WHIO (AM)
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| City | Dayton, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Dayton metropolitan area |
| Branding | Newstalk Radio |
| Slogan | Dayton's 24-Hour News, Weather and Traffic |
| Frequency | 1290 kHz |
| Repeater(s) | 95.7 WHIO-FM |
| First air date | February 9, 1935 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 14244 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°40′44″N 84°7′49″W / 39.67889°N 84.13028°W |
| Callsign meaning | OHIO |
| Affiliations |
Cleveland Browns Radio Network Fox News Radio Premiere Radio Networks Westwood One Network |
| Owner |
Cox Radio (Cox Radio, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WHIO-FM, WHIO-TV, WHKO, WZLR |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | News/Talk Radio WHIO |
WHIO (1290 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Dayton, Ohio. The station is owned by Cox Radio, and airs a News/Talk radio format with nationally syndicated programming from Fox News Radio, the Westwood One Network and Premiere Networks. Its studios are co-located at 1611 South Main Street in Dayton with its partners: 95.7 WHIO-FM, Channel 7 WHIO-TV, the Dayton Daily News and two more radio stations in the Cox Media Center building.
WHIO broadcasts with a power of 5,000 watts 24 hours a day from a transmitter near East David Road in Kettering, Ohio. The antenna is non-directional in the daytime, but it operates with a directional antenna at night using a three-tower array, to avoid interfering with other stations at 1290 kHz.
WHIO is home to popular syndicated talk radio shows such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade, Dana Loesch and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. WHIO also carries two syndicated shows based at Cox Radio flagship station WSB Atlanta: Herman Cain and Clark Howard. "Miami Valley's Morning News" is WHIO's news and interview wake-up show from 5 to 9 am weekdays. Also on weekdays day, news is delivered every 30 minutes with traffic and weather. On weekends the station airs shows on money, health, cars, computers and gardening. Weekend syndicated hosts include Glenn Beck, Kim Komando and Ric Edelman. Some weekend shows are paid brokered programming. WHIO serves as the broadcast home for University of Dayton football and basketball. The station is a Fox News Radio network affiliate.
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