WHOW

For the radio station (95.9 FM) in Clinton, Illinois, known as WHOW-FM from 1979 to 2008, see WEZC.
WHOW
Frequency1520 kHz
BrandingThe Big 1520
Programming
Formatfarm news and talk radio
AffiliationsSalem Radio Network
Westwood One Network
CBS Radio News
Ownership
Owner
  • Miller Media Group
  • (Kaskaskia Broadcasting, Inc.)
WEZC
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID13900
ClassD
Power5,000 watts day
1,000 watts critical hours
ERP250 watts
Transmitter coordinates
40°05′43″N 88°57′51″W / 40.09528°N 88.96417°W / 40.09528; -88.96417
Translator(s)W222BG (92.3 MHz)
W293DJ (106.5 MHz, Lincoln)
Links
Public license information
Websitedewittdailynews.com

WHOW (1520 kHz, "The Big 1520")[2] is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Clinton, Illinois, United States. The station, established in 1947, is owned by the Miller Media Group and the broadcast license is held by Kaskaskia Broadcasting, Inc. WHOW is a daytime-only station broadcasting on the United States clear-channel frequency of 1520 AM. It must sign-off at night to protect Class A WWKB Buffalo, New York, and KOKC Oklahoma City.

WHOW broadcasts a farm news and talk radio format branded as "The Big 1520".[3] The station airs local news and public affairs programs, agricultural news, and a tradio program called "RFD Trading Post".[4] WHOW places special emphasis on serving the farm community of Central Illinois with a weekday morning farm show, live and local agriculture talk shows, a syndicated noon farm show, "The Horse Show", and frequent market reports.[4][5]

Weekday syndicated talk programming includes Michael Medved, Jim Bohannon, Larry Elder and Red Eye Radio overnights. On weekends, WHOW carries CBS Sports Radio programming, along with a Saturday morning farm show, local Clinton High School football and basketball games, and afternoon blocks of classic country music.[4]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHOW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Urh, Špela (2014-01-02), "Roma Community, Roma Minority", Encyclopedia of Social Work, NASW Press and Oxford University Press, retrieved 2023-10-06
  3. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ^ a b c "WHOW Program Information". DeWitt Daily News. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference resr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).