WWRK

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For the Darlington, South Carolina radio station that held the call sign WWRK at 1400 AM from 2006 to 2013, see WJMX (AM).

WWRK
City of license	Florence, South Carolina
Frequency	970 AM
First air date	July 13th, 1947
Format	News/Talk
Power	10,000 Watts (day) 3,000 Watts (night)
Class	B
Former callsigns	WJMX (1947-2013)
Owner	Qantum Communications
Website	http://www.newstalk970online.com/

WWRK is a news/talk radio station located in Florence, South Carolina, United States. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast on 970 AM with power of 10,000 watts during the day, non-directional and 3,000 watts at night, directional.

History

WWRK signed on as WJMX on July 13, 1947. This station also covered NASCAR races in the past like the 1955 Southern 500 that took place in nearby Darlington.^[1] The station featured local as well as national programming from the ABC Radio Network. By the 1980s, WJMX was Top 40 under the handle "97X" but was beaten out by new upstart WPDZ (now WJMX-FM). The format migrated to its newly acquired 106.3 FM frequency (now WYNN-FM) and the station switched to Adult Contemporary before transitioning to News/Talk.^{[citation needed]}

Qantum Communications Inc. purchased Florence's Root Communications Group LP stations in 2003.^[2]

On July 16, 2012, WJMX announced that after carrying Rush Limbaugh for over twenty years, the station would replace him with Mike Huckabee. Station general manager Craig Della Riva said that the distributor wanted too much money to air the show, some advertisers asked that their commercials not air on the show, and certain changes in the show had led to an audience decline. Some listeners protested. Limbaugh is now heard on WFRK.^[3]

Translators

In addition to the main station, WWRK is relayed by two translators to widen its broadcast area.^[4]^[5]

Call sign	Frequency MHz	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
W250BJ	97.9	Florence, South Carolina	250	D	FCC
W283AB	104.5	Florence, South Carolina	250	D	FCC

References

↑ Stock Cars of 50s & 60s - Stock Car Memories: Darlington-Southern 500 -- 1955, 1956 (DVD)
↑ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-03-16. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
↑ Sweeney, John (2012-07-18). "Florence radio stations swap Limbaugh amid listener backlash". Florence Morning News. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
↑ "W250BJ Radio Station Information". Retrieved 2012-07-26.
↑ "W283AB Radio Station Information". Retrieved 2012-07-26.

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v t e Radio stations in the Florence, South Carolina market

By FM frequency	88.1 91.7 92.9 93.7 94.3 95.3 99.3 100.1 100.5 101.3 102.1 102.9 103.3 105.1 105.5 106.3

By AM frequency	540 800 970 1230 1260 1400

By callsign	WCMG WDAR WDSC WEGX WFRK WHLZ WHYM WJMX WJMX-FM WLPG WMXT WOLH WPDT WRJA WSIM WWDM WWFN-FM WWKT WWRK WYNN (AM) WYNN-FM WZTF

Defunct	WBSC (1550 AM)

South Carolina radio markets Charleston Columbia Florence Greenville-Spartanburg Myrtle Beach Rock Hill Other South Carolina radio regions Hilton Head See also List of radio stations in South Carolina

v t e News/Talk Radio Stations in the state of South Carolina

Stations:	WAIM - Anderson WBT-FM - Chester WDXY - Sumter WFIS - Fountain Inn WFRK - Quinby WGTK-FM - Greenville WISW - Columbia WORD - Spartanburg WQSC - Charleston WRHI - Rock Hill WRIX - Honea Path WSCC - Goose Creek WTMA - Charleston WVOC-FM - West Columbia WWRK - Florence WYRD - Greenville

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in South Carolina

Coordinates: 34°14′02″N 79°46′51″W / 34.23389°N 79.78083°W / 34.23389; -79.78083

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