WKKX
  • Facebook
  • AM 1600 WKKX
  • ‹The template AMQ is being considered for deletion.›  WKKX in the FCC AM station database
  • WKKX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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This region includes the following cities/areas: Weirton/Wheeling, West Virginia
Steubenville, Ohio
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  • WSTV 1340 AM
Nearby regions
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See also
List of radio stations in Ohio
List of radio stations in West Virginia
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News/Talk radio stations in the state of West Virginia
  • Beckley
  • Berkeley Springs
    • WCST
  • Bluefield
  • Buckhannon
  • Charleston
    • WCHS
  • Dunbar
  • Huntington
  • Kingwood
    • WFSP
  • Martinsburg
  • Morgantown
    • WAJR
  • Moundsville
    • WVLY
  • Parkersburg
  • Ravenswood
    • WMOV
  • Ronceverte
    • WRON
  • Salem
    • WKMZ
  • South Charleston
  • Weirton
  • White Sulphur Springs
  • Wheeling
    • WKKX
    • WWVA
See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in West Virginia


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