WSAI
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| City | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Branding | Fox Sports 1360 |
| Frequency | 1360 (kHz)(also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1923 |
| Format | Sports/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 41994 |
| Callsign meaning | W Sports And Information (as an early sister station to WLW under Powel Crosley's ownership) |
| Former callsigns | WSAI (?–1985) WWNK (1985–1988) WSAI (1988–1994) WAOZ (1994–1996) WAZU (1996–1997) WCKY (1997–2005) |
| Affiliations |
Fox Sports Radio Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Network WCKY (AM) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Fox Sports 1360 |
WSAI is an AM radio station broadcasting out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia, its studios, as well as those of iHeartMedia's other stations in Cincinnati, are in the Towers of Kenwood building next to I-71 in the Kenwood section of Sycamore Township and its transmitter is located in Mount Healthy.
WSAI is licensed to broadcast in the HD Radio (hybrid digital) format.
WSAI is known as "Fox Sports 1360," and airs their entire schedule including The Dan Patrick Show and The Jim Rome Show.
Previously, WSAI carried a talk radio format heavily focused on advice shows and consumer programs dubbed "1360TheSource.com," had a progressive talk format, being the flagship station of Springer on the Radio, hosted by former Cincinnati mayor, WLWT newscaster, and talk show host Jerry Springer, and was the original home to the "Homer" sports/talk format now heard on WCKY. On November 10, 2014, iHeartMedia Cincinnati announced that WSAI and sister station WCKY have joined the Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Network.
WSAI radio was established by the United States Playing Card Company in 1923, and originally transmitted broadcasts from their facilities on Beech Street in Norwood, Ohio.
In 1928, the station was sold to Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, because WSAI's then transmitter site in Mason, Ohio was seen as an ideal site for WLW's new 50,000 transmitter (and later 500,000 watts in the mid '30s). WLW kept WSAI as a locally-oriented sister station, while WLW — with programs from NBC Radio and the Mutual Broadcasting System — aimed for the whole region. This would continue well into the late 1940s, when Crosley was forced by FCC regulations into selling off WSAI. Like many AM stations of their era, WSAI was soon directed into playing popular music, which soon segued into a Top 40 format.
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