WWRC

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WWRC
Radio station ( private radio )
Program type News and Talk
reception terrestrial ( MW ) and as an Internet livestream
Reception area Washington, DC United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Start of transmission 1928
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WWRC is an American talk radio in Washington, DC , under the brand name 1260 The Answer sends. The station is one of the flagships of the conservative talk radios from Salem Communications and is in third place in the internal group ranking.

history

The station started as WOL in 1928. In 1950 the station received the callsign WWDC and the frequency 1260 kHz, which it kept for the rest of the century. In 2001 the station received today's callsign WWRC. Through the 1960s, well-known US radio greats and musicians such as Jimmy Dean and Fred Fiske had broadcasts on WWRC.

The station belonged to the affiliate of Air America and broadcast a liberal talk program until its dissolution.

Fred Fiske and Gale Garnett at WWRC 1964 with the call sign WWDC on the microphone.

After various format changes, the station was sold to the current owner Salem Media in 2010. Prior to the purchase, the station broadcasted football games from the Washington Redskins and the University of Notre Dame as a licensee .

Since November 4, 2014 the station has been using the branding of the Salem talk radios "The Answer" as "1260 The Answer". WWRC has a number of popular conservative radio hosts in its program. This includes shows from iHeartMedia , Radio America, and Salem Radio Network . Among other things, the Sean Hannity Show and "The Dana Show" are broadcast.

reception

WWRC supplies the metropolitan area of ​​Washington with its program on medium wave 1260 k Hz . The 35-k W transmitter at night throttled to 5 kW.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WWRC 1260 AM. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Conservative News / Talk | Station format | Salem Media Group. In: salemmedia.com. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
  3. ↑ earlyradiohistory.us
  4. ↑ Lloyd Vries: Beatles' 'Helping Hand' Shuns Fame. CBS, January 16, 2004, accessed September 9, 2016 .
  5. ^ Marc Fisher: Air America, in the Throes of Victory? In: The Washington Post . December 10, 2006, ISSN  0190-8286 ( washingtonpost.com [accessed September 7, 2017]).
  6. ↑ FCC database