WKRC (AM)
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| City | Cincinnati metropolitan area |
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| Broadcast area | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Branding | 55KRC |
| Slogan | "THE Talk Station" |
| Frequency | 550 kHz |
| First air date | 1924 |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | W Kodel Radio Company" |
| Affiliations |
Fox News Radio Premiere Radio Networks Talk Radio Network Westwood One Network TheBlaze Network WXIX-TV |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Website | 55KRC |
WKRC (550 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. It is licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio. Broadcasting under the branding of 55KRC, the station airs a talk radio format. The studios are on Montgomery Road in Cincinnati, and the transmitter is in Cold Spring, Kentucky. WKRC operates at 5,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night.
WKRC is co-owned with another Cincinnati iHeartMedia talk station, 700 WLW. While WLW airs mostly local talk and sports programming, WKRC largely carries nationally syndicated talk shows. WKRC is the former sister station to Channel 12 WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, both having been owned by Taft Broadcasting and later Clear Channel (now known as iHeartMedia), until the television station was sold to Newport Television, LLC.
Despite the similarities in their call letters, WKRC was not the inspiration behind the television show WKRP in Cincinnati. The show was inspired by show creator Hugh Wilson's experiences at WQXI in Atlanta. The similarity of the two sets of call letters was used as a joke on the program.
Weekdays feature a local talk show hosted by Brian Thomas. Nationally syndicated shows include Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Dave Ramsey, Mark Levin, Clyde Lewis, & Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.
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