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WCHO (AM)

WCHO
City Washington Court House, Ohio
Broadcast area Chillicothe
Washington Court House
Wilmington
Hillsboro
Branding Oldies 1250
Slogan Fayette County's Oldies Station
Frequency 1250 kHz
First air date February 1952
Format Oldies
Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.)
Power 500 watts day
42 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 57355
Transmitter coordinates 39°32′59.00″N 83°27′10.00″W / 39.5497222°N 83.4527778°W / 39.5497222; -83.4527778
Callsign meaning Washington Court HOuse
Former callsigns WCHO (1952–1983)
WOFR (1983–1998)
WBUB (1998–1999)
WCHO (1/1999–11/1999)
WMXV (1999–2000)
WCHO (2000–2002)
WKSI (2002–2003)
Affiliations ABC Radio
Premium Choice
iHeartRadio
Ohio State IMG Sports Network
Owner iHeartMedia, Inc.
(Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations WBEX, WCHI, WCHO-FM, WKKJ, WQLX, WSRW
Webcast Listen Live
Website wchoam.iheart.com

WCHO (1250 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies format. Licensed to Washington Court House, Ohio, United States, the station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed as Citicasters Licenses, L.P. and features programming from iHeartMedia, Inc.'s Premium Choice "Cool Oldies" format. Likewise, the station's branding varies between "Cool Oldies" and "Classic Hits."

The station went on the air as WCHO in February 1952. It became WOFR on 1983-06-27, then changed its call sign to WBUB on 1998-04-17, then back to WCHO on 1999-01-18, then to WMXV on 1999-11-05, then back to WCHO on 2000-10-23, then to WKSI on 2002-03-26, and back to the current WCHO on 2003-12-24.



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