WREC
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| City | Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Broadcast area | Memphis metropolitan area |
| Branding | Newsradio 600 |
| Slogan | Memphis' News, Talk, Traffic and Weather |
| Frequency | 600 kHz (also on HD Radio) WEGR 102.7 FM HD-2 (simulcast) |
| First air date | September 22, 1922 |
| Format | Talk Radio |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 58396 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°11′41.4846″N 90°0′33.048″W / 35.194856833°N 90.00918000°W |
| Callsign meaning | Wooten Radio and Electric Company |
| Former callsigns | KFNG (1922-1926) |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks, TheBlaze Network |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (CC Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations |
KJMS, WDIA, WEGR, WHAL-FM, WHRK Under LMA: KWAM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 600wrec.com |
WREC (600 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a Talk radio format, and calling itself Newsradio 600 WREC. WREC is licensed to Memphis, Tennessee, and serves the Memphis metropolitan area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and operates with 5,000 watts day and night. The station also broadcasts on HD radio, on a subchannel of co-owned 102.7 WEGR. The station's studios are located in Southeast Memphis, and the transmitter site is in North Memphis.
WREC airs mostly nationally syndicated shows from Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of parent company iHeartMedia. Weekdays start with This Morning with Gordon Deal. Also heard are Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Dave Ramsey, Clyde Lewis and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. In late mornings Glenn Beck from TheBlaze network airs. "Nation of Jake," hosted by a DJ from sister station Rock 103 WEGR, airs in late afternoons, the only local weekday program. Weekends feature shows on money, real estate, gardening and home improvement, with religious programs heard on Sunday mornings. Nationally syndicated shows from Kim Komando and Bill Cunningham round out the weekend schedule. WREC is an affiliate of the Fox News Radio Network.
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