WNKO

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WNKO
City of license	New Albany, Ohio
Broadcast area	Newark, Ohio & Columbus, Ohio
Branding	KOOL 101.7
Slogan	Classic Hits
Frequency	101.7 (MHz)
First air date	1972
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	22,000 watts
HAAT	107 meters
Class	B1
Facility ID	57936
Owner	Runnymede Corporation
Website	wnko.com

WNKO (101.7 FM) is an American radio station located in New Albany, Ohio. WNKO plays classic hits and calls itself "KOOL 101.7".

The station is locally owned and operated by the Runnymede Corporation. WNKO began operating in 1972 and is the sister station to WHTH.

The station had previously covered only the Newark, Ohio vicinity with 3000 watts of power. In 2009 WNKO filed an application to change its city of license to New Albany, Ohio, change its transmitter location, and upgrade power. The move was tentative on WKSW (now WCLI-FM), formerly in Urbana, Ohio, completing a move into the Dayton market and switching frequencies from 101.7 to 101.5. Until this move was completed, WNKO could not move because its signal was short-spaced with WKSW.

On March 25, 2011, WNKO began broadcasting from its new transmitter in Johnstown, Ohio. With this change, the station began providing a serviceable signal to the Columbus metropolitan area.

The station's management states that WNKO will continue to focus exclusively on serving the Newark area. In fact, the station identifies itself hourly as "WNKO New Albany-Newark". However, it is speculated that the move was done to prepare to sell the station in the more lucrative Columbus market.

External links

WNKO official website

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Radio-Locator information on WNKO

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v t e Radio stations in the Columbus, Ohio market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.7 90.5 91.5 92.3 93.3 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.9 99.7 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.1 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.9 105.7 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	610 820 880 920 1230 1270 1320 1430 1460 1550 1580

By callsign	W252AY WBNS WBNS-FM WBWR WCBE WCGX WCKX WCLT WCLT-FM WCOL-FM WCRS-LP WCRX-LP WCVO WDLR WHKC WHOK-FM WJKR WKCD WLOH WLVQ WMNI WNCI WNKO WNND WNNP WOBN WODC WOSA WOSB-FM WOSU-FM WQTT WRFD WRKZ WSNY WTOH WTVN WUFM WVKO WVKO-FM WVMX WVSG WWCD WXMG WYTS WZOH-FM

Defunct	WSLN (98.7 FM)¹

¹ Now internet-only Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown-Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio See also List of radio stations in Ohio

v t e Classic hits radio stations in Ohio

By frequency	1490 1510 92.1 92.7 93.3 93.5 94.3 95.3 96.1 100.1 101.3 101.7 103.5 103.5 104.3 105.7 106.3 106.5 107.3

By callsign	WAGX WCDK WDSJ WGRR WKKI WLKR WMJI WMTR-FM WNKO WNND WNNP WODC WOHF WOHI WQEL WRQN WSWR WYBZ WZLR

By city	Archbold Ashville Bellvue/Sandusky Bowling Green/Toledo Bucyrus Cadiz Celina Cincinnati Cleveland Crooksville East Liverpool Greenville Manchester New Albany Norwalk/Sandusky Pickerington Richwood Shelby/Ashland/Mansfield Xenia

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

Coordinates: 40°08′38″N 82°38′20″W / 40.144°N 82.639°W / 40.144; -82.639

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