WKCW
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| City of license | Warrenton, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area |
Warrenton, Virginia Fauquier County, Virginia |
| Branding | "All Hits Radio WKCW 1420" |
| Frequency | 1420 kHz |
| First air date | 1959 |
| Format | Adult Hits |
| Power |
22,000 Watts daytime 60 Watts nighttime |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 73190 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°43′52.0″N 77°46′42.0″W / 38.731111°N 77.778333°W |
| Affiliations |
CNBC Business Radio NBC News Radio |
| Owner | Radio Companion, LLC. |
| Website | WKCW Online |
WKCW is an adult hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Warrenton, Virginia, serving Warrenton and Fauquier County, Virginia. WKCW is owned and operated by Radio Companion, LLC.[1]
History
On Friday, January 14, 2011, WKCW dropped Brokered Spanish for a variety of Gospel music. The station also began simulcasting online, picking up IRN/USA Radio News for top-of-the-hour news. WKCW changed to an Oldies format on July 5, 2011.
Beginning July 5, 2012, the current format is the new and eclectic, Adult Hits, or "All Hits Radio, All the Time" (as the station brands it), pulling from Billboard’s top 25 hits from each year, 1957 to the present. WKCW broadcasts NBC News Radio on the hour and half hour and CNBC business reports at :20 past the hour. WKCW has live AM and PM Drive shows, with plans for more live on-air personalities in the future and plans for NFL Sunday Night Football beginning Fall 2012.
References
- ↑ "WKCW Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- All Hits Radio WKCW 1420 Online
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WKCW
- Radio-Locator Information on WKCW
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WKCW
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