WHIO (AM)

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WHIO is Dayton's Ohio's only all news and talk radio station. WHIO was Cox Radio's first station started by company founder Ohio Governor James M. Cox in 1929. The station was first broadcast on 1260AM but in the early 1930's moved to the 1290AM frequency where it currently resides. WHIO broadcasts at 5,000 watts.

WHIO's long history in the market included Dayton morning show legend Lou Emm. Emm started at WHIO in the early 1940's and retired in 1992.

WHIO is home to popular talk radio shows such as Rush Limbaugh, Clark Howard, Sean Hannity and Michael Savage. The morning show broadcasts an all news format, the only station of it's kind in the Dayton area. The specialty of the format includes news every half hour, traffic reports and weather every fifteen minutes. WHIO serves as the broadcast home for University of Dayton Football and basketball. The station is a Fox Radio News affiliate.

On October 30, 2006 Cox Radio pulled the plug on All-80's format WDPT (95.7 The Point) and now rebroadcasts on the 95.7 frequency. 95.7 is 50,000 watts and covers the entire south central Ohio region.