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WLAC

WLAC
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City Nashville, Tennessee
Broadcast area Nashville, Tennessee
Branding NewsRadio 1510 WLAC
Slogan Where Nashville Comes For News Talk
Frequency 1510 kHz
(also on HD Radio)
First air date November 24, 1926
Format Analog/HD: Talk
Power 50,000 watts
Class A
Facility ID 34391
Callsign meaning Life And Casualty (reference to former owner)
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Vanderbilt IMG Sports Network
Owner iHeartMedia
(Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations WNRQ, WRVW, WSIX-FM, WUBT
Webcast Listen Live
Website wlac.com

WLAC is a clear channel radio station based in Nashville, Tennessee. WLAC is owned by iHeartMedia, airing a Talk radio format, consisting mainly of nationally syndicated hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Dave Ramsey. The station's studios are located in Nashville's Music Row district and the transmitter site is in the city's Northside.

WLAC operates at 1510 kHz on the AM dial. WLAC's is the only 50,000 Watt, Class A station in North America which operates on 1510 AM, sharing the frequency with 50,000 watt Class B station WMEX, Boston. WMEX and WLAC mutually protect each other's nighttime coverage.

WLAC broadcasts in the HD Radio (hybrid) format.

Its first broadcast took place on November 24, 1926. The call letters were chosen to contain an acronym for the first owner of the station, the Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee. Studios were located on the fifth floor of the Life and Casualty building in downtown Nashville. In 1928, it became Nashville's CBS Radio affiliate, while its main competitor, 650 WSM, was affiliated with NBC, the other major Radio network in the early days of broadcasting.


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