City | Nashville, Tennessee |
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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.