WOC (AM)
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| City | Davenport, Iowa |
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| Broadcast area | Quad Cities |
| Branding | WOC Talkradio 1420 AM |
| Slogan | The Quad Cities News Leader |
| Frequency | 1420 AM (kHz) |
| First air date | February 18, 1922 (experimental under various call signs from 1907-1922) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 60360 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°33′0″N 90°28′37″W / 41.55000°N 90.47694°W |
| Callsign meaning | Randomly assigned, but station later adopted the slogan World (also Wonders) Of Chiropractic |
| Affiliations |
Premiere Networks Westwood One Network TheBlaze Network Fox News Radio |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KCQQ, KMXG, KUUL, WFXN, WLLR-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live! |
| Website | http://www.woc1420.com/ |
WOC (1420 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station, licensed to Davenport, Iowa, and serving the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois. WOC is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. It broadcasts a Talk radio format, under the slogan "The Quad Cities News Leader." Its studios are located at 3535 East Kimberly Road in Davenport (along with co-owned KCQQ, KMXG, KUUL, WFXN and WLLR-FM). Its transmitter is located at an antenna farm in Bettendorf, Iowa, near the campus of Scott Community College. (WOC is the only remaining AM station at this site, as all the other transmitters are for FM radio or television.) WOC broadcasts with 5,000 watts with a directional signal to avoid interfering with other stations on 1420 kHz.
WOC's most famous former employee was future U.S. President Ronald "Dutch" Reagan, who got his start in radio there in 1932, broadcasting football games, after having played football at Eureka College in nearby Eureka, Illinois.
WOC broadcasts both local and nationally syndicated talk shows, most of which come from Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia. Weekdays begin at 5 a.m. with First Light, followed at 5:30 a.m. with AM Quad Cities hosted by Dan Deibert and Dan Kennedy. At 9 a.m. WOC carries Glenn Beck followed at 11 a.m. by Rush Limbaugh. At 2 p.m. Jim Fisher hosts a local talk show. At 6 p.m. Sean Hannity is heard, followed by Jonathan Brandmeier at 9 p.m. Overnight, it's Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.
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