WOR (AM)

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WOR

New York, New York United States
Broadcast area	New York metropolitan area
Frequency	710 kHz
Branding	710 WOR
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	News–talk
Affiliations	NBC News Radio CBS Audio Premiere Networks Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WAXQ, WHTZ, WKTU, WLTW, WWPR-FM, WWRL
History
First air date	February 22, 1922 (102 years ago) (1922-02-22)
Former frequencies	833 kHz (1921–1922) 750 kHz (1922–1923) 740 kHz (1923–1927)
Call sign meaning	randomly assigned, backronym "World of Radio"[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	7710
Class	A
Power	50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	40°47′50.36″N 74°5′22.51″W / 40.7973222°N 74.0895861°W / 40.7973222; -74.0895861
Repeater(s)	104.3 WAXQ-HD2 (New York)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	710wor.iheart.com

WOR (710 AM) is a 50,000-watt class A clear-channel AM radio station owned by iHeartMedia and licensed to New York, New York. The station airs a mix of local and syndicated talk radio shows, primarily from co-owned Premiere Networks, including The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor, from CBS Audio Network is heard at night. Since 2016, the station has served as the New York outlet for co-owned NBC News Radio. The station's studios are located at 125 West 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan, with its transmitter in Rutherford, New Jersey. WOR began broadcasting on Wednesday, February 22, 1922, and is one of the oldest continuously operating radio stations in the United States with a three–letter call sign, characteristic of a station dating from the 1920s. WOR is the only New York City station to have retained its original three-letter call sign, making those the oldest continuously used call letters in the New York City area.